a crime committed in wartime in violation of the accepted rules and customs of war, such as genocide, ill-treatment of prisoners of war, etc
Derived forms
war criminal
noun
war crime in American English
any crime in violation of international law or accepted laws of war or of assumed norms of humane behavior, committed in connection with a war as by a member of a belligerent nation's military forces or government
Derived forms
war criminal
Examples of 'war crime' in a sentence
war crime
My captain objects to being portrayed as the helpless victim of a war crime.