Across
- 4. Illegal entry into a building or structure with the specific intent to commit a crime or felony inside.
- 5. The act of obtaining something of value, especially money, through coercion or threats of future harm.
- 6. The unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought (e.g., in the "heat of passion").
- 10. A criminal charge resulting from a fatal accident caused by gross negligence rather than intentional harm.
- 14. Actively threatening or attempting an offensive physical contact that creates a reasonable apprehension of fear.
- 15. The unlawful, intentional killing of a human being executed with malice aforethought.
- 17. An uncompleted or preparatory crime that is still punishable under law.
Down
- 1. The illegal alteration, creation, or imitation of a document or signature to defraud someone.
- 2. The act of offering money, urging, or enticing another individual to commit a crime.
- 3. The intentional and malicious burning of a structure, building, or property.
- 7. Conduct that strongly corroborates a criminal purpose; required to prove an attempt charge.
- 8. The objective resolve or deliberate mental state steering a person’s criminal actions.
- 9. The forceful theft of property or cash directly from a victim using physical violence or intimidation.
- 11. A secret agreement between two or more individuals to cooperate in committing an unlawful act.
- 12. The structural premeditation and intent to kill required to upgrade a killing to murder.
- 13. The general legal term for the killing of one human being by another.
- 16. An intentional effort to execute a crime that fails to complete its intended consequence.