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 |
| heat warmth passion | the trait of being intensely emotional |
love
passion | any object of warm affection or devotion, the theater was her first love, he has a passion for cock fighting, |
| Passion play | a play representing the Passion of Christ |
| crime wave | a sudden rise in the crime rate |
passion
passionateness | a strong feeling or emotion |
| passion | a feeling of strong sexual desire |
| passion fruit | egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines, used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks |
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 |
mania
passion
cacoethes | an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
confederate collaborator henchman
partner in crime | someone who assists in a plot |
banana passion fruit
Passiflora mollissima | cultivated for fruit |
| rage passion | something that is desired intensely, his rage for fame destroyed him |
| Passion Passion of Christ | the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion |
Holy Week
Passion Week | the week before Easter |
| Passion Sunday | second Sunday before Easter |
| crime rate | the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area, expressed per population per year |