uncrime

English

Alternative forms

• un-crime

Etymology

un- +‎ crime

Noun

uncrime (countable and uncountable, plural uncrimes)

1. (rare, uncountable) Absence of crime; crimelessness.
   • 2007, Greg Trine, Terror in Tights:

     “Hey, you're my partner in uncrime. You'd do the same for me.”

   • 2022, John O'Loughlin, About-Face, page 153:

     Not only Supercrime and Crime, but Pseudo-Uncrime and Pseudo-Subcrime on the one hand, in contrast not only to Subevil and Unevil, but to Pseudo-Evil and Pseudo-Superevil on the other hand, […]

2. (rare, countable) That which is not a crime; a noncriminal act.
   • 2008, Simon Cheshire, The Fangs of the Dragon:

     The problem was, how could Harry Lovecraft be linked with these 'un-crimes'?

   • 2016, Alex Berenson, The Wolves, page 239:

     An unperson serving unpunishment for an uncrime.