the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.
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the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
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a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain" - The Bible, Genesis 4:15
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
Used in the same subject area: 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: 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: 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: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the state of being a criminal
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the state of being a criminal
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the state of being a criminal
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.deviate behavior
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.deviate behavior
Used in the same subject area: 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: Sociology, Crime and deviance.a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain" - The Bible, Genesis 4:15
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An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressiv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrile…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punishing, infliction, penalty.
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