Matrix defense
(US, legal) A legal defense in which the defendant claims to have committed a crime in the belief that they were not in the real world, but in a simulated reality.
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(US, legal) A legal defense in which the defendant claims to have committed a crime in the belief that they were not in the real world, but in a simulated reality.
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