noncrime

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ crime.

Adjective

noncrime (not comparable)

  1. That is not a crime.

Noun

noncrime (plural noncrimes)

  1. An act that is not a crime.
  2. (uncountable) Noncriminal activity collectively.
    • 1974, Edward C. Banfield, The Unheavenly City Revisited:
      Either by raising the costs of crime or by raising the benefits of noncrime.
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