To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
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putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bol…
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious p…
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, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.
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.The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the…
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law, Sociology, Crime and deviance.The act of forging metal into shape.
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.seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
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A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.A prison; a jail.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.See Conge, Conge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: putting, prison, jail, lawful, punishment.The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capi…
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