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embraceor
to set on fire, from en-, causative prefix + brase brese live coals] : a person who has committed embracery
contemner
contemner also con·tem·nor [kən-tem-nər] n : one who commits contempt
committee
committee 1 : a person to whom a charge (as an incompetent) is committed compare conservator, curator, guardian, tutor
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felon
felon [Anglo-French felon fel, literally, evildoer, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin] : one who has committed a felony
beneficiary
beneficiary pl: -ries : a person or entity (as a charity or estate) that receives a benefit from something: as a : the person or entity named or otherwise entitled to receive the principal or income...
act of state doctrine
:a court-made doctrine barring U.S. courts from judging the validity of an official act of a foreign country committed within its own borders
arraignment
arraignment a proceeding in which a person accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
arson
the act or crime of willfully, wrongfully, and unjustifiably setting property on fire often for the purpose of committing fraud (as on an insurance company) ar·son·ist [-ist] n
assailant
assailant : a person who commits criminal assault
association
3 : the sharing (as by an aider and abettor) in the criminal intent of a person who commits a crime
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