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Accessory

Someone who gives assistance to the perpetrator of a crime without directly committing it or present.

EX: she was charged as an accessory to murder

Affidavit

A written sworn statement of fact voluntary made by an affiant or deponent under oath by person authorized to do so by law

Alibi

A claim that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one.



Offer and excuse or defense for someone by providing an account of their whereabouts at the time of an act

Arraignment

Formal reading of a criminal charging document in presence of defendant to inform the defendant of charges against them

Barbiturate

Any idea class of sedative & sleep-inducing drugs from barbituric acid

Belligerent

Hostile & aggressive

Caliber

Quality of someone's character or level of their ability

Conscientious

Wishing to do what is right

Coroner

An official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths

Culprit

Person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed

Defamation

The action of damaging the good reputation of someone

Dilapidated

Of a building or object in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect

Disheveled

(Of a person hair, clothes or appeareance) untidy; disordered

Embezzlement

Theft or missappopriation of funds placed in ones trust

Epilepsy

Brain disorder that causes seizures

Erratic

Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable

Fictitious

Artificially created or developed

Hypodermic

Of or relating to the region immediately beneath the skin

Hysterical

Deriving from or affected by uncontrolled extreme emotion

Illicit

Forbidden by law, rules

Laceration

A deep cut or tear in skin or flesh

Delinquent

Typically of a young person or person behavior



Showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, may be minor one

Deterrent

A think that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something

Mischievous

showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way

Mischief

Annoying behavior but not meant to cause harm

Obscene

(description of sexual matter) offensive by standards of morality and decency

Silhouette

Dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background

Obstruct

Block or get in the way

Tetanus

Bacterial disease that affect nervous system

Transient

Lasting for short period of time

Scarcely

Only just, almost not

Resuscitation

Action of reviving someone

Restitution

Restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner

Rensezvous

Meeting at an agreed time and place

Quarrel

Angry argument or disagreement

Protruding

Sticking out

Prevalent

Widespread in particular area at particular time

Perseverance

Steady persistent in a course of action despite difficulty