adjective
- describing a crime or wrongdoing that does not directly harm or injure another person
Usage: legal
Examples
- Many consider jaywalking a victimless crime.
- The debate centered on whether drug possession should be treated as a victimless offense.
- Parking violations are often viewed as victimless infractions.
- Some argue that certain gambling activities are victimless crimes.
- The prosecutor questioned whether any crime could truly be victimless.
- Traffic violations without accidents are sometimes called victimless crimes.