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crimes of passion

 

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Crimes of Passion

Part of Speech: Noun phrase

Sense 1: Passionate criminal acts committed under the influence of intense emotions, especially romantic love.

Example sentence: He was so consumed by jealousy that he committed a crime of passion, unable to control his emotions.

Sense 2: A legal defense strategy used to mitigate charges for a crime committed in the heat of passion, typically involving murder.

Example sentence: The defendant's lawyer argued that the crime was a crime of passion, urging the jury to consider the intense emotions at the time of the incident.

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