Associations to the word «Nuremberg»

Wiktionary

NUREMBERG, proper noun. A city in Bavaria, Germany.
NUREMBERG DEFENCE, noun. Alternative spelling of Nuremberg defense
NUREMBERG DEFENCES, noun. Plural of Nuremberg defence
NUREMBERG DEFENSE, noun. (idiomatic) (legal) (ethics) An explanation offered as an intended excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner, claiming that one behaved in that manner because one was ordered by others to do so.
NUREMBERG DEFENSES, noun. Plural of Nuremberg defense

Dictionary definition

NUREMBERG, noun. A city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46).

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