Precrime
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Precrime is an adjective meaning Before a crime.
Meaning
Before a crime.
More Meanings
- (countable) The act that is close to, or is a precursor of a crime.
- (uncountable) The tendency in criminal justice systems to focus on crimes not yet committed.
Example Sentences
The precrime actions of the murderers in the days and hours before they killed provide clues to their mental states at the time of the murders.
Held captive by society against their own free wills, the precogs are destined to foretell disturbing precrimes. Yet these precrimes will be committed by persons who are exercising their own free wills.
Word Forms
- pre-crime
- precrimes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pre-crime, prepolice, pre-action, preconspiracy, preincident, preconviction.
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