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‖ crime passionnel|krim pasjɔnɛl|
Also crime passionel.
[Fr.]
A crime due to passion; spec. a murder resulting from jealousy.
1910Encycl. Brit. X. 86/1 In cases of what is termed ‘crime passionel’, French juries..almost invariably find extenuation. 1912J. Masefield Widow in Bye Street vi. 84 Two lawyers talked statistics, ‘‘Crime passionel’ in Agricultural Districts’. 1930Punch 7 May 529/3 We too find the literature of the crime passionnel a trifle soporific. 1943M. F. Rodell Mystery Fiction v. 35 The crime passionel, the crime of jealousy committed on the spur of the moment, makes poor material. 1955Times 13 July 6/5 The case of Mrs. Ellis has..demonstrated in an extreme degree the fundamental difference between French and English law in relation to the crime passionel. 1969Times 17 Nov. 6/6 A woman has been murdered in a crime passionnel. |