What does decrime mean?
Decrime means (law enforcement) To remove the criminal status of a reported crime, typically due to insufficient evidence or to artificially reduce crime statistics.
Decrime
/diˈkɹaɪm/ · verb
Meaning
(law enforcement) To remove the criminal status of a reported crime, typically due to insufficient evidence or to artificially reduce crime statistics.
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- decrimes
- decriming
- decrimed
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