How to Use war crime in a Sentence

war crime

noun
  • He was found guilty of torture and other war crimes.
  • Iran is a 47-year-old war crime.
    — FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But he was accused of a war crime.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Even even saying that is a war crime.
    — CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Even saying that is a war crime.
    — CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The army has also been accused of war crimes.
    — Reuters 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • His forces are bogged down and accused of war crimes in Yemen.
    — Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • But this is not a war crime or genocide or anything close to it.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
  • Democrats say that alone could be enough to suggest a war crime occurred.
    — Laura Romero, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Israel does not commit war crimes.
    — Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That is a false, fake and ridiculous notion that this is some type of war crime.
    — CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • So what constitutes a ‘war crime’?
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The four-star should be court-martialed and charged with a war crime along with Hegseth.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Others see it as equivalent to a war crime.
    — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Why, in the middle of the Troubles, would this be a war crime?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
  • And the brand is brutality, the brand is war crimes.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Frank was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
    — Bard Wilkinson and Nadine Schmidt, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Smith, who had received mixed advice on how to handle the war crimes case.
    — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • That could constitute a war crime, experts warn.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Gallagher in July was found not guilty of all but one of the war crimes charges against him.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2019
  • And this is actually a war crime.
    — CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Police charged him Tuesday with five counts of war crime murder.
    — CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Ukraine has also accused him of war crimes in Syria.
    — Anna Chernova, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Police said he had been charged Tuesday with five counts of war crime murder.
    — ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Britain called the attack on a children’s hospital a war crime.
    — Vgeniy Maloletka, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The forcible transfer of children can constitute a grave war crime.
    — ABC News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Some critics have said the killing of survivors constitutes a war crime.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Human rights groups say the destruction of civilian homes and farms could amount to war crimes.
    — Jonathan Baran, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • That threat, which critics warned could be a war crime if carried out, appears to have been staved off for now.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Maurer says that still could be considered a war crime.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026

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