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Crime against humanity

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity.

    "The Holocaust was a terrible crime against humanity; it took the lives of 6 million Jews, 2 million Poles, and hundreds of thousands of Gypsies, homosexuals, Russians, and the elderly and disabled."

  2. 2
    Something objectionable. colloquial, excessive, humorous

    "“Pineapple on pizza is a crime against humanity,” Leo's voice is flat. Which is weird, because he usually adds “Fight me” at the end of that declaration."

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