Definitions for victimless crime
ˈvɪk təm lɪsvic·tim·less crime

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1. victimless crimenoun

   an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims

   "he considers prostitution to be a victimless crime"

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1. victimless crimenoun

   An act or behavior which is prohibited by law, yet which neither directly harms nor violates the rights of any specific person, although some people may claim it harms society as a whole. This concept typically applies to adults.

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1. Victimless crime

   A victimless crime is an illegal act that typically either directly involves only the perpetrator or occurs between consenting adults. Because it is consensual in nature, whether there involves a victim is a matter of debate. Definitions of victimless crimes vary in different parts of the world and different law systems, but usually include possession of any illegal contraband, recreational drug use, prostitution and prohibited sexual behavior between consenting adults, assisted suicide, and smuggling among other similar infractions.In politics, a lobbyist or an activist might use the term victimless crime with the implication that the law in question should be abolished.Victimless crimes are, in the harm principle of John Stuart Mill, "victimless" from a position that considers the individual as the sole sovereign, to the exclusion of more abstract bodies such as a community or a state against which criminal offenses may be directed. They may be considered offenses against the state rather than society.

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1. Victimless crime

   A victimless crime is a term used to refer to actions that have been ruled illegal but do not directly violate or threaten the rights of any other individual. It often involves consensual acts in which two or more persons agree to commit a criminal offence in which no other person is involved. For example, in the United States current victimless crimes include prostitution, gambling, and illicit drug use. Edwin Schur and Hugo Bedau state in their book Victimless Crimes: Two sides of a Controversy “some of these laws produce secondary crime, and all create new ‘criminals’ many of whom are otherwise law abiding citizens and people in authority.” This is an issue in the United States where prison rates keep increasing even though it already has the highest prison population out of any country. The term "victimless crime" is not used in jurisprudence, but is rather used to cast doubt onto the efficacy of past, existing and proposed legislation; or to highlight the unintended consequences of the same. In politics, for example, a lobbyist might use this word with the implication that the law in question should be abolished.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of victimless crime in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of victimless crime in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of victimless crime in a Sentence

1. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown:

   There are some who would argue that Internet gambling is a victimless crime. I very much disagree.

2. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson:

   Illegal gambling is not a victimless crime, it preys on peoples’ vulnerabilities and directly leads to money laundering, loansharking and a host of other crimes.

3. Anthony Anderson:

   People often say that stolen valor is a victimless crime and to some degree it may be.

4. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones:

   The underground economy is not a victimless crime, by underreporting payroll, paying employees under the table and committing workers' compensation insurance fraud, these employers cheat the system and leave their employees at risk.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=victimless crime
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victimless_Crime
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victimless_Crime
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=victimless crime