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crime' against" human'ity


a crime or series of crimes, such as genocide, directed against a large group because of race, religion, country of origin, or other reason unconnected with any individual's responsibility for having committed a criminal act.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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