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		Definition of war crime in English: war crimenoun An act carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war. 战争罪(行) Example sentencesExamples -  It is the kind of war that the Nuremberg tribunal deemed the principal war crime carried out by the Nazis.
 -  The sex slave system of the Japanese army has already been branded a brutal war crime on the international level.
 -  The use of cluster bombs in these rural areas is, surely, a war crime.
 -  During the Rwanda genocide, rape as a war crime received extensive international media coverage.
 -  But if there is a pattern of crimes against humanity, it becomes a war crime.
 -  He and two others also face charges of inhumanely treating prisoners - a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
 -  The use of nuclear weapons in a preemptive attack would seem to fall squarely within the definition of a war crime.
 -  The latter is a war crime under the Nuremberg precedent, as the editors of the Post, implicated in this process, are entirely aware.
 -  Perfidy is a war crime, and it tempts combatants because perfidious military acts provide them with an advantage.
 -  A soldier from Bolton will face a court martial after being charged with a war crime while serving in Iraq.
 -  Rape has now been recognised as a war crime with its inclusion in the Geneva Convention against War Crimes.
 -  The memo noted violation of that portion of the treaty could constitute a war crime and officials should proceed carefully, the Post said.
 -  Targeting civilians is clearly terrorism and constitutes a war crime.
 -  Using far greater firepower than your enemy is not considered a war crime.
 -  Indeed, it appears a war crime could be single murder or rape of a civilian by a soldier.
 -  Concessions, perhaps, to the observance of international laws that make the policy the newspaper advocates a war crime.
 -  Chomsky's interpretation of this was that Huntington was advocating saturation bombing which was a war crime under Nuremberg principles.
 -  How many of these incidents, and how many civilian deaths, does it take in Afghanistan to constitute a war crime?
 -  International law defines this type of action as a war crime under the Geneva conventions.
 -  It is a practice that was outlawed as a war crime by the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.
 
 
 Derivativesnoun A person who has carried out an act during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war. 战争罪(行)  war criminals who orchestrated mass atrocities Example sentencesExamples - His name arouses indignation among the Arab peoples and his military record defines him as a war criminal.
 - They've managed to paint the war hero as a war criminal, and it took him weeks and weeks to respond.
 - Why would an American peacemaker sign a treaty with a war criminal?
 
 
 
    Definition of war crime in US English: war crimenounˈwɔr ˌkraɪm An action carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war. 战争罪(行) Example sentencesExamples -  A soldier from Bolton will face a court martial after being charged with a war crime while serving in Iraq.
 -  Concessions, perhaps, to the observance of international laws that make the policy the newspaper advocates a war crime.
 -  Chomsky's interpretation of this was that Huntington was advocating saturation bombing which was a war crime under Nuremberg principles.
 -  It is the kind of war that the Nuremberg tribunal deemed the principal war crime carried out by the Nazis.
 -  The latter is a war crime under the Nuremberg precedent, as the editors of the Post, implicated in this process, are entirely aware.
 -  The memo noted violation of that portion of the treaty could constitute a war crime and officials should proceed carefully, the Post said.
 -  During the Rwanda genocide, rape as a war crime received extensive international media coverage.
 -  He and two others also face charges of inhumanely treating prisoners - a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
 -  But if there is a pattern of crimes against humanity, it becomes a war crime.
 -  Indeed, it appears a war crime could be single murder or rape of a civilian by a soldier.
 -  Using far greater firepower than your enemy is not considered a war crime.
 -  How many of these incidents, and how many civilian deaths, does it take in Afghanistan to constitute a war crime?
 -  International law defines this type of action as a war crime under the Geneva conventions.
 -  The use of nuclear weapons in a preemptive attack would seem to fall squarely within the definition of a war crime.
 -  The use of cluster bombs in these rural areas is, surely, a war crime.
 -  Targeting civilians is clearly terrorism and constitutes a war crime.
 -  It is a practice that was outlawed as a war crime by the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.
 -  Perfidy is a war crime, and it tempts combatants because perfidious military acts provide them with an advantage.
 -  The sex slave system of the Japanese army has already been branded a brutal war crime on the international level.
 -  Rape has now been recognised as a war crime with its inclusion in the Geneva Convention against War Crimes.
 
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