Crime of Passion

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A crime committed in the heat of passion, i.e., one that is not premeditated
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Joelle Guillais, La Chair de l'autre: le crime passionel au XIXe siecle (Paris, 1986).
Judicial authority and popular justice: crimes of passion in Fin-de-Siecle Paris
However, Anne and Lau's plan does fit the scheme of a crime passionel but one that Anne only imagines and abandons with lightning speed, as a whim--and a deadly one at that.
Bjarne Reuter. Barolo Kvartetten
He murdered his wife in a crime passionel and William had thought of writing an opera about him.
Culture: Walton's widow joins in the party; Centenary celebrations mean a busy time for Lady Susana Walton, says Christopher Morley

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