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vic·tim·less crime (viktəm lis)

a statutory crime, such as prostitution or gambling, regarded as having no clearly identifiable victim

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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