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- DictionaryWar crime/ˈwôr ˌkrīm/
noun
- 1. an action carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war.
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- War crime
Individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging, and for any individual that is part of the command s... Wikipedia
