instrument tool | the means whereby some act is accomplished, my greed was the instrument of my destruction, science has given us new tools to fight disease |
instrument landing | an aircraft landing made entirely by means of instruments |
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 |
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 |
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 |
instrument flying | navigation of an airplane solely by instruments |
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 |
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 |
beatingeed instrument reed instrument reed | a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed |
bowed stringed instrument string | stringed instruments that are played with a bow, the strings played superlatively well |
brass brass instrument | a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece |
control panel instrument panel control board board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
doubleeed instrument double reed | a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together |
drafting instrument | an instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings |
electronic instrument electronic musical instrument | a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically |
freeeed instrument | a wind instrument with a free reed |
instrument | a device that requires skill for proper use |
instrument of execution | an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person |
instrument of punishment | an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person |
instrument of torture | an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person |
keyboard instrument | a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard |
measuring instrument measuring system measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
medical instrument | instrument used in the practice of medicine |
musical instrument instrument | any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds |
navigational instrument | an instrument used for navigating |
optical instrument | an instrument designed to aid vision |
percussion instrument percussive instrument | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another |
scientific instrument | an instrument used by scientists |
singleeed instrument singleeed woodwind | a beatingeed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone) |
stringed instrument | a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound |
surgical instrument | a medical instrument used in surgery |
surveying instrument surveyor's instrument | an instrument used by surveyors |
test rocket research rocket test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
time-delay measuring instrument time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
transit instrument | a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian |
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 |
wind instrument wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
woodwind woodwind instrument wood | any wind instrument other than the brass instruments |
instrumental role instrument | the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process |