crime : Idioms & Phrases

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Attempt to commit a crime

  • (Law), such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result, if not extrinsically hindered, in a crime which it was designed to effect.
Webster 1913

Capital crime

  • a crime punishable with death.
Webster 1913

centre for international crime prevention

  • noun the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform
    Centre for International Crime Prevention.
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Constructive crimes

  • (Law), acts having effects analogous to those of some statutory or common law crimes; as, constructive treason. Constructive crimes are no longer recognized by the courts.
Webster 1913

crime rate

  • noun the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
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crime syndicate

  • noun a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
    mob; family; syndicate.
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crime wave

  • noun a sudden rise in the crime rate
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financial crimes enforcement network

  • noun a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering
    FinCEN.
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had crime

  • noun (Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran
    • Had crimes include apostasy from Islam and murder and theft and adultery
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organized crime

  • noun underworld organizations
    gangland; gangdom.
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partner in crime

  • noun someone who assists in a plot
    collaborator; henchman; confederate.
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sex crime

  • noun a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
    sexual abuse; sexual assault; sex offense.
    • most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault
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tazir crime

  • noun (Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way
    • in some Islamic nations Tazir crimes are set by legislation
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To fasten a charge, ∨ a crime, upon

  • to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.
Webster 1913

united nations crime prevention and criminal justice

  • noun the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform
    Centre for International Crime Prevention.
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united nations office for drug control and crime prevention

  • noun an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention
    DCCP.
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vice crime

  • noun a vice that is illegal
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victimless crime

  • noun an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims
    • he considers prostitution to be a victimless crime
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war crime

  • noun a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war
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