LexiTopic: Law, Crime, and Courts
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Taxonomy for Spelling Bee words related to LAW, CRIME, AND COURTS
SUBJECT HEADINGS IN THIS LEXITOPIC:
Courts and JurisprudenceCrime and CrimesCriminal PenaltiesCriminalsDetention and ImprisonmentLaw EnforcementLegalesePeople in Law, Crime, and Courts officials and roles
People in Legal Actions not law or court officials
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SCOPE NOTE: This LexiTopic compiles and defines Bee words related to laws, crime, law enforcement, the legal profession, and courts of law.
In general, legal terms are not also indexed topically in other subject areas unless they have other nonlegal meanings (e.g., GUILT, MUTE, OPINION).
Words related to legislation and legislatures are in GOVERNMENT, CIVICS, AND POLITICS.
Words related to permits and licenses are in GOVERNMENT, CIVICS, AND POLITICS.
Topical arrangement of Spelling Bee words related to LAW, CRIME, AND COURTS
Courts and Jurisprudence
ACQUIT: to discharge completely (as from an accusation or obligation) ACTION: the initiating of a proceeding in a court of justice by which one demands or enforces one's right; also: the proceeding itselfADJOURN: to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated timeADJUDGING: to decide or rule upon as a judge: to adjudicate; to pronounce judicially: to rule; to award or grant judicially in a case of controversyAFFIRM: to testify or declare by affirmation as distinguished from swearing an oath; to uphold a judgment or decree of a lower courtAFFIRMING: to testify or declare by affirmation as distinguished from swearing an oath; to uphold a judgment or decree of a lower courtALLEGE: to assert without proof or before provingALLEGED: to assert without proof or before provingALLEGEDLY: accused but not proven or convicted (an alleged burglar)ALLEGING: to assert without proof or before provingAPPEAL: law: to take a lower court's decision to a higher court for review; also, law: law: a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower courtAPPEALABLE: law: to take a lower court's decision to a higher court for review; also, law: law: a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower courtAPPEALED: law: to take a lower court's decision to a higher court for review; also, law: law: a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower courtAPPELLANT: one that appeals from a judicial decision or decree; also, of or relating to an appeal: appellateAPPELLATE: of, relating to, or recognizing appeals, specifically: having the power to review the judgment of another tribunalAPPELLEE: one against whom an appeal is takenARBITRATOR: one that arbitrates a dispute: an arbiter, a person with power to decide a dispute: a judge; a person or agency whose judgment or opinion is considered authoritativeARRAIGN: to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment: to chargeARRAIGNING: to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment: to chargeARRAY: law: an orderly listing of jurors impaneledAWARD: to give by judicial decree or after careful consideration; also, a judgment or final decision, especially: the decision of arbitrators in a case submitted to them; also, the document containing the decision of arbitratorsAWARDING: to give by judicial decree or after careful consideration; also, a judgment or final decision, especially: the decision of arbitrators in a case submitted to them; also, the document containing the decision of arbitratorsBAIL: law: the temporary release of a prisoner in exchange for security given for the prisoner's appearance at a later hearing; being held without bail; or the security given for the release of a prisoner on bail; or one who provides bail; or [verb] to release on bail; or [verb] to deliver (personal property) in trust to another for a special purpose and for a limited periodBAILIFF: a minor officer of some U.S. courts usually serving as a messenger or usherBAILING: to release on bailBANC: the bench on which the judges of a court sitBARRING: to prevent (a party) from bringing a claim or action (plaintiffs are barred from litigating such claims)BENCH: the seat where a judge sits in court; or the place where justice is administered: court; or the office or dignity of a judge; or the persons who sit as judgesCALL: to command or request to come or be present (e.g., to be called to testify)CALLED: to command or request to come or be present (e.g., to be called to testify)CALLING: to command or request to come or be present (e.g., to be called to testify)CAPITAL: punishable by death, or involving executionCHALLENGE: an exception taken to a juror before the juror is sworn; also, to question formally the legality or legal qualifications of (challenge a juror)CHARGING: of a judge: to give a charge to (a jury)CIRCUIT: a regular tour (as by a traveling judge) around an assigned district or territory; also, the route traveled (His circuit took him to many towns in the county.)CITABLE: to be called upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)CITATION: an official summons to appear (as before a court)CITE: to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)CITED: to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)CITING: to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)COMITY: the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of anotherCOMMON: ordinary, having or constituting immediate or original jurisdiction; also: belonging to such jurisdictionCONTEMPT: willful disobedience to or open disrespect of a court, judge, or legislative bodyCONVICT: to find or prove to be guilty, or, a person convicted of and under sentence for a crimeCONVICTION: to find or prove to be guilty, or, a person convicted of and under sentence for a crimeCOUNT: an allegation, a charge, specifically: one separately stating the cause of action or prosecution in a legal declaration or indictment (guilty on all counts)COUNTRY: a juryCOURT: an official assembly for the transaction of judicial business; also, a session of such a court (The court is now adjourned.); also, a place (such as a chamber) for the administration of justice (sat quietly in the back of the court); also, a judge or judges in sessionCRIMINAL: relating to crime or to the prosecution of suspects in a crime (criminal statistics, brought criminal action, the criminal justice system)DEFAULT: failure to appear at the required time in a legal proceedingDEFAULTED: failure to appear at the required time in a legal proceedingDEFEND: to act as attorney for; or to deny or oppose the right of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or a wrong charged)DEFENDED: to act as attorney for; or to deny or oppose the right of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or a wrong charged)DEFENDING: to act as attorney for; or to deny or oppose the right of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or a wrong charged)DICTA: plural of dictum: a judge's expression of opinion on a point other than the precise issue involved in determining a caseDOCK: the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trialDOOM: judgment, decision; especially: a judicial condemnation or sentence; also, to give judgment against: to condemnDOOMED: judgment, decision; especially: a judicial condemnation or sentence; also, to give judgment against: to condemnDOOMING: judgment, decision; especially: a judicial condemnation or sentence; also, to give judgment against: to condemnEMPANEL: M-W: variant of impanel, as to empanel a juryENJOIN: to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonitionENJOIN: to prohibit by a judicial order: put an injunction onENJOINED: to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonitionENJOINED: to prohibit by a judicial order: put an injunction onENJOINMENT: M-W labels as archaic: prohibition, injunctionFATWA: a legal opinion or decree handed down by an Islamic religious leaderFIAT: an authoritative or arbitrary order: decreeFINAL: of or relating to a concluding court action or proceeding (final decree)FIND: to make a judicial determination regarding (find the evidence not credible, found the defendant guilty); to make a judicial determination (find for the defendant)FINDING: the result of a judicial examination or inquiry especially into matters of fact; to make a judicial determination regarding (find the evidence not credible, found the defendant guilty); to make a judicial determination (find for the defendant)FORA: plural of forum, a judicial body or assembly: courtFORUM: a judicial body or assembly: courtFOUND: to make a judicial determination regarding (find the evidence not credible, found the defendant guilty); to make a judicial determination (find for the defendant)GAVE: to award by formal verdict (judgment was given against the plaintiff)GIVE: to award by formal verdict (judgment was given against the plaintiff)GIVEN: to award by formal verdict (judgment was given against the plaintiff)GIVING: to award by formal verdict (judgment was given against the plaintiff)GUILT: the fact of having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a penaltyGUILTILY: having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a penaltyGUILTY: having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a penaltyHALE: to compel to go (haled her into court)HAUL: to bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment: to haleHAULED: to bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment: to haleHAULING: to bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment: to haleHUNG: of a jury: unable to reach a decision or verdict (a hung jury)INDICT: to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of lawINDICTED: to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of lawINDICTING: to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of lawINDICTMENT: a formal written statement prepared by a prosecuting authority charging a person with a crime and returned by a jury (such as a grand jury) upon finding that sufficient evidence to support it was presented; also, the action or the legal process of indicting; also, the state of being indictedINNOCENCE: freedom from legal guilt of a particular crime or offenseINNOCENT: free from legal guilt or faultJUDICIAL: of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary; also, ordered or enforced by a court, or belonging or appropriate to a judge or the judiciaryJUROR: a member of a jury; also, a person summoned to serve on a juryLEAD: to suggest to (a witness) the answer desired by asking leading questionsLITIGANT: one engaged in a lawsuitLITIGATE: to carry on a legal contest by judicial process; also, to decide and settle in a court of lawLITIGATING: to carry on a legal contest by judicial process; also, to decide and settle in a court of lawLITIGATOR: one who carries on a legal contest by judicial process: one who litigates legal casesMOTION: an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or directionMUTE: refusing to plead directly or stand trial (the prisoner stands mute)MUTED: refusing to plead directly or stand trial (the prisoner stands mute)MUTING: refusing to plead directly or stand trial (the prisoner stands mute)OPINION: the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is basedORDINARY: having or constituting immediate or original jurisdiction; also: belonging to such jurisdiction; also, a judge of probate in some states of the U.S.PACK: to influence the composition of so as to bring about a desired result (pack a jury)PACKED: to influence the composition of so as to bring about a desired result (pack a jury)PANEL: a schedule containing names of persons summoned as jurors; also, the group of persons so summoned; also, a jury, a body of persons sworn to give a verdict on some matter submitted to them, especially: a body of persons legally selected and sworn to inquire into any matter of fact and to give their verdict according to the evidencePROOF: evidence operating to determine the finding or judgment of a tribunal
PROVE: to establish the existence, truth, or validity of (as by evidence or logic) (prove a theorem, the charges were never proved in court); also, to test the truth, validity, or genuineness of (the exception proves the rule, prove a will at probate); also, to check the correctness of (something, such as an arithmetic result)PROVEN: past participle of prove: to establish the existence, truth, or validity of (as by evidence or logic) (prove a theorem, the charges were never proved in court); also, to test the truth, validity, or genuineness of (the exception proves the rule, prove a will at probate); also, to check the correctness of (something, such as an arithmetic result)RAILROAD: to convict with undue haste and by means of false charges or insufficient evidenceRULING: ruling (n): an official or authoritative decision, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a point of law); to rule: to determine and declare authoritatively (ruled in favor of the defendant), especially: to command or determine judicially (The court ruled that …); also, to lay down a legal rule (waiting to see how the court will rule)TRIAL: the formal examination before a competent tribunal of the matter in issue in a civil or criminal cause in order to determine such issue; also, of, relating to, or used in a trial (a trial lawyer)TRYING: to examine or investigate judicially (try a case); o conduct the trial of; to participate as counsel in the judicial examination ofUNDEFENDED: not guarded or protected: not defended: to act as attorney for; or to deny or oppose the right of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or a wrong charged)VENUE: the place from which a jury is drawn and in which trial is held (requested a change of venue); also, the place or county in which take place the alleged events from which a legal action arises; also, a statement showing that a case is brought to the proper court or authorityWARRANT: a precept or writ issued by a competent magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search or to do other acts incident to the administration of justice
Crime and Crimes
ABET: to assist, encourage, instigate, or support with criminal intent in attempting or carrying out a crimeABETMENT: to assist, encourage, instigate, or support with criminal intent in attempting or carrying out a crimeABETTAL*: M-W does not include abettal, the act of urging onABETTED: to assist, encourage, instigate, or support with criminal intent in attempting or carrying out a crimeBILK: to cheat out of something valuable: defraud; to evade payment of or to; to obtain (something) by defrauding someoneBLACKMAIL: extortion or coercion by threats especially of public exposure or criminal prosecution, or the payment that is extortedBLEED: to get or extort money from especially over a prolonged periodBOODLE: bribe moneyBOONDOGGLE: a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graftBOONDOGGLED: a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graftBRIBING: to influence the judgment or conduct of (someone) with or as if with offers of money or favor: to induce or influence by or as if by briberyBUBBLE: a delusive or fraudulent scheme or undertaking —often used in the capitalized names of specific bubbles (e.g., the Mississippi Bubble)BUNCO: or bunko, a swindling game or schemeBUNKO: or bunco, a swindling game or schemeBURGLARY: the crime of entering a structure (such as a house or commercial building) with the intent to commit a felony (such as theft)BURGLING: the crime of entering a structure (such as a house or commercial building) with the intent to commit a felony (such as theft)CLEAN: free from violations (a clean driving record); also, to rid of corruption (vowing to clean up city hall)CLEANED: free from violations (a clean driving record); also, to rid of corruption (vowing to clean up city hall)CLEANING: free from violations (a clean driving record); also, to rid of corruption (vowing to clean up city hall)CLIP: to take money from unfairly or dishonestly especially by overcharging (the nightclub clipped the tourist for $200)CLIPPED: to take money from unfairly or dishonestly especially by overcharging (the nightclub clipped the tourist for $200)COLLUDE: to work together secretly especially in order to do something illegal or dishonest: conspire, plotCOLLUDED: to work together secretly especially in order to do something illegal or dishonest: conspire, plotCOMMOTION: M-W’s 1st def.: a condition of civil unrest or insurrectionCONFIDENCE: of, relating to, or adept at swindling by false promisesCONNED: con: to swindle (conned retirees out of their savings)CONNING: con: to swindle (conned retirees out of their savings)CONTRACT: an order or arrangement for a hired assassin to kill someone; also, (adjective): hired to execute a contract (a contract worker, a contract killer)COPPED: slang: steal, swipeCOPPING: slang: steal, swipeCORRUPT: to bribe; also, characterized by improper conduct (such as bribery or the selling of favors)CRACK: to break into (crack a safe); also, housebreaking, burglaryCRIMINAL: relating to, involving, or being a crime (criminal neglect, a criminal organization)DIDDLE: to hoax, to swindleDIDDLED: to hoax, to swindleDIDDLING: to hoax, to swindleDIRT: corruption, chicanery (vowed to clean up the dirt in the city government)DOGNAP: to steal (a dog) especially to obtain a reward for its return or to sell to a scientific laboratoryDROP: a place or central depository to which something (such as mail, money, or stolen property) is brought for distribution or transmission (a mail drop); also: the act of depositing something at such a place (made the drop)ECOTAGE: destructive or obstructive action designed to publicize or harass people believed to be harming the environmentEMBEZZLE: to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own useEMBEZZLEMENT: to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own useFENCE: a receiver of stolen goods, or a place where stolen goods are bought; also, to sell (stolen property) to a fenceFENCED: to sell (stolen property) to a fenceFENCING: to sell (stolen property) to a fence
FIDDLE: to cheat, swindle; to alter or manipulate deceptively for fraudulent gain (… accountants fiddling the books)FIDDLED: to cheat, swindle; to alter or manipulate deceptively for fraudulent gain (… accountants fiddling the books)FIDDLING: to cheat, swindle; to alter or manipulate deceptively for fraudulent gain (… accountants fiddling the books)FILCH: to steal secretly or casuallyFILCHING: to steal secretly or casuallyFIXED: to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods (the race had been fixed)FLEECE: to strip of money or property by fraud or extortion
FORCING: to do violence to, especially: to rapeFORGING: to make or imitate falsely especially with intent to defraud: to counterfeitFRAUD: intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal rightFRONT: to act or serve as a cover or front for something or someone; also, US, informal: to assume a fake or false personality to conceal one's true identity and characterGAME: an illegal or shady scheme or maneuver: a racketGRAFT: the acquisition of gain (such as money) in dishonest or questionable ways; also, illegal or unfair gain; or to practice graftGRAFTING: the acquisition of gain (such as money) in dishonest or questionable ways; also, illegal or unfair gain; or to practice graftGRAVY: unearned or illicit gain: graftGRIFT: to obtain (money or property) illicitly (as in a confidence game)GRIFTING: to obtain (money or property) illicitly (as in a confidence game)HATE: a systematic and especially politically exploited expression of hatred (e.g., hate crime)HATED: a systematic and especially politically exploited expression of hatred (e.g., hate crime)HATING: a systematic and especially politically exploited expression of hatred (e.g., hate crime)HAVE: to bribe, suborn (can be had for a price)HOOK: to steal or pilferHOOK: to work as a prostituteHOOKED: to steal or pilferHOOKED: to work as a prostituteHOOKING: to steal or pilferHOOKING: to work as a prostituteINFRACT: Not in M-W, but in Collins: rare: to break or violate (a law, pledge, etc.)JACK: to steal or robKICKBACK: a return of a part of a sum received often because of confidential agreement or coercionKITE: a check drawn against uncollected funds in a bank account or fraudulently raised before cashing; also, to use (a bad check) to get credit or money; to get money or credit by a kite
KITING: a check drawn against uncollected funds in a bank account or fraudulently raised before cashing; also, to use (a bad check) to get credit or money; to get money or credit by a kiteLIFT: to steal (had her purse lifted); also, an act of stealing: theftLIFTING: to steal (had her purse lifted); also, an act of stealing: theftLOOT: something appropriated illegally often by force or violence (the thieves' loot); also, the action of looting (the general loot of public funds); also, to rob especially on a large scale and usually by violence or corruptionLOOTED: something appropriated illegally often by force or violence (the thieves' loot); also, the action of looting (the general loot of public funds); also, to rob especially on a large scale and usually by violence or corruptionLYNCH*: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission, from lynch law (the punishment of presumed crimes or offenses usually by death without due process of law), probably after Charles Lynch †1796 Virginia planter and justice of the peaceMAIM: to commit the felony of mayhem uponMAIMED: to commit the felony of mayhem uponMAIMING: to commit the felony of mayhem uponMALICE: intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuseMARAUD: to roam about and raid in search of plunder; to raid, to pillageMARK: an object of attack, ridicule, or abuse, specifically: a victim or prospective victim of a swindleMUGGED: to assault usually with intent to rob; to attack suddenlyMUGGING: to assault usually with intent to rob; to attack suddenlyNIPPED: to snatch, stealNIPPING: to snatch, stealOFFED: slang: to kill, murderOFFEND: to violate a law or rule: to do wrong (offend against the law); to violate, to transgress (a contract not offending a statute)OFFENDED: to violate a law or rule: to do wrong (offend against the law); to violate, to transgress (a contract not offending a statute)OFFENDING: to violate a law or rule: to do wrong (offend against the law); to violate, to transgress (a contract not offending a statute)OFFING: slang: to kill, murderOFFS: slang: to kill, murderPAYOLA: undercover or indirect payment (as to a disc jockey) for a commercial favor (as for promoting a particular recording); from pay + -ola (as in Pianola, trademark for a player piano)PETTIFOG: to engage in legal chicanery; to plead (as a case) with legal chicanery; back formation from a pettifogger (a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable: a shyster; or one given to quibbling over trifles); it may come from "Fugger," the name of a successful family of 15th- and 16th-century German merchants and financiers. Germanic variations of "fugger" were used for the wealthy and avaricious, as well as for huckstersPICK: a picklock: a tool for picking locks; also, to unlock with a device (such as a wire) other than the key (pick a lock); also, to pilfer, to rob (pick pockets); also, to pilfer —used in the phrase picking and stealingPICKED: a picklock: a tool for picking locks; also, to unlock with a device (such as a wire) other than the key (pick a lock); also, to pilfer, to rob (pick pockets); also, to pilfer —used in the phrase picking and stealingPILLAGING: to plunder ruthlessly [especially in war]: to loot; to take bootyPINCH: a theft; also, to stealPINCHING: a theft; also, to stealPIRACY: an act of robbery on the high seas; also: an act resembling such robbery; robbery on the high seas; also, the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright; also, the illicit accessing of broadcast signalsPIRATIC: or more commonly piratical: of, produced by, or being a pirate or piracy (piratical strongholds, piratical editions, piratical attackers, piratical enterprises); also, befitting or resembling a pirate (a fierce piratical expression)PLUCK: to rob, to fleecePOACH: to trespass on; to trespass for the purpose of stealing game; also: to take game or fish illegally; to take (game or fish) by illegal methodsPOGROM: an organized massacre of helpless people, specifically: such a massacre of Jews; also, (verb) to massacre or destroy in a pogromRAID: the act of mulcting public money; also, to conduct or take part in a raid; to make a raid onRAIDING: the act of mulcting public money; also, to conduct or take part in a raid; to make a raid onRIFLING: to engage in ransacking and stealing (rifled through his wallet and stole his money); to search through something quickly and carelessly especially with the intent to steal (rifled the papers on her desk looking for the document); to steal and carry awayRIOT: a violent public disorder, specifically, law: a violent disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled together that presents a danger of injury to a person or property; public violence, tumult, or disorder; also, to create or engage in a riotRIPOFF: M-W hyphenates rip-off, an act or instance of stealing: theft; also: a financial exploitation (The so-called deal turned out to be a rip-off.); also, a usually cheap exploitive imitation (a rip-off of a designer bag); Collins has closed compound ripoffROBBING: to take something away from by force: to steal from; to take personal property from by violence or threat; to remove valuables without right from (a place) (rob a safe); to take away as loot: to steal (rob jewelry); to commit robberyROLL: to rob (a drunk, sleeping, or unconscious person) usually by going through the pockets; broadly: to robRUNNING: to smuggle (run guns, run cigarettes)TAKE: to obtain money from, especially fraudulently (took me for all I had)TAKEN: to obtain money from, especially fraudulently (took me for all I had)THEFT: the act of stealing, specifically: the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it; also, an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of propertyTHIEVE: to steal, to robTOOK: to obtain money from, especially fraudulently (took me for all I had)TRAFFIC: illegal or disreputable usually commercial activity (drug traffic)VENAL: capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration: purchasable; especially: open to corrupt influence and especially bribery: mercenary (a venal legislator); also, originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery (a venal arrangement with the police)VENALLY: capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration: purchasable; especially: open to corrupt influence and especially bribery: mercenary (a venal legislator); also, originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery (a venal arrangement with the police)VICE: disapproving: uninhibited sexual behavior; also, sex workVILIFIED: to utter slanderous and abusive statements against: to defame, law: to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about: to harm the reputation of by libel or slanderVILIFY: to utter slanderous and abusive statements against: to defame, law: to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about: to harm the reputation of by libel or slanderVILIFYING: to utter slanderous and abusive statements against: to defame, law: to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about: to harm the reputation of by libel or slanderVILLAINY: villainous conduct; also: a villainous act; also, the quality or state of being villainous: depravity, the quality or state of being corrupt, evil, or perverted: the quality or state of being depraved
VIOLATION: infringement, transgression; an act of irreverence or desecration: profanation; also, the act of violating: the state of being violated ; also, rape: unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against a person's will or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent because of mental illness, mental deficiency, intoxication, unconsciousness, or deception; ravishment; the act of violating: the state of being violatedWAIF: waifs plural: stolen goods thrown away by a thief in flightWAIVE: to throw away (stolen goods)WAIVING: to throw away (stolen goods)WRONG: a violation or invasion of the legal rights of another, especially: a tort; the state, position, or fact of being or doing wrong; also, to do wrong to: to injure, to harm; to treat disrespectfully or dishonorably: to violate
WRONGDOING: evil or improper behavior or action (cleared of any wrongdoing); also, an instance of doing wrongWRONGING: a violation or invasion of the legal rights of another, especially: a tort; the state, position, or fact of being or doing wrong; also, to do wrong to: to injure, to harm; to treat disrespectfully or dishonorably: to violate
Criminal Penalties
BEHEAD: to cut off the head of: decapitateBEHEADED: to cut off the head of: decapitateBLOCK: the piece of wood on which the neck of a person condemned to be beheaded is laid for execution (put her neck on the block)BLOCKS: the piece of wood on which the neck of a person condemned to be beheaded is laid for execution (put her neck on the block)BRAND: a mark put on criminals with a hot iron; also, to mark with a brand; also, a tool used to produce a brandBURN: informal: to die in the electric chair, to electrocute; to execute by burning (heretics are no longer burned at the stake.)BURNING: informal: to die in the electric chair, to electrocute; to execute by burning (heretics are no longer burned at the stake.)BURNT: informal: to die in the electric chair, to electrocute; to execute by burning (heretics are no longer burned at the stake.)CHAIR: electric chairCONVICT: to find or prove to be guilty, or, a person convicted of and under sentence for a crimeDOOM: judgment, decision; especially: a judicial condemnation or sentence; also, to give judgment against: to condemnDOOMED: judgment, decision; especially: a judicial condemnation or sentence; also, to give judgment against: to condemnDOOMING: judgment, decision; especially: a judicial condemnation or sentence; also, to give judgment against: to condemnDROP: a hinged platform on a gallowsEXECUTE: to put (someone) to death especially in compliance with a legal sentenceFINE: a sum imposed as punishment for an offense; also, to impose a fine on; to punish by a fine FINED: to impose a fine on: to punish by a fineFINING: to impose a fine on: to punish by a fineHANG: to suspend by the neck until dead; also, to die by being suspended by the neck —often hanged in the past tense (He hanged for his crimes.) (He’s going to hang.)HANGED: to suspend by the neck until dead; also, to die by being suspended by the neck —often hanged in the past tense (He hanged for his crimes.) (He’s going to hang.)HANGING: to suspend by the neck until dead; also, to die by being suspended by the neck —often hanged in the past tense (He hanged for his crimes.) (He’s going to hang.)HANGMAN: one who hangs a condemned person; also: a public executionerHEAD: to beheadHEADED: to beheadLABOR: expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory (was sentenced to six months at hard labor)LIFE: a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of a convict's lifeNAIL: to arrest or punish for an offenseNAILING: to arrest or punish for an offensePARDON: the excusing of an offense without exacting a penalty (offered a pardon to the draft evader); also, a release from the legal penalties of an offense; also, an official warrant of remission of penalty (a royal pardon later released him from a death sentence); also, to absolve from the consequences of a fault or crime; to relieve of a penalty improperly assessedPENAL: liable to punishment (a penal offense)PENALLY: liable to punishment (a penal offense)PENALTY: the suffering in person, rights, or property that is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime or public offense (trespassing forbidden under penalty of imprisonment); also, the suffering or the sum to be forfeited to which a person agrees to be subjected in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations (A penalty was imposed on the contractor for breach of contract.)UNHUNG: not hung, especially: not executed by hangingWALK: to avoid criminal prosecution or conviction (walked on a technicality)
Criminals
BAGMAN: a person who on behalf of another collects or distributes illicitly gained money. Broadly: an intermediary in an illicit or unethical transactionBAGMEN: a person who on behalf of another collects or distributes illicitly gained money. Broadly: an intermediary in an illicit or unethical transactionBRAND: a mark put on criminals with a hot iron; also, to mark with a brand; also, a tool used to produce a brandBRAVO: M-W’s 1st def: villain, desperado, especially: a hired assassinBULLY: a hired ruffian, or a pimpBURGLAR: one who commits burglary, the crime of entering a structure (such as a house or commercial building) with the intent to commit a felony (such as theft)CABAL: the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)CANARY: an informerCANDYMAN: M-W does not list this either as a closed compound or open compound. A drug dealer.CANNIBAL: one that eats the flesh of its own kind; from Spanish Caníbal … akin to Carib, a member of an Indian people of northern South America and the Lesser AntillesCANT: the private language of the underworld (the cant of thieves); also, to speak in cant or jargon (thieves canting among themselves)CANTING*: the private language of the underworld (the cant of thieves); also, to speak in cant or jargon (thieves canting among themselves)COMPLICIT: helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some wayCONVICT: to find or prove to be guilty, or, a person convicted of and under sentence for a crimeCRIMINAL: one who has committed a crime; a person who has been convicted of a crime; also, guilty of crime; also: of or befitting a criminal (a criminal mind)CROOK: a person who engages in fraudulent or criminal practicesCULPRIT: one accused of or charged with or found guilty of a crimeCUTTHROAT: a killer or murdererDEMIMONDE: a class of women on the fringes of respectable society supported by wealthy lovers; also, their world. Or, the world of prostitutionFAMILY: a unit of a crime syndicate (such as the Mafia) operating within a geographical areaFELON: one who has committed a felonyFENCE: a receiver of stolen goods, or a place where stolen goods are boughtFINK: to give information about another's wrongdoing to an authority, or one who does soFINKING: to give information about another's wrongdoing to an authority, or one who does soFLIP: to cause or persuade (a witness) to cooperate in prosecuting a criminal case against an associate; also, to cooperate in the prosecution of a criminal case against an associateFLIPPED: to cause or persuade (a witness) to cooperate in prosecuting a criminal case against an associate; also, to cooperate in the prosecution of a criminal case against an associateFLIPPING: to cause or persuade (a witness) to cooperate in prosecuting a criminal case against an associate; also, to cooperate in the prosecution of a criminal case against an associateGANG: a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends, especially a band of antisocial adolescentsGANG: to move or act as a gangGANGED: to move or act as a gangGANGING: to move or act as a gangGANGLAND: the world of organized crimeGOON: a man hired to terrorize or eliminate opponentsGUNMAN: a man armed with a gun, especially: a professional killerGUNMEN: a man armed with a gun, especially: a professional killerHENCHMAN: a member of a gangHENCHMEN: a member of a gangHITMEN: M-W has the open compound hit man, a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate; a hatchet manHOOD: shortened from hoodlum, a usually violent criminalHOODLUM: somewhat old-fashioned: a usually violent criminalINFORM: to give information (as of another's wrongdoing) to an authority (informed on a member of his own gang)JAILBIRD: a person confined in jail; especially: a habitual criminalJUVENILE: of or relating to young people who have committed or are accused of committing a criminal offense; the juvenile justice system, juvenile crimeMOLL: a gangster's girlfriend; probably from Moll, nickname for MaryMULE: slang: a person who smuggles or delivers illicit substances (such as drugs)NARC: or less commonly nark, slang: a person who informs on another especially to the authorities: a snitch; also, to give information (as of another's wrongdoing) especially to an authority: to snitch, inform —often used with on; to snitch or inform on (someone): rat —usually used with outNARCO: US slang: one who traffics or deals drugs illegally; also: narcotic drugs —usually used before another noun (narco traffic/traffickers, narco smuggling; borrowed from American Spanish, probably short for narcotraficante "drug trafficker.”OUTLAW: a lawless person or a fugitive from the lawPICK: a picklock: a burglarPRIG: a thiefPRINCIPAL: the chief or an actual participant in a crimePUNK: a usually petty gangster, hoodlum, or ruffianPYRO: Not in M-W; Collins has slang: a person with a compulsion to set destructive fires; pyromaniacRING: an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish and often corrupt purpose (as to control a market) (a wheat ring); a gang (a smuggling ring)
ROVER: a pirate: one who commits or practices piracy: an act of robbery on the high seasTHUG: a violent or brutish criminal or bully; also, a member of a group of murderous robbers in India's past whose activities were suppressed in the early 19th centuryTONG: a secret society or fraternal organization especially of Chinese in the U.S. formerly notorious for gang warfareTORCH: an incendiary, a person who commits arson: an arsonistTRAITOR: one who commits treasonTURNCOAT: one who switches to an opposing side or party, specifically: a traitor, one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty; one who commits treasonVANDAL: one who willfully or ignorantly destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public; from Vandals, name of the Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 under Genseric
VIKING: a sea rover, one that roves the sea; specifically: a pirate, one who commits or practices piracy, an act of robbery on the high seas, or an act resembling such robberyVILLAIN: a deliberate scoundrel or criminalYEGG*: a safecracker, one that breaks open safes to steal
Detention and Imprisonment
BARRING: to confine or shut in by or as if by bars barring prisoners in their cells)BOND: something that binds or restrains: fetter (prisoners freed from their bonds)CAGE: a barred cell for confining prisonersCELL: a single room in a prison usually for one personCELLBLOCK: a group of cells constituting a subdivision of a prisonCELLMATE: or less commonly cell mate: a person who shares a prison cell with another prisonerCHAIN: to fetterCHAINED: to fetterCHAINING: to fetterCLINK: slang: a prison cell; slang: jail, prison; probably from Clink, a prison in Southwark, London, EnglandCLINK: slang: a prison cell; slang: jail, prison; probably from Clink, a prison in Southwark, London, EnglandCOLLAR: to arrest, grab; an act of collaring: arrest, captureCOMMIT: to place in a prison or mental institutionCOMMITMENT: a consignment to a prison or an institution for the mentally ill (filed a petition for commitment); also, mittimus: a warrant issued to a sheriff commanding delivery to prison of a person named in the warrantCOMMITTAL: commitment: a consignment to a prison or an institution for the mentally ill (filed a petition for commitment); also, mittimus: a warrant issued to a sheriff commanding delivery to prison of a person named in the warrantCOMMITTED: to place in a prison or mental institutionCONFINE: to imprisonCONFINED: to imprisonCRAMP: something that confines: shackle; also, the state of being confined; also, to confine, restrainCUFF: handcuff —usually used in plural; also, to handcuffCUFFED: handcuff —usually used in plural; also, to handcuffDETENTION: the act or fact of detaining or holding back, especially: a holding in custody; or the state of being detained, especially: a period of temporary custody prior to disposition by a courtDUNGEON: a dark usually underground prison or vaultENCHAIN: to bind or hold with or as if with chainsENCHAINED: to bind or hold with or as if with chainsENCHAINING: to bind or hold with or as if with chainsFURLOUGH: a set period of time when a prisoner is allowed to leave a prisonGAGGED: to restrict use of the mouth of by inserting something into it to prevent speech or outcryGAGGING: to restrict use of the mouth of by inserting something into it to prevent speech or outcryGULAG: the penal system of the Soviet Union consisting of a network of labor camps, or a penal colony where forced labor is performedHACK: slang: a guard, especially at a prison; from Hackney, Middle English hakeney, hakenay "a small saddle horse, especially one for hire," probably from hackney, originally a parish and village, where nearby meadows may have been used to pasture horses; hackney = horse let out for hire anything let for hire mercenary or contract employeeHOCK: prisonHOLD: to restrain as or as if a captive (e.g., the suspect was held without bail); also, confinement, custody, or prisonHOLE: a prison cell especially for solitary confinementINMATE: a person confined in a prisonIRON: irons plural: shackles for the hands or legs; also, to shackle with ironsIRONING: to shackle with ironsJAIL: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody, specifically: such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (such as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimesJOINT: slang: prisonJUGGING: to jail, to imprisonKEEP: a prison, jailKETTLE: to corral or contain (people) in large numbers by surrounding and forcing into an enclosed areaLOCKUP: jail, especially: a local jail where persons are detained prior to court hearingMATRON: a woman who supervises women or children (as in a school or police station) [or prison]NABBED: to catch or seize in arrest: to apprehendNABBING: to catch or seize in arrest: to apprehendNAIL: to arrest or punish for an offenseNAILING: to arrest or punish for an offensePENAL: of, relating to, or involving punishment, penalties, or punitive institutions; also, used as a place of confinement and punishment (a penal colony)PENALLY: of, relating to, or involving punishment, penalties, or punitive institutions; also, used as a place of confinement and punishment (a penal colony)TANK: a prison cell or enclosure used especially for receiving prisonersTIME: a prison sentenceUNCUFF: to remove handcuffs from (uncuff a prisoner)UNCUFFED: to remove handcuffs from (uncuff a prisoner)WARD: a division (such as a cell or block) of a prison; also, the state of being under guard, especially custody: the immediate charge and control (as over a ward or a suspect) exercised by a person or an authorityWARRANT: a precept or writ issued by a competent magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search or to do other acts incident to the administration of justice
Law Enforcement
BAILIWICK: law enforcement: the office or jurisdiction of a bailiffBATON: cudgel, truncheon; specifically: a billy club, a heavy usually wooden clubspecifically: a police officer's clubBEAT: a regularly traversed round (a cop patrolling her beat)BILLY: a billy club, a heavy usually wooden club, specifically: a police officer's clubBOOK: law enforcement: all the charges that can be made against an accused person (threw the book at him); also, to enter charges against in a police register (was booked on suspicion of murder)BOOKED: law enforcement: all the charges that can be made against an accused person (threw the book at him); also, to enter charges against in a police register (was booked on suspicion of murder)BOOKS: law enforcement: all the charges that can be made against an accused person (threw the book at him); also, to enter charges against in a police register (was booked on suspicion of murder)
BOOT: a Denver boot, a metal clamp that is locked onto one of the wheels of an automobile to immobilize it especially until its owner pays accumulated parking fines; also, to lock a Denver boot on one of the wheels of (a car)BOOTED: a Denver boot, a metal clamp that is locked onto one of the wheels of an automobile to immobilize it especially until its owner pays accumulated parking fines; also, to lock a Denver boot on one of the wheels of (a car)BOOTING: a Denver boot, a metal clamp that is locked onto one of the wheels of an automobile to immobilize it especially until its owner pays accumulated parking fines; also, to lock a Denver boot on one of the wheels of (a car)BOUNTY: a payment for the capture of or assistance in the capture of an outlaw
BULL: slang: police officer, detectiveDEPUTIZE: to appoint as deputyDEPUTIZED: to appoint as deputyDETECT: to work as a detective , one employed or engaged in detecting lawbreakers or in getting information that is not readily or publicly accessible; of or relating to detectives or their workDETECTED: to work as a detective , one employed or engaged in detecting lawbreakers or in getting information that is not readily or publicly accessible; of or relating to detectives or their workDETECTIVE: one employed or engaged in detecting lawbreakers or in getting information that is not readily or publicly accessible; of or relating to detectives or their workDOGGED: to hunt, track, or follow (someone) like a houndDOGGING: to hunt, track, or follow (someone) like a houndEXAM: short for examination, a formal interrogationFLATFEET: or plural flatfoots, slang: a police officer, especially: a patrolman walking a regular beatFLATFOOT: slang: a police officer, especially: a patrolman walking a regular beatGRILL: to question intensely, such as during an interrogationGRILLING: to question intensely, such as during an interrogationHEAT: slang: police; also, the intensification of law-enforcement activity or investigation (waited until the heat was off)HUNT: to pursue with intent to capture (hunted the escapees); to drive or chase especially by harrying (members … were hunted from their homes)HUNTED: to pursue with intent to capture (hunted the escapees); to drive or chase especially by harrying (members … were hunted from their homes)LATENT: a fingerprint (as at the scene of a crime) that is scarcely visible but can be developed for study; called also latent fingerprint, latent printLAWMAN: a law-enforcement officer (such as a sheriff or marshal)LIFT: to take up (a fingerprint) from a surfaceLIFTING: to take up (a fingerprint) from a surfaceLINEUP: a line of persons arranged especially for inspection or for identification by policeMACE: to attack with the liquid Mace [the product Mace is a trademark, capitalized]MACED: to attack with the liquid Mace [the product Mace is a trademark, capitalized]MACING: to attack with the liquid Mace [the product Mace is a trademark, capitalized]NARC: slang: a person (such as a government agent) who investigates narcotics crimes: a narcoNARCO: US slang: a person investigating narcotics violations: a narc; borrowed from American Spanish, probably short for narcotraficante "drug trafficker.”PATROL: the action of traversing a district or beat or of going the rounds along a chain of guards for observation or the maintenance of security; also, the person performing such an action; also, to carry out a patrolPEACE: freedom from civil disturbance; a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom (a breach of the peace)PEACEABLE: free from strife or disorderPINCH: a police raid; also, an arrest; also, to arrestPINCHING: a police raid; also, an arrest; also, to arrestPOLICE: the department of government charged with prevention, detection, and prosecution of public nuisances and crimes; the police force; plural: police officers; also, to control, regulate, or keep in order by use of police; to perform the functions of a police force in or over [people or a place]; to supervise the operation, execution, or administration of to prevent or detect and prosecute violations of rules and regulations; also, a private organization resembling a police force (campus police); also, plural: the members of a private police organizationPRINT: a fingerprint: an ink impression of the lines upon the fingertip taken for the purpose of identificationPRIOR: US law enforcement, informal: a previous instance of arrest or conviction for a crimeRAID: a sudden invasion by officers of the law; also, to conduct or take part in a raid; to make a raid onRAIDING: a sudden invasion by officers of the law; also, to conduct or take part in a raid; to make a raid onTAGGED: to hold to account, especially: to charge with violating the law (He was tagged for … assault.); also, to put a ticket on (a motor vehicle) for a traffic violationTAGGING: to hold to account, especially: to charge with violating the law (He was tagged for … assault.); also, to put a ticket on (a motor vehicle) for a traffic violationTAIL: one (such as a detective) who follows or keeps watch on someone; also, to follow for purposes of surveillanceTAILING: one (such as a detective) who follows or keeps watch on someone; also, to follow for purposes of surveillanceTEETH: effective means of enforcement: drug laws with teethTICKET: a summons or warning issued to a traffic-law violator; also, to furnish or serve with a ticket (ticketed for illegal parking)WAGON: a patrol wagon, an enclosed motortruck used by police to carry prisonersWANT: to hunt or seek in order to apprehend (wanted for murder)WARRANT: a precept or writ issued by a competent magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search or to do other acts incident to the administration of justice
Legalese
ABATE: to become defeated or become null or void (as of a writ or appeal); to nullify (e.g., to abate a writ)ABATED: to become defeated or become null or void (as of a writ or appeal); to nullify (e.g., to abate a writ)ABATING: to become defeated or become null or void (as of a writ or appeal); to nullify (e.g., to abate a writ)ACCEPTANCE: law: an agreeing either expressly or by conduct to the act or offer of another so that a contract is concluded and the parties become legally boundALIBI: the plea of having been at the time of the commission of an act elsewhere than at the place of commissionALIENABLE: transferable to another's ownershipANNUL: to declare or make legally invalid or voidANNULLED: to declare or make legally invalid or voidANNULLING: to declare or make legally invalid or voidAPPEAL: law: a criminal accusationAPPOINT: law: to determine the disposition of (an estate) to someone by virtue of a power of appointmentARBITRARILY: law: depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by law (The manner of punishment is arbitrary.)ARBITRARY: law: depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by law (The manner of punishment is arbitrary.)ATTACH: to take by legal authority especially under a writATTACHMENT: a seizure by legal process; also: the writ or precept commanding such seizureATTAINT*: to affect by attainder (extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person upon sentence of death or outlawry usually after a conviction of treason)AVOID: law: to make legally void: to annul (avoid a plea)BANNED: to prohibit especially by legal meansBANNING: to prohibit especially by legal meansBARRING: to put forth legal objection to (something, such as a claim or action) (final judgment barred the subsequent claim)BIND: to constrain with legal authority (The court's decision binds them to pay the fine.); to exert a restraining or compelling effect (a contract that binds them to monthly payments)BINDING: to constrain with legal authority (The court's decision binds them to pay the fine.); to exert a restraining or compelling effect (a contract that binds them to monthly payments)BOUND: past tense and past participle of bind: to constrain with legal authority (The court's decision binds them to pay the fine.); to exert a restraining or compelling effect (a contract that binds them to monthly payments); also, placed under legal or moral restraint or obligation: obliged —often used in combination (duty-bound)BRING: to institute, to set going (bring legal action); also, to force, compel (was brought before a judge); also, to prefer; to bring or lay against someone (whether to bring legal charges against him)BRINGING: to institute, to set going (bring legal action); also, to force, compel (was brought before a judge); also, to prefer; to bring or lay against someone (whether to bring legal charges against him)BROUGHT: to institute, to set going (bring legal action); also, to force, compel (was brought before a judge); also, to prefer; to bring or lay against someone (whether to bring legal charges against him)CAME: to fall to a person in a division or inheritance of property (Several thousand dollars came to him from his uncle.)CAPABLE: having legal right to own, enjoy, or performCAPACITY: legal competency or fitnessCAVEAT: a legal warningCHALLENGE: to take legal exception
CHATTEL: an item of tangible movable or immovable property except real estate and things (such as buildings) connected with real propertyCIVIL: established by law (civil freedoms); also, of, relating to, or based on civil law; also, relating to private rights and to remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings mannerly (a civil question)CIVILLY: in terms of civil rights, law, or mattersCLEAN: slang: having no contraband (such as weapons or drugs) in one's possession (All visitors to the prison are searched to make sure they're clean.)CODE: a systematic statement of a body of law, especially: one given statutory forceCODICIL: a legal instrument made to modify an earlier willCODIFIED: to reduce to a code (The convention codified the rules of war.)CODIFY: to reduce to a code (The convention codified the rules of war.)COLOR: a legal claim to or appearance of a right, authority, or officeCOLOUR*: chiefly British spelling of color; a legal claim to or appearance of a right, authority, or officeCOME: to fall to a person in a division or inheritance of property (Several thousand dollars came to him from his uncle.)COMING: to fall to a person in a division or inheritance of property (Several thousand dollars came to him from his uncle.)COMMON: the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or othersCOMPETENCE: law: legal authority, ability, or admissibilityCOMPETENT: legally qualified or adequateCONCORD: agreement by stipulation, compact, or covenantCONTRACT: a binding agreement between two or more persons or parties, especially one legally enforceable; also, a document describing the terms of a contractCONVEY: to transfer or deliver (something, such as property) to another especially by a sealed writingCONVEYED: to transfer or deliver (something, such as property) to another especially by a sealed writingCOVENANT: a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreementDAMAGE: damages plural: compensation in money imposed by law for loss or injuryDEATH: law: civil death: the status of a living person equivalent in its legal consequences to natural death, specifically: the deprivation of civil rightsDEBT: law and business: the common-law action for the recovery of money held to be dueDECIDE: law: to determine (as a case or issue) after consideration of the facts or lawDECIDED: law: to determine (as a case or issue) after consideration of the facts or lawDEED: a signed and usually sealed instrument containing some legal transfer, bargain, or contract; also, to convey or transfer by a signed instrument containing a legal transfer, bargain, or contract: to convey or transfer by deedDEEDED: a signed and usually sealed instrument containing some legal transfer, bargain, or contract; also, to convey or transfer by a signed instrument containing a legal transfer, bargain, or contract: to convey or transfer by deedDEEDING: a signed and usually sealed instrument containing some legal transfer, bargain, or contract; also, to convey or transfer by a signed instrument containing a legal transfer, bargain, or contract: to convey or transfer by deedDEFEAT: law: to: nullify (defeat an estate)DEFEATED: law: to: nullify (defeat an estate)DEVOLVE: to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another; to pass by transmission or successionDEVOLVED: to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another; to pass by transmission or successionDOMAIN: law: complete and absolute ownership of landDOMICILE: law: a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposesDOMICILED: law: a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposesDOMINION: law: supreme authority: sovereignty; absolute ownership; complete and absolute ownership of landDOWRY: law: the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriageDRACONIAN: law: of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him; from Latin Dracon-, Draco, from Greek Drakōn Draco (Athenian lawgiver)DRACONIC: variation of draconian: of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him; from Latin Dracon-, Draco, from Greek Drakōn Draco (Athenian lawgiver)EJECT: to evict from propertyEJECTABLE: to evict from propertyEJECTED: to evict from propertyEJECTION: to evict from propertyENABLE: to give legal power, capacity, or sanction to (a law enabling admission of a state)ENTAIL: to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof; or to confer, assign, or transmit (something) for an indefinitely long time: to confer, assign, or transmit as if by entailENTITLEMENT: the state or condition of being entitled: a right; a right to benefits specified especially by law or contractEVENT: the final outcome or determination of a legal actionEVICT: to recover (property) from a person by legal process; to put (a tenant) out by legal processEVICTED: to recover (property) from a person by legal process; to put (a tenant) out by legal processEVICTION: to recover (property) from a person by legal process; to put (a tenant) out by legal processEVIDENCE: something that furnishes proof: testimony, specifically: something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth of a matter; also, one who bears witness, especially: one who voluntarily confesses a crime and testifies for the prosecution against one's accomplices; also, to offer evidence of: prove, evinceEVIDENCED: something that furnishes proof: testimony, specifically: something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth of a matter; also, one who bears witness, especially: one who voluntarily confesses a crime and testifies for the prosecution against one's accomplices; also, to offer evidence of: prove, evinceEVIDENCING: something that furnishes proof: testimony, specifically: something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth of a matter; also, one who bears witness, especially: one who voluntarily confesses a crime and testifies for the prosecution against one's accomplices; also, to offer evidence of: prove, evinceEXECUTE: to perform what is required to give validity to (something) (execute a deed)EXEMPT: free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject; also, to release or deliver from some liability or requirement to which others are subject; also, one exempted or freed from dutyEXTENT: a writ giving to a creditor temporary possession of his debtor's propertyFAIRLY: in a proper or legal manner (fairly priced houses)FIEF: something over which one has rights or exercises controlFILE: to initiate (something, such as a legal action) through proper formal procedureFILED: to initiate (something, such as a legal action) through proper formal procedureFILING: to initiate (something, such as a legal action) through proper formal procedureFINE: a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action; also, a compromise of a fictitious suit used as a form of conveyance of landsFIRM: a partnership of two or more persons that is not recognized as a legal person distinct from the members composing itFORMAL: done in due or lawful formFORMALLY: done in due or lawful formGAVE: to grant or bestow by formal action (the law gives citizens the right to vote)GIVE: to grant or bestow by formal action (the law gives citizens the right to vote)GIVEN: to grant or bestow by formal action (the law gives citizens the right to vote)GIVING: to grant or bestow by formal action (the law gives citizens the right to vote)GRANT: to bestow or transfer formally; specifically, to give the possession or title of by a deed; also, a transfer of property by deed or writing, or the instrument by which such a transfer is made; also, the property so transferredHARMONY: in agreement, accord (e.g., the treaty is in harmony with our legal requirements)IGNORING: to reject (a bill of indictment) as ungroundedILLEGAL: not according to or authorized by law: unlawful, illicit ILLEGALITY: not according to or authorized by law: unlawful, illicit ILLEGALLY: not according to or authorized by law: unlawful, illicit ILLICIT: not permitted: unlawfulILLICITLY: not permitted: unlawfulINALIENABLE: incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferredINCAPACITATE: to make legally incapable or ineligibleINCUR: to become liable or subject to: bring down upon oneselfINCURRING: to become liable or subject to: bring down upon oneselfINDENT: to draw up (something, such as a deed) in two or more exactly corresponding copies; also, a formal or official document usually executed in two or more copies; also, to divide (a document) so as to produce sections with irregular edges that can be matched for authenticationINDENTED: to draw up (something, such as a deed) in two or more exactly corresponding copies; also, to divide (a document) so as to produce sections with irregular edges that can be matched for authenticationINDICT: to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of lawINDICTED: to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of lawINDICTING: to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of lawINDICTMENT: a formal written statement prepared by a prosecuting authority charging a person with a crime and returned by a jury (such as a grand jury) upon finding that sufficient evidence to support it was presented; also, the action or the legal process of indicting; also, the state of being indictedINTENT: the design or purpose to commit a wrongful or criminal act (admitted wounding him with intent)LANGUAGE: specific words especially in a law or regulation (The police were diligent in enforcing the language of the law.)LAWBOOK: a book containing or dealing with laws, legal subjects, or cases adjudicatedLEGACY: a gift by will especially of money or other personal property: a bequestLEGAL: of or relating to law; deriving authority from or founded on law: de jure; having a formal status derived from law often without a basis in actual fact: titular; established by law, especially: statutory; of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the profession of law or of one of its members (a legal associate); created by the constructions of the law (a legal fiction); recognized or made effective by a court of law as distinguished from a court of equity; one that conforms to rules or the lawLEGALITY: attachment to or observance of law; the quality or state of being legal: lawfulness; legalities plural: obligations imposed by lawLEGALIZE: to make legal; especially: to give legal validity or sanction toLEGALIZED: to make legal; especially: to give legal validity or sanction toLEGALIZING: to make legal; especially: to give legal validity or sanction toLEGALLY: in a legal manner: in accordance with the law; from the point of view of lawLEGATE: to bequeath, to give or leave by will, used especially of personal property; to hand down: to transmitLEGIT: informal: legitimate: accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirementsLEGITIMIZE: to make legitimate: to legitimate, to make (someone or something) legitimate: to give legal status or authorization toLEVIED: to seize propertyLEVY: to seize propertyLIABILITY: the quality or state of being [legally] liable (was cleared of liability for the accident)LIABLE: obligated according to law or equity; legally responsible.LIBEL: a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought; also, a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression; also, a statement or representation published without just cause and tending to expose another to public contempt; defamation of a person by written or representational means; the publication of blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene writings or pictures; the act, tort, or crime of publishing such a libel; also, to make libelous statements; to make or publish a libel againstLIBELED: to make libelous statements; to make or publish a libel againstLIBELING: to make libelous statements; to make or publish a libel againstLICIT: conforming to the requirements of the law: not forbidden by law: permissibleLICITLY: conforming to the requirements of the law: not forbidden by law: permissibleLIEN: a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law; also, the security interest created by a mortgageLIFT: to revoke, rescind (lift an embargo)LIFTING: to revoke, rescind (lift an embargo)LINE: lines plural: a certificate of marriageLOOPHOLE: a means of escape, especially: an ambiguity or omission in the text through which the intent of a statute, contract, or obligation may be evadedMANUMIT: to release from slaveryMODAL: containing provisions as to the mode of procedure or the manner of taking effect —used of a contract or legacyMONUMENT: a written legal document or recordMORATORIA: plural of moratorium, a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligationNAKED: lacking confirmation or support (naked contracts)NATURAL: having a physical or real existence as contrasted with one that is spiritual, intellectual, or fictitious (A corporation is a legal but not a natural person.)NEGLIGENCE: failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstancesNONBINDING: having no legal or binding force: not binding (a nonbinding agreement)NONEXEMPT: not free or released from some requirement to which others are subject: not exemptNOTICE: the announcement of a party's intention to quit an agreement or relation at a specified time (tenants' right freely to give notice); also, to give a formal notice toNOVATION: the substitution of a new legal obligation for an old oneNUDE: lacking something essential especially to legal validity (a nude contract)NULL: having no legal or binding force: invalid (a null contract); also, to make nullOPEN: characterized by lack of effective regulation of various commercial enterprises (an open town); not repressed by legal controls (open gambling)OPTION: a privilege of demanding fulfillment of a contract on any day within a specified timeOUTLAW: to deprive of the benefit and protection of law: to declare to be an outlaw; to make illegal (outlawed dueling); to place under a ban or restriction; to remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcementPAROL: word of mouth, orally communicatedPATENT: a writing securing for a term of years the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention; also, the monopoly or right so granted; also, a patented invention; also, protected by a trademark or a brand name so as to establish proprietary rights analogous to those conveyed by letters patent or a patent: proprietary; also, of, relating to, or concerned with the granting of patents especially for inventions (patent law); also, protected by a patent: made under a patent; also, to obtain or grant a patent right toPATENTABLE: a writing securing for a term of years the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention; also, the monopoly or right so granted; also, a patented invention; also, protected by a trademark or a brand name so as to establish proprietary rights analogous to those conveyed by letters patent or a patent: proprietary; also, of, relating to, or concerned with the granting of patents especially for inventions (patent law); also, protected by a patent: made under a patent; also, to obtain or grant a patent right toPETIT: petty: having secondary rank or importance: minor, subordinate; used chiefly in legal compoundsPETTIFOG: to engage in legal chicanery; to plead (as a case) with legal chicanery; back formation from a pettifogger (a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable: a shyster; or one given to quibbling over trifles); it may come from "Fugger," the name of a successful family of 15th- and 16th-century German merchants and financiers. Germanic variations of "fugger" were used for the wealthy and avaricious, as well as for huckstersPLEA: a legal suit or action; also, an allegation made by a party in support of a cause: such as an allegation of fact; also, a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's declaration in common-law practice; also, an accused person's answer to a charge or indictment in criminal practice; also, a plea of guilty to an indictmentPLEAD: to argue a case or cause in a court of law; also, to make an allegation in an action or other legal proceedingespecially: to answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts; also, to conduct pleadings; also, to make a plea of a specified nature (plead not guilty); to maintain (a case, a cause, etc.) in a court of law or other tribunal; to allege in or by way of a legal pleaPLEADED: to argue a case or cause in a court of law; also, to make an allegation in an action or other legal proceedingespecially: to answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts; also, to conduct pleadings; also, to make a plea of a specified nature (plead not guilty); to maintain (a case, a cause, etc.) in a court of law or other tribunal; to allege in or by way of a legal pleaPLED: to argue a case or cause in a court of law; also, to make an allegation in an action or other legal proceedingespecially: to answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts; also, to conduct pleadings; also, to make a plea of a specified nature (plead not guilty); to maintain (a case, a cause, etc.) in a court of law or other tribunal; to allege in or by way of a legal pleaPLEDGE: a bailment of a chattel as security for a debt or other obligation without involving transfer of title; also, the chattel so delivered; also, the contract incidental to such a bailment; also, the state of being held as a security or guarantyPOOL: an aggregation of the interests or property of different persons made to further a joint undertaking by subjecting them to the same control and a common liabilityPRIORITY: legal precedence in exercise of rights over the same subject matterPRIVY: a person having a legal interest of privity, a relationship between persons who successively have a legal interest in the same right or property; an interest in a transaction, contract, or legal action to which one is not a party arising out of a relationship to one of the partiesPROPITIATORY: intended to propitiate, to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of: to appease: expiatory, serving to expiate, to make amends for; to extinguish the guilt incurred by; to make expiation; also, of or relating to propitiation, the act of gaining or regaining the favor or goodwill of someone or something: the act of propitiating: appeasementQUIET: to make secure by freeing from dispute or question (quiet title to a property)QUIETING: to make secure by freeing from dispute or question (quiet title to a property)RUNNING: to accompany as a valid obligation or right (a right-of-way that runs with the land)TAIL: an entail, a restriction especially of lands by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof; also, limited as to tenure: entailedTAKE: to acquire by eminent domain; also, to receive property under law as one's ownTAKEN: to acquire by eminent domain; also, to receive property under law as one's ownTAXED: to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs in a court action)TENANCY: a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate, specifically: the temporary possession or occupancy of something (such as a house) that belongs to another; the period of a tenant's occupancy or possessionTENEMENT: any of various forms of corporeal property (such as land) or incorporeal property that is held by one person from another TITLE: a legally just cause of exclusive possession; also, the instrument (such as a deed) that is evidence of a right; all the elements constituting legal ownership; also, the heading of a legal action or proceeding; also, something that justifies or substantiates a claim; also, an alleged or recognized rightTOOK: to acquire by eminent domain; also, to receive property under law as one's ownTORT: a wrongful act other than a breach of contract for which relief may be obtained in the form of damages or an injunctionUMPIRING: to supervise or decide as umpire; to act as umpire, one appointed to decide between arbitrators who have disagreedUNACCEPTANCE: lack of acceptance, law: an agreeing either expressly or by conduct to the act or offer of another so that a contract is concluded and the parties become legally boundUNBAN: to remove a ban or prohibition fromUNBANNED: to remove a ban or prohibition fromUNBANNING: to remove a ban or prohibition fromVACANT: having no heir or claimant: abandoned (a vacant estate)VACATE: to make legally void: to annul, to declare or make legally invalid or voidVACATED: to make legally void: to annul, to declare or make legally invalid or voidVACATING: to make legally void: to annul, to declare or make legally invalid or voidVALID: having legal efficacy or force, especially: executed with the proper legal authority and formalities (a valid contract)VALIDATE: to make legally valid: ratify; also, to grant official sanction to by marking (validated her passport)VALIDATED: to make legally valid: ratify; also, to grant official sanction to by marking (validated her passport)VALIDITY: the quality or state of being valid: the state of being acceptable according to the law (The validity of the contract is being questioned.)VETO: an authoritative prohibition: an interdiction; also, to refuse to admit or approve: prohibitVETOED: an authoritative prohibition: an interdiction; also, to refuse to admit or approve: prohibitVIGOR: effective legal statusVOID: of no legal force or effect: null (a void contract); also, voidable: capable of being voided, specifically: capable of being adjudged void (a voidable contract); also, to nullify, to annulVOIDED: of no legal force or effect: null (a void contract); also, voidable: capable of being voided, specifically: capable of being adjudged void (a voidable contract); also, to nullify, to annulWARRANT: a precept or writ issued by a competent magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search or to do other acts incident to the administration of justice; also, sanction, authorization; also: evidence for or token of authorization; a commission or document giving authority to do something; also, especially: a writing that authorizes a person to pay or deliver to another and the other to receive money or other consideration; also, to give warrant or sanction to: to authorize (the law warrants this procedure); also, sanction, authorization; also: evidence for or token of authorization; a commission or document giving authority to do something, especially: a writing that authorizes a person to pay or deliver to another and the other to receive money or other consideration; also, to give warrant or sanction to: to authorize (the law warrants this procedure); also, a guarantee, a promise to answer for the payment of a debt or the performance of a duty of another in case of the other's default or miscarriage; a security, something given, deposited, or pledged to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation; to guarantee to be as represented; to guarantee (something, such as goods sold) especially in respect of the quality or quantity specified; to give assurance of the nature of or for the undertaking of: to guarantee; to guarantee security or immunity to: to secure (I'll warrant him from drowning … —William Shakespeare); also, ground, a basis for belief, action, or argument; justification, an acceptable reason for doing something : something that justifies an act or way of behaving; also, to serve as or give adequate ground or reason for (promising enough to warrant further consideration); also, confirmation, confirming proof; proof, the cogency of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of a truth or a fact; also, to assure (a person) of the truth of what is said; also, to declare or maintain with certainty: be sure that (I'll warrant he'll be here by noon.); also, to give proof of the authenticity or truth of; also, to guarantee to a person good title to and undisturbed possession of (something, such as an estate); to provide a guarantee of the security of (something, such as title to property sold) usually by an express covenant in the deed of conveyanceWILL: a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death, especially: a written instrument legally executed by which a person makes disposition of their estate to take effect after death; also, to dispose of by or as if by a will: to bequeath (willed his entire estate to his son); also, to order or direct by a will (willed that her property be divided among her children)WILLED: a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death, especially: a written instrument legally executed by which a person makes disposition of their estate to take effect after death; also, to dispose of by or as if by a will: to bequeath (willed his entire estate to his son); also, to order or direct by a will (willed that her property be divided among her children)WILLING: a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death, especially: a written instrument legally executed by which a person makes disposition of their estate to take effect after death; also, to dispose of by or as if by a will: to bequeath (willed his entire estate to his son); also, to order or direct by a will (willed that her property be divided among her children)WRIT: a formal written document, specifically: a legal instrument in epistolary form issued under seal in the name of the English monarch; also, an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing an act specified therein (writ of detinue, writ of entry, writ of execution); also, the power and authority of the issuer of such a written order —usually used with run (the writ does not run outside of this jurisdiction)
People in Law, Crime, and Courts officials and roles
ARBITRATOR: one that arbitrates a dispute: an arbiter, a person with power to decide a dispute: a judge; a person or agency whose judgment or opinion is considered authoritativeBAILIFF: a minor officer of some U.S. courts usually serving as a messenger or usherBENCH: the office or dignity of a judge; or the persons who sit as judgesCIVILIAN: a specialist in Roman or modern civil lawCOURT: a judge or judges in sessionDETECTIVE: one employed or engaged in detecting lawbreakers or in getting information that is not readily or publicly accessible; of or relating to detectives or their workFLATFEET: or plural flatfoots, slang: a police officer, especially: a patrolman walking a regular beatFLATFOOT: slang: a police officer, especially: a patrolman walking a regular beatHACK: slang: a guard, especially at a prison; from Hackney, Middle English hakeney, hakenay "a small saddle horse, especially one for hire," probably from hackney, originally a parish and village, where nearby meadows may have been used to pasture horses; hackney = horse let out for hire anything let for hire mercenary or contract employeeHANGMAN: one who hangs a condemned person; also: a public executionerLAWMAN: a law-enforcement officer (such as a sheriff or marshal)LITIGATOR: one who carries on a legal contest by judicial process: one who litigates legal casesMATRON: a woman who supervises women or children (as in a school or police station) [or prison]NARC: slang: a person (such as a government agent) who investigates narcotics crimes: a narcoNARCO: US slang: a person investigating narcotics violations: a narc; borrowed from American Spanish, probably short for narcotraficante "drug trafficker.”PATROL: the action of traversing a district or beat or of going the rounds along a chain of guards for observation or the maintenance of security; also, the person performing such an action; also, to carry out a patrolPOLICE: the department of government charged with prevention, detection, and prosecution of public nuisances and crimes; the police force; plural: police officers; also, to control, regulate, or keep in order by use of police; to perform the functions of a police force in or over [people or a place]; to supervise the operation, execution, or administration of to prevent or detect and prosecute violations of rules and regulations; also, a private organization resembling a police force (campus police); also, plural: the members of a private police organizationTAIL: one (such as a detective) who follows or keeps watch on someone
People in Legal Actions not law or court officials
AFFIANT: one who swears to an affidavitBAILEE: the person to whom personal property is bailedBAILOR*: a person who delivers personal property to another in trustBOND: one who provides bail or acts as suretyCHILD: a person not yet of the age of majorityCONTRACTOR: one that contracts or is party to a contractEVICTEE: an evicted personGRANTOR: one who makes a grantGUARANTOR: one that gives a guarantyGUARDIAN: someone who has the care of the person or property of another; often, specifically: a person granted legal custody of a minor who is not the person's own biological childLEGATEE: one to whom a legacy is bequeathed or a devise is givenLIBELEE: one against whom a libel has been filed in a courtMAJOR: of full legal age (major children); also, a person who has attained majorityMINOR: not having reached majority (He is the father of minor children.); a person who is not yet old enough to have the rights of an adultMINORITY: the period before a person reaches the age of majority; also, the state of being a legal minorOUTLAW: a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law; also, a person or organization under a ban or restrictionPARTY: a person or group taking one side of a question, dispute, or contest (The parties in the lawsuit reached an agreement.)PATENTEE: one to whom a grant is made or a privilege secured by patentPLAINTIFF: a person who brings a legal actionPRINCIPAL: the person primarily or ultimately liable on a legal obligation; also, the corpus of an estate, portion, devise, or bequestPRIVY: a person having a legal interest of privity, a relationship between persons who successively have a legal interest in the same right or propertyTENANT: one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another, specifically: one who rents or leases a dwelling (such as a house) from a landlord; one who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (such as a security) by any kind of right; an occupant, dweller; also, to hold or occupy as or as if as a tenant: to inhabitVAGRANT: someone whose conduct constitutes vagrancy under state statute or other applicable law or regulationWARD: a person or thing under guard, protection, or surveillance: such as a minor subject to wardship; a person who by reason of incapacity (such as minority or mental illness) is under the protection of a court either directly or through a guardian appointed by the court, called also ward of court; also, a person or body of persons under the protection or tutelage of a governmentWARRANTOR: one that warrants or gives a warranty
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