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 |
arena scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |
mise en scene stage setting setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
scene view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept, he painted scenes from everyday life, figure shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment |
scenery scene | the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale, they worked all night painting the scenery |
view aspect prospect scene vista panorama | the visual percept of a region, the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views |
scene shot | a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film |
scene | a subdivision of an act of a play, the first act has three scenes |
crime wave | a sudden rise in the crime rate |
scene | an incident (real or imaginary), their parting was a sad scene |
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 |
setting scene | the context and environment in which something is set, the perfect setting for a ghost story |
scene | the place where some action occurs, the police returned to the scene of the crime |
confederate collaborator henchman partner in crime | someone who assists in a plot |
dental technician denturist | someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures) |
scene painter | a painter of theatrical scenery |
scene-stealer | an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene, babies are natural scene-stealers |
scenic artist scene painter | an artist specializing in scenic subjects |
stagehand stage technician | an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production |
technician | someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process |
technician | someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique |
picture scene | a situation treated as an observable object, the political picture is favorable, the religious scene in England has changed in the last century |
fit tantrum scene conniption | a display of bad temper, he had a fit, she threw a tantrum, he made a scene |
crime rate | the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area, expressed per population per year |
on-the-spot(a) on-the-scene(a) | at the scene of action, an on-the-spot reporter, on-the-spot inspections, an on-the scene newscast |
sub-rosa under-the-table behind-the-scene | designed and carried out secretly or confidentially, a sub-rosa report, has their under-the-table backing |