0 In a victimless crime no one suffers directly, sometimes because the people affected by the crime have agreed to take part in it:
1 (of a crime) lacking a victim, or thought not to involve a victim:
A large number of crimes, for example, pollution, driving while intoxicated, or tax evasion, are virtually victimless.
Similarly, many who are convicted of corporate fraud probably think of that as a victimless crime.
However, if it turns out to be a crime it is surely one of the most technical, victimless crimes imaginable.
First, it is not a victimless or faceless crime.
As others have said, counterfeiting is often seen as a victimless crime, but of course, as we are discussing, it is far from it.
When police resources are directed to victimless crime they are removed, of course, from crimes where there are victims.
It is not a victimless crime; it is also about poor people being ripped off.
Shoplifting is not a victimless crime, as countless shop workers will testify.
