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delinquent
delinquent : a delinquent person ;esp : juvenile delinquent adj [Latin delinquent- delinquens, present participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err] 1 a : offending by neglect or violation of duty or law [ acts] b
Assizes Relief Act, 1890
over prosecutors to appear at the next practicable Court of Quarter Sessions, in case of the prisoner being committed on a charge there triable, unless such justices think fit for special reasons otherwise to direct, see (English)
Conspirant
Engaging in a plot to commit a crime conspiring
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a fortiori
suggests that the Legislature intended it to apply a fortiori, to murderers as well as to criminals who commit other violent, but less serious, felonies "People v. Jenkins, 893 P.2d 1224 (1995)"]
abortion
to terminate a pregnancy 2 : the crime of procuring or performing an illegal abortion [a conspiracy to commit "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] see also Roe v. Wade and Webster v. Reproductive Health
burglarize
burglarize -ized -iz·ing : to commit a burglary at [burglarized the apartment]
defalcate
defalcate -cat·ed -cat·ing : to commit defalcation compare embezzle de·fal·ca·tor [-kā-tər] n
delict
delict [Latin delictum misdeed, offense, from neuter past participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err] 1 in the civil law of Louisiana : offense ;esp : an offense other than
entrap
entrap en·trapped en·trap·ping : to cause (a person) to commit a crime by means of undue persuasion, encouragement, or fraud in order to later prosecute [police him into
locus poenitentiae
an opportunity to withdraw from a contract or obligation before it is completed or to decide not to commit an intended crime
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