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How to pronounce “true crime”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of true crime with real speech in context.
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- Criminology: A Very Short Introduction
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- Definition summary
- (uncountable) A nonfiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.
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How to pronounce true crime
Criminology: A Very Short Introduction

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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (uncountable) A nonfiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.
- (countable) A particular work of this genre.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see true, crime.
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