kriminaldrama

Swedish

Etymology

kriminal- (“crime”) +‎ drama (“drama”)

Noun

kriminaldrama n

  1. a genre featuring crime and drama; a detective story
    • 1905, Alf E. Schwartz, Pedagogisk Tidskrift‎, volume 41, page 7:
      Lillos i detta hänseende märkliga kriminaldrama George Barnwell, ett slags tragédie bourgeoise, spelades redan 1731.
      Lillo's in this respect strange crime drama George Barnwell, a kind of bourgeois tragedy, was played as early as 1731.

Hyponyms
  • kriminalfilm (“crime movie”)
  • kriminalpjäs (“crime play”)
  • kriminalroman (“crime novel”)
  • kriminalserie (“crime show”)
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