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white-collar crime

white-collar crime : crime that is committed by salaried professional workers or persons in business and that usually involves a form of financial theft or fraud (as in securities dealing) ...

war crime

war crime : an act committed usually during an international war for which individual criminal liability will be imposed by a domestic or international tribunal ;specif : a violation of the laws or customs of war as embodied or recognized by international treaty, court decisions, or established practice usually used in pl. NOTE: Following World War II, the Charter of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg first codified war crimes including crimes against humanity. Also encompassed in the legal concept of war crimes is the crime of planning or waging a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties. ...

administrative crime

administrative crime : violation of a regulation of a government agency that is punishable as a crime ...

crime of violence

crime of violence :a crime that by its nature poses a substantial risk that force will be used against a person or property NOTE: A record of crimes of violence is used esp. to determine career offender status under federal sentencing guidelines. ...

crime against nature

crime against nature :a sexual act (as of bestiality) that is regarded by the law as abnormal ;also : the crime of committing such an act ...

crime against humanity

crime against humanity :an inhumane act (as enslavement) committed against civilians before or during a war for which criminal liability is imposed by a domestic or international tribunal see also war crime ...

Abominable crime

Abominable crime. See BUGGERY....

Crime of violence

Crime of violence, is whether the has been the infliction or threat of force or the doing of a hostile act, R (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) 2 WLR 1452.May be committed when there is no use of force, but the victim is put in reasonable fear of immediate physical harm, Regina (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) 2 WLR 1452.Includes personal injury caused by arson and by poisoning, R. (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) QB LR 774....

Proceeds of crime

Proceeds of crime, means any property derived or obtained, directly or indirectly, by any person as a result of criminal activity relating to a scheduled offence or the value of any such property. [Preven-tion of Money-Laundering Act, 2002, s. 2(1)(u)]...

organized crime

organized crime : criminal activity on the part of an organized and extensive group of people compare racketeering ...

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