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| accessory |
in law, someone who helps a criminal before or after a crime, but does not commit the crime. [2/4 definitions] |
| accomplice |
a person who helps another commit a crime or wrongful act. |
| accusation |
a statement declaring another person guilty of crime, misdeed, or error. [1/2 definitions] |
| accuse |
to charge with a crime or wrongdoing. |
| aggravated |
of a crime, considered more serious or malicious than is typical for the type of crime, especially if the criminal act involves the use of a gun. [1/2 definitions] |
| alibi |
the legal defense of establishing one's location away from the scene of a crime during its commission. [1/4 definitions] |
| anticrime |
combined form of crime. |
| atone |
to make reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like (usu. fol. by "for"). [2 definitions] |
| attainder |
in law, the loss of civil rights following conviction for a major crime, esp. treason. |
| attaint |
to inflict the loss of civil rights on (someone) following conviction for a major crime. [2 definitions] |
| bench warrant |
an order issued by a judge or court for the apprehension of someone charged with a crime. |
| bigamy |
in law, the crime of marrying one person while still married to another. |
| bill of attainder |
a legislative act in which a person is found guilty, without trial, of a crime, esp. treason, and condemned to capital punishment. |
| breaking and entering |
the felony of gaining forcible entry to a building belonging to another, with the intent of committing a crime. |
| burglarize |
to break into a building with the intention of committing a crime, esp. stealing. |
| burglary |
the act of breaking into a building with the intent of committing a crime, esp. stealing. |
| caper1 |
(informal) a theft or other crime, usu. involving planning and deception. [1/5 definitions] |
| capital punishment |
punishment, of a crime such as murder, by death. |
| capo2 |
a leader of an organized crime ring such as the Mafia. |
| charge |
to accuse or blame, esp. for a crime (often fol. by "with"). [1/22 definitions] |
| complicity |
participation in wrongdoing, esp. in a crime. |
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