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  • adjective Before a crime.

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pre- +‎ crime

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Examples

  • A stretch by anyone's imagination, yet, this belief in 'precrime' has deep roots.

    The UK Minority Report: Has 'Precrime' Finally Arrived? 2009

  • As for "computer tampering with intent to harass." wow so we are assuming without proof based on this statement the man is "going to" harrass (think they made a movie about "precrime") with no evident crime commited.

    legitgov 2009

  • A stretch by anyone's imagination, yet, this belief in 'precrime' has deep roots.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • Artificial Intelligence) 'predictive data mining' computer systems may eventually come online, adding a third leg to new and emerging modern-day "precrime" applications.

    The UK Minority Report: Has 'Precrime' Finally Arrived? 2009

  • 'computer systems may eventually come online, adding a third leg to new and emerging modern-day "precrime" applications.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • Although at present, the UK's Channel Project is only using speculative testimonies, it is foreseeable that in this current media-induced climate of fear, emboldened technocrats will seek to merge their newly formed social networks with various computerized precrime systems similar to ones being developed by the USA's Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

    The UK Minority Report: Has 'Precrime' Finally Arrived? 2009

  • Instead, he intends to construct a "system" or "legal regime" in which preventative detention becomes a standard for people who can't be tried but who are suspected of being a threat some time in the future — in effect, a "legal regime" of "precrime" where people are imprisoned for crimes they haven't committed yet.

    Archive 2009-05-31 SeattleDan 2009

  • If civil liberty laws are relaxed to such a degree that they ultimately become 'irrelevant' in the new climate of the hyper-preemptive security state, then this leaves the door wide open for more experimental precrime-type applications that we are starting to see emerge today.

    The UK Minority Report: Has 'Precrime' Finally Arrived? 2009

  • Whilst universities, corporations and governmentscontinue to develop precrime-type applications and technologies, privacy advocates will rightly point out that the terms like 'security' and 'liberty' are not likely to coexist happily inthis newhyper-security state, onebuilt around a culture of perpetual fear and anxiety.

    The UK Minority Report: Has 'Precrime' Finally Arrived? 2009

  • Petty soon there will be a precrime unit……and we will use fortune tellers to tell us who the criminals are…..of course the fortune tellers would be Republican.

    Think Progress » Sen. Allen On Assault Of Constituent: ‘Things Like That Happen’ 2006

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