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vic·tim·less

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  1. victimlessadjective

    Without a victim.

    He said that prostitution, drug trafficking, and gambling were victimless crimes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of victimless in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of victimless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of victimless in a Sentence

  1. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown:

    There are some who would argue that Internet gambling is a victimless crime. I very much disagree.

  2. Margot Cleveland:

    When the Court releases opinion, which will likely not be for six months or more, the majority will likely adopt Chief Justice John Roberts' position in a 2007 case, when he wrote: ‘The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race, is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,’ missing in this debate, also, is the reality that race discrimination is not a victimless proposition, and often another minority, namely Asian-Americans, suffer the consequences.

  3. Edward B. Wagner:

    Stop wasting jail space on prostitutes, drug users and other victimless criminals. Even if we find it morally acceptable to imprison these people for choices they make regarding their bodies, we must realize that we simply cannot afford to continue clogging the court system and the prison system with these harmless criminals.

  4. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson:

    Illegal gambling is not a victimless crime, it preys on peoples’ vulnerabilities and directly leads to money laundering, loansharking and a host of other crimes.

  5. Anthony Anderson:

    People often say that stolen valor is a victimless crime and to some degree it may be.

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