social relation | a relation between living organisms (especially between people) |
social dancing | dancing as part of a social occasion |
welfare work social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
Secretary of Health Education and Welfare | head of a former executive department created in and divided into two departments in |
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) |
fraud fraudulence dupery hoax humbug put-on | something intended to deceive, deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage |
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 |
fraud | intentional deception resulting in injury to another person |
statutory offense statutory offence regulatory offense regulatory offence | crimes created by statutes and not by common law |
mail fraud | use of the mails to defraud someone |
election fraud | misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election |
constructive fraud legal fraud | comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence |
extrinsic fraud collateral fraud | fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial |
fraud in fact positive fraud | actual deceit, concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another |
fraud in law | fraud that is presumed from the circumstances although the one who commits it need not have had any evil intent |
fraud in the factum | fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed, e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract |
fraud in the inducement | fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment, e.g., misleading someone about the true facts |
intrinsic fraud | fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud |
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 |
security intelligence | intelligence on the identity and capability and intentions of hostile individuals or organizations that may be engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism |
censoring censorship security review | counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy |
security security measures | measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc., military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising |
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 |
social activity | activity considered appropriate on social occasions |
social welfare welfare public assistance | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need, she lives on welfare |
social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people, financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue |
supplementary benefit social assistance national assistance | benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law |
Social Security | social welfare program in the U.S., includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance |
social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
benefit of clergy | sanction by a religious rite, they are living together without benefit of clergy |
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 |
social work | any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children |
discourtesy offense offence offensive activity | a lack of politeness, a failure to show regard for others, wounding the feelings or others |
social insect | an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species |
security blanket | a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety |
security blanket | anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety |
security system security measure security | an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in |
security system | (computing) a system that enforces boundaries between computer networks |
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 |
benefit welfare | something that aids or promotes well-being, for the benefit of all |
cost-benefit analysis | an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs |
social psychology | the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole |
social science | the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society |
social anthropology cultural anthropology | the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society |
social democracy | the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means |