| butcher |
someone who has committed many, or extremely vicious, murders. [1/6 definitions] |
| chaste |
not having committed fornication or adultery. [1/3 definitions] |
| communal taint |
in India, the perception of a person or political body being strongly tied to or influenced by a particular cultural or religious community and thus not committed to values of secularism and unity. |
| corpus delicti |
the material evidence showing that a crime has been committed. [1/2 definitions] |
| crime of passion |
a crime committed by a person in a condition of extreme anger, jealousy, or the like. |
| crime passionel |
(French) crime of passion; a crime committed in extreme passion, esp. sexual or romantic jealousy. |
| crime scene |
a location being investigated by police or other officials because a crime has been committed there and because such location may provide forensic evidence. |
| date rape |
the act of rape committed by a person who is on a date or in a date-like social situation with the victim. |
| dedicated |
committed to a cause or undertaking and devoting great energy, effort, or time to it. [2/4 definitions] |
| engagé |
committed and involved, esp. in support of an aim or cause. |
| enlistment |
the time period for which a person is committed to serve in a military service. [1/2 definitions] |
| felon1 |
a person who has committed a serious crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary; one who has committed a felony. |
| floating |
not committed or permanently assigned; available as needed. [1/5 definitions] |
| fury |
(pl.; cap.) in Greek and Roman mythology, the three horrible female creatures that pursue to the grave those who have committed unpunished crimes. [1/4 definitions] |
| guilt |
the fact of having committed a crime, misdeed, or other offense. [1/2 definitions] |
| hard-core |
deeply committed or determined. [1/2 definitions] |
| innocence |
freedom from having committed a legally wrong act. [1/5 definitions] |
| insanity |
in law, a mental condition so disordered that the afflicted person is considered incompetent to engage in contracts or similar matters, or that he or she may be committed to an institution. [1/4 definitions] |
| inside job |
(informal) a crime committed by someone with intimate knowledge of, or association with, the victim or the victim's property or premises. |
| Jesus freak |
(offensive) a member of a young persons' fundamentalist group strongly committed to Jesus Christ and his teachings. |
| nightrider |
a member of a band of mounted, often masked men who committed acts of violence and intimidation, esp. in the southern United States after the Civil War. |