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damage

damage [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1 : loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl : the money awarded to a party in...

hijack

hijack : to seize possession or control of (a vehicle) from another person by force or threat of force ;specif : to seize possession or control of (an aircraft) esp. by forcing the pilot to divert...

homicide

homicide [Latin homicidium, from homo human being + caedere to cut, kill] 1 : a person who kills another 2 : the killing of one human being by another compare manslaughter, murder criminal homicide : homicide...

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malum prohibitum

malum prohibitum pl: mala pro·hib·i·ta [-hi-bə-tə] [New Latin, prohibited offense] : an offense prohibited by statute but not inherently evil or wrong [is malum prohibitum and, therefore, does not demand mens rea "Commonwealth v. Guthrie, 616...

Gramophone

An instrument for recording preserving and reproducing sounds the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in some solid material Reproduction is accomplished by means of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm This older...

Hydriodic

Pertaining to or derived from hydrogen and iodine said of an acid HI produced by the combination of these elements

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