crimeless

English

Etymology

From crime +‎ -less.

Adjective

crimeless (not comparable)

1. Without crime.
   • 2007 February 20, Martin Fackler, “Honoring a Westerner Who Preserved Japan’s Folk Tales”, in New York Times‎:

     He found Japan to be a crimeless, almost Utopian society — a “fairyland” populated with “the most lovable people in the universe,” as he wrote.

2. Free from crime; innocent.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

     I am loyal, true, and crimeless

Synonyms

• crimefree

Derived terms

• crimelessness

Anagrams

• merciless