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crimes against humanity
KRYMZ uh-GENST hyoo-MAN-ih-tee
kraɪmz əˈɡɛnst hjuːˈmænɪtiːListen
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Syllable breakdown
crimesagainsthumanity
Dictionary meaning
widespread or systematic attacks directed against civilian populations, including murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, torture, rape, and persecution on political, racial, or religious grounds; a category of international crime triable by the ICC and other international tribunals regardless of whether committed in war or peacetime
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