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Notorious :: Notorious (a.) Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice..

Suicide :: Suicidal (a.) Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide..

Calumniation :: Calumniation (n.) False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name..

Guilty :: Guilty (superl.) Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment..

Accuse :: Accuse (v. t.) To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense.

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service..

Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences..

Disavow :: Disavow (v. t.) To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime..

Jurisdiction :: "Jurisdiction (a.) The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission..

Appellate :: Appellate (n.) A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.

Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach..

Incest :: Incest (n.) The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.

Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.

Accessary :: Accessary (a.) Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory..

Bench Warrant :: Bench warrant () A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant..

Exculpation :: Exculpation (n.) The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

Flagitious :: Flagitious (a.) Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.

Wickedness :: Wickedness (n.) A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.

Burglar :: Burglar (n.) One guilty of the crime of burglary.

Crime :: Crime (n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law..

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