单词 | crime passionnel |
释义 | crime passionneln. A crime committed in a fit of passion; spec. a murder motivated by jealousy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > [noun] > from passion suddenty1469 crime passionnel1892 the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > [noun] > jealousy > of rival lover > crime resulting from crime passionnel1892 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a crime > other general types of crime political offence1771 street crime1853 crime passionnel1892 war crime1906 inside job1908 outside job1925 single-o1930 hate crime1960 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Dec. 6/3 (headline) A Paris ‘crime passionel’—Acquittal. 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 86/1 In cases of what is termed ‘crime passionel’, French juries..almost invariably find extenuation. 1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of X iii. Behind the Scenes 365 Remember that these were not crimes passionels, impulsive and strictly emotional; they were cold, calculated crimes. 1969 Times 17 Nov. 6/6 A woman has been murdered in a crime passionnel. 1993 P. Mayle Hotel Pastis ii. 24 As he put the phone down, he wondered if killing a lawyer could ever be excused as a crime passionnel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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