war criminal

Frequency: 7.110.5 per million words

a person who commits a crime during or in connection with a war

criminalADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

war

Examples (10)

  • He was tried as a war criminal.
  • The International Criminal Court prosecutes alleged war criminals.
  • For decades, they hunted the notorious war criminal across several continents.
  • Committing atrocities against civilians is what defines a war criminal.
  • The former general denied being a war criminal throughout his trial.
  • Several high-ranking officials were convicted as war criminals after the conflict.
  • Violating the Geneva Conventions could lead to an individual being tried as a war criminal.
  • There was overwhelming evidence to convict him as a war criminal.
  • The search for the escaped war criminal continued for over thirty years.
  • He will be remembered by history not as a soldier, but as a ruthless war criminal.