Ordinary crimes were redressed by civil claim.是什么意思？

Ordinary crimes were redressed by civil claim.

普通民事犯罪可通过民事请求而得到补偿.

ordinary

adj. 普通的，平常的，一般的，平庸的；

例句
Another accusation levelled at the Minister is that he does not understand ordinary people...
另一个矛头则直指部长不懂得体恤百姓。

crimes

n. 罪，罪行，犯罪( crime的名词复数 )；

例句
Activists who were involved in crimes of violence will not automatically be granted amnesty.
参与暴力犯罪的激进分子将不会自动得到赦免。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

redressed

v. 改正( redress的过去式和过去分词 )，重加权衡，恢复平衡；

例句
Those who had been wronged stood up and demanded that their wrongs be redressed , and those who had been made to suffer cruelly spoke out against those responsible for their suffering.
有冤伸冤, 有苦诉苦.

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

civil

adj. 公民的，市民的，文明的，有礼貌的，民用的，国民间的，[法]民事的，根据民法的；

例句
We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society...
我们一直在培训我们的战士，以使他们适应普通的社会生活。

claim

vt. 声称，断言，需要，索取；vi. 提出要求；n. （根据权利而提出的）要求，声称，断言，索赔；

例句
He said that her remarks disgusted every practising Christian. That claim is arguable.
他说她的言论让每个虔诚的基督教信徒感到厌恶。这种说法存在疑问。