criminal threats
Unlawful verbal menace
Criminal threats is a legal term for communicating an intention to harm someone, typically when the threat is specific enough to cause reasonable fear.
The charge requires that the recipient genuinely fear for their safety and that the threat be unambiguous: He was arrested for criminal threats after telling his ex he would kill her.
Distinguished from vague expressions of anger, criminal threats must convey a serious intent to commit violence.
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