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Swedish
Etymology
kriminal- (“crime”) + drama (“drama”)
Noun
kriminaldrama n
- 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.
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