the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"
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Highjack
seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
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the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.the act of committing a crime
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.the act of committing a crime
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operatio…
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.deviate behavior
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.(Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran; "Had crimes include apostasy from…
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.a crime that undermines the offender's government
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.(Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran; "Had crimes include apostasy from…
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.
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Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.an archaic term for a goal or destination
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.an archaic term for a goal or destination
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.A customhouse where transit duties are levied.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; -- opposed to arrive; -- often with from b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert comm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seizure, vehicle, transit, divert, alternate.
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