site visit | a visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterprise |
wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
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 |
drill site | workplace that is the site of a drill hole |
web site website internet site site | a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web, the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers |
portal site portal | a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet, a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. |
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 |
bomb site | an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs, they opened a parking lot on the bomb site |
campsite campground camping site camping ground bivouac encampment camping area | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent |
cemetery graveyard burial site burial ground burying ground memorial park necropolis | a tract of land used for burials |
dig excavation archeological site | the site of an archeological exploration, they set up camp next to the dig |
toxic waste dump toxic waste site toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
launching site | a place for launching pads |
site situation | physical position in relation to the surroundings, the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides |
active site | the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs |
restriction site | the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA |
site land site | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located), a good site for the school |
toxic site toxic waste area Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
orphan site | a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup |
vacant lot building site | a lot on which there are no permanent buildings |
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 |
locate place site | assign a location to, The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles |
on-site | taking place or located at the site, on-site inspection |
off-site | taking place or located away from the site, an off-site waste treatment operation |