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Definition of war criminal noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

war criminal

noun

/ˈwɔː krɪmɪnl/

/ˈwɔːr krɪmɪnl/

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a person who has committed war crimes
- He was tried as a war criminal.
Topics War and conflictb2, Crime and punishmentb2

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