high crime
English
Noun
high crime (plural high crimes)
- (law) A major crime, notably one subject to high justice, i.e. trial before the highest courts, which may impose the gravest punishments.
- Lese majesty used to be a high crime, for which royal or imperial courts often put offenders to death.
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major crime
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