crime offense criminal offense criminal offence offence law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law, usually considered an evil act, a long record of crimes |
crime | an evil act not necessarily punishable by law, crimes of the heart |
Had crime | (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 |
sexual assault sexual abuse sex crime sex offense | 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, most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault |
Tazir crime | (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 |
vice crime | a vice that is illegal |
victimless crime | an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims, he considers prostitution to be a victimless crime |
war crime | a crime committed in wartime, violation of rules of war |
crime wave | a sudden rise in the crime rate |
hate hatred | the emotion of intense dislike, a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action |
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network FinCEN | a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering |
organized crime gangland gangdom | underworld organizations |
syndicate crime syndicate mob family | a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities |
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention DCCP | an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention |
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Centre for International Crime Prevention | the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform |
hate mail | mail that expresses the writer's dislike or hatred (usually in offensive language) |
confederate collaborator henchman partner in crime | someone who assists in a plot |
crime rate | the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area, expressed per population per year |
hate detest | dislike intensely, feel antipathy or aversion towards, I hate Mexican food, She detests politicians |