crimen
Breach of law
Crimen is Spanish and Latin for crime, appearing in English mainly in legal phrases. *Crimen falsi* refers to crimes involving dishonesty or fraud. *Corpus delicti* (body of the crime) is sometimes rendered *corpus criminis*.
Outside legal contexts, crimen appears occasionally in literary or academic writing about crime in Spanish-speaking contexts.
Judicial examination of claims
- verdictOfficial court decision
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
adjudication · defendant · prosecutor · judge · jury · courtroom · appeal · litigation
Professional crime investigator
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- cluesHints toward answers
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
witness · alibi · surveillance · fingerprint · DNA · ballistics · profiling · autopsy
Serious criminal offense
- infractionMinor rule breach
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- misdeedImmoral or illegal act
- violationBreaking of rules
wrongdoing · misconduct · malfeasance · delinquency · breach · trespass · sin · corruption
Confinement in jail
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- prisonConfinement for offenders
probation · parole · detention · confinement · correctional · rehabilitation · deterrence · sanction
Crime fiction identifying perpetrator
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- shamePainful awareness of failure
regret · contrition · repentance · atonement · self-blame · burden · complicity · accountability
trial
Judicial examination of claims
- verdictOfficial court decision
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
conviction · adjudication · defendant · prosecutor · judge · jury · courtroom · appeal · litigation · judiciary
detective
Professional crime investigator
interrogation · witness · alibi · surveillance · fingerprint · DNA · ballistics · profiling · autopsy · investigator
felony
Serious criminal offense
- infractionMinor rule breach
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- misdeedImmoral or illegal act
violation · wrongdoing · misconduct · malfeasance · delinquency · breach · trespass · sin · corruption · villainy
incarceration
Confinement in jail
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
prison · probation · parole · detention · confinement · correctional · rehabilitation · deterrence · sanction · restitution
whodunit
Crime fiction identifying perpetrator
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
intrigue · sleuth · motive · alibi · suspect · unsolved · enigma
culpability
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- conscienceInternal moral sense
shame · regret · contrition · repentance · atonement · self-blame · burden · complicity · accountability · admission
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
- crime familyCriminal organization by kinship
- partner in crimeShared mischief companion
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- criminal recordLog of past convictions
- minor crimeLesser legal offense
crime, crimes, criminal, criminals, criminality, criminally, criminalise, criminalize, criminalization