Crime vocab
Across
- 2. the crime, typically committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will:
- 3. To make a physical attack on
- 7. The Latin term actus reus refers to the actual act of doing the illegal thing, with no reference to the person’s mental state
- 10. Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice or premeditation, unlike murder
- 12. the action or crime of stealing:
- 13. entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft:
- 14. wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain:
Down
- 1. Vandalism is the deliberate destruction or defacement of public or private property, often motivated by anger, boredom, or protest.
- 3. the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property:
- 4. Shoplifting is the illegal act of taking goods from a shop without paying for them
- 5. an act of attacking and robbing someone in a public place:
- 6. the intention or knowledge of wrongdoing that constitutes part of a crime, as opposed to the action or conduct of the accused. Compare with actus reus.
- 8. Drug dealing or drug trafficking charges are criminal charges for the illegal sale or attempted sale of any type of controlled substance
- 9. the act of beating someone or something with successive blows
- 11. the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force: