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a legal offense, as prostitution or gambling, to which all participating parties have consented.[1960-65]
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victimless crimes — Crime where there is no apparent victim and no apparent pain or injury. This class of crime usually involves only consenting adults in activities such as prostitution, sodomy, and gambling where the acts are not public, no one is harmed, and no… … Law dictionary
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