postcrime

See also: post-crime

English

Alternative forms

• post-crime

Etymology

From post- +‎ crime.

Adjective

postcrime (not comparable)

1. After a crime.
   • 1995, Robert K. Ressler, Ann Wolbert Burgess, John E. Douglas, Sexual homicide: patterns and motives, page 65:

     These men may seek out television, radio, and newspaper reports of the crime, they may save newspaper clippings, and they may even keep a written diary about the postcrime events.

Anagrams

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