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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An illegal act that results in no identifiable person being directly harmed.
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- noun An act or behavior which is
prohibited bylaw , yet which neither directly harms nor violates therights of any specific person, although some people may claim it harmssociety as a whole. This concept typically applies toadults .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims
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