dealings traffic | social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') |
criminal negligence culpable negligence | (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) |
maintenance criminal maintenance | the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community, unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit |
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 |
statutory offense statutory offence regulatory offense regulatory offence | crimes created by statutes and not by common law |
criminal possession | (law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances |
unlawful carnal knowledge criminal congress | forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals |
adultery criminal conversation fornication | extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations, adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce |
offense offence offensive | the action of attacking an enemy |
transaction dealing dealings | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities), no transactions are possible without him, he has always been honest is his dealings with me |
criminal contempt | an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice |
criminal suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant |
prosecution criminal prosecution | the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior |
discourtesy offense offence offensive activity | a lack of politeness, a failure to show regard for others, wounding the feelings or others |
United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory USACIL | a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command, the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence |
criminal record record | a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted, he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court, the prostitute had a record a mile long |
criminal law | the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment |
umbrage offense offence | a feeling of anger caused by being offended, he took offence at my question |
offense offence | the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score |
Criminal Investigation Command CID | the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world |
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 |
criminal court | a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases |
Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada CISC | an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies |
criminal felon crook outlaw malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
desperado desperate criminal | a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) |
recidivist repeater habitual criminal | someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) |
war criminal | an offender who violates international law during times of war |
relations dealings | mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups |
criminal | guilty of crime or serious offense, criminal in the sight of God and man |
criminal felonious | involving or being or having the nature of a crime, a criminal offense, criminal abuse, felonious intent |
exorbitant extortionate outrageous steep unconscionable usurious | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation, exorbitant rent, extortionate prices, spends an outrageous amount on entertainment, usurious interest rate, unconscionable spending |
condemnable criminal deplorable reprehensible vicious | bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure, a criminal waste of talent, a deplorable act of violence, adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife |