n
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
n
The victim or recipient of aggression.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
n
(law) A legal defense according to which a murderer had no choice but to kill their violent partner in response to cumulative abuse rather than a single provocation.
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(law) A legal defense according to which a female murderer had no choice but to kill her violent partner in response to cumulative abuse rather than a single provocation.
n
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
n
(obsolete, nonce word) concupiscence
n
Someone who craves something.
n
(law) A crime involving a falsehood, such as forgery, perjury, or counterfeiting.
adj
Tending to criminal behavior.
adj
tending to produce crime or criminals
n
One who willingly participates in immoral or destructive actions without ethical qualms because the actions are acceptable to society.
n
A person who has committed a felony.
n
The act of criminalizing an act as a felony.
v
To classify a person as a felon.
adj
Obsolete form of fedifragous. [Treaty-breaking.]
v
(obsolete) To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.
n
Extrajudicial punishment, including lynching, in a jungle (or, figuratively, a jungle-like area).
n
An offense against the sovereign power in a state; treason.
n
(law) An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter.
n
The victim or recipient of microaggression.
n
One who engages in acts of microaggression.
n
(law) A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property.
n
(British spelling) Alternative form of misdemeanor [(law) A crime usually punishable upon conviction by a small fine or by a short term of imprisonment. In the USA, misdemeanants usually are incarcerated in county jail for less than one year, but felons usually are incarcerated in state or federal prison for more than one year. Crimes which are punishable by large fines or by longer imprisonment are sometimes called felonies.]
n
Obsolete form of obeisance. [Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.]
adj
Subject to oppression.
n
(colloquial) A crime that is unsolved and seemingly unsolvable.
n
Something (such as a crime) that is perpetrated
n
One who is subjected to persecution.
n
victimization of someone, especially a young person, along multiple axes or through multiple forms of abuse
adj
Subjected to polyvictimization
n
(derogatory, idiomatic) A person who makes it their business to appear perpetually offended and victimized.
n
The infliction of harm upon a target or victim through third parties.
n
The power to manipulate another person's emotional condition for one's own benefit.
n
Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor.
n
The practice of holding somebody accountable as a scapegoat.
adj
(law) A level of felony somewhat mitigated by various factors.
n
Alternative spelling of secondary victimization [The act of blaming the victim of a crime rather than the perpetrator.]
n
The act of blaming the victim of a crime rather than the perpetrator.
adj
(law) The least severe level of felony, typically involving a lack of planning and/or the presence of various mitigating factors.
n
alternative form of thought criminal [A person who has committed a thoughtcrime.]
n
One who takes part in a vendetta.
n
Obsolete form of avenger. [One who avenges or vindicates]
n
(law enforcement, slang) A victim of a homicide.
n
One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
n
Alternative form of victim-blaming [The practice of holding the victim of a crime or other wrongful act wholly or partially responsible for what befell them.]
n
Successful to the point that one starts to face adverse consequences resulting from one's fame.
v
To subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold responsible (the victim of an attack, disease, etc for the attack which they have suffered).
adj
(informal) Engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of victim-blaming.
n
The practice of holding the victim of a crime or other wrongful act wholly or partially responsible for what befell them.
n
The act of scapegoating a person or group in order to avoid societal guilt.
n
(nonstandard and non-native speakers' English) Victimization.
n
A tendency to play the victim; the adoption of a victimized persona.
n
One who plays the victim; one who inclines to victimism
n
An act that victimizes or exploits someone.
n
The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons why some people are more prone to be victims.
adj
(informal) Characteristic of a victim, or of someone who has accepted the status of a victim
n
The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
n
A civil claim against a person who can be held liable for the death of another.
n
(obsolete) The misuse or abuse of military authority; bullying.
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