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Meanings of war criminal in English

Russian
военный преступник
Portuguese
criminoso de guerra
Spanish
criminal de guerra
Catalan
criminal de guerra

Somebody who committed acts that constitute a serious violation of the laws of war.

Related terms
военный преступник
Usage of war criminal in English
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They fear Mladic will be convicted and remembered as a war criminal.
Reuters
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Convicted as a war criminal, he was sentenced to life in prison.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
3
He is a war criminal, wanted by the international tribunal in The Hague.
After the Rain : how the West lost the East
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You want me to see if Herb was a war criminal?
Happiness key
5
In a courtroom, in a dock, I am a criminal, a war criminal.
Occupied city
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Surely that's a better model than looking to a Republican war criminal for advice.
The Guardian
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Probably not when you have a Nazi war criminal drilling holes in your teeth.
The Guardian
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The war criminal also makes a fascinating study in evil.
Reuters
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German prosecutors have declared alleged Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, fit enough to stand trial.
The Irish Times
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It may well be the last trial of a suspected Nazi war criminal in Germany.
Radio NZ
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Convicted war criminal Thomas Lubanga denied using child soldiers during a BBC interview in 2003.
BBC
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Why would the U.S. government harbor this war criminal?
Carrion comfort
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London - A suspected Rwandan war criminal was in custody yesterday after being arrested in London.
The Irish Times
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The MLA feels that Obama qualifies as a ' war criminal' because of his Middle East policies.
The South African
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Seven years after Rushdie's scorching condemnation, in 2006, he would also attend war criminal Miloševic's funeral.
The Irish Times
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London - Police are investigating claims that an alleged Nazi war criminal is living in Britain.
The Irish Times
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