| complicity |
participation in wrongdoing, esp. in a crime. |
| confederate |
an accomplice, as in a crime or conspiracy. [1/6 definitions] |
| conspiracy |
a secret agreement or plan among two or more persons to perform a crime or other wrongful act. [1/4 definitions] |
| conspire |
to secretly agree or plan to perform a crime or other wrongful act with another person or persons. [2/3 definitions] |
| convict |
to find (a person) guilty of a crime or misdemeanor, esp. after a legal proceeding. [2/3 definitions] |
| conviction |
the process or act of finding a person guilty of a crime or misdemeanor. [1/3 definitions] |
| corpus delicti |
the material evidence showing that a crime has been committed. [1/2 definitions] |
| crimeless |
combined form of crime. |
| 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. |
| criminal |
of, pertaining to, or having the nature of crime, esp. as opposed to civil violations. [3/4 definitions] |
| criminal law |
that area of law having to do with crime and its punishment. |
| criminate |
to accuse of a crime. [1/3 definitions] |
| criminology |
the scientific study of crime, criminal behavior, and criminal law systems. |
| culprit |
someone who is charged with or guilty of a mistake, fault, or crime. [1/2 definitions] |
| death penalty |
a sentence of death as punishment for a crime; capital punishment. |
| degree |
in law, a classification of a crime based on its seriousness. [1/6 definitions] |
| detective story |
a fictional account of how a crime, usu. a murder, is solved by an amateur or professional detective. |
| do time |
to spend time in jail or prison as a person convicted of a crime. |
| enormity |
a terrible crime or offense; outrage. [1/3 definitions] |