motivation motive need | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal, the reason for the action, that which gives purpose and direction to behavior, we did not understand his motivation, he acted with the best of motives |
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 |
motif motive | a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration |
locomotion motive power motivity | the power or ability to move |
motif motive | a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music |
crime wave | a sudden rise in the crime rate |
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 |
rational motive | a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument |
irrational motive | a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic |
ethical motive ethics morals morality | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong |
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 |
motivative(a) motive(a) motivating | impelling to action, it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function- Arthur Pap, motive pleas, motivating arguments |
motive(a) motor | causing or able to cause motion, a motive force, motive power, motor energy |