offender; criminal; culprit
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
the real criminal; true culprit
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
atrocious crime; heinous crime
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
copycat criminal; copycat crime
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
minor offence; minor offense; misdemeanor; misdemeanour
criminal; culprit; offender; rogue
escaped prisoner; fugitive
first offence; first offense; first offender
complicity (in a crime); collusion
second offense; second offence
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
intellectual crime; white-collar crime; intellectual criminal; smart criminal
organized crime; organised crime
premeditated crime; deliberate crime
organization or group behind a crime or act of terror
juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
criminality; criminal propensity
punishable offense; crime
political offence; political offense
felony; major offence; felon; old offender
(crime of) aiding a criminal to avoid capture
letter of responsibility (for a crime)
criminal offense; criminal offence
sensational crime that becomes a media event; (lit.) theatrical crime
offense (against the law); offence; violation
infringement; violation; breach of regulations; infraction
repeated offense; repeated offence
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
political crime; political offence
crime committed together by two or more people (in which each is known as a co-principal)
gun crime; gun-related crime
juvenile offender; juvenile delinquent
principal offense; principal offence; principal offender
security equipment (pepper spray, taser, batons, etc.); anti-theft device
indirect principal offender; indirect perpetrator; principal offender in the second degree
minor offense; minor offence
to commit a crime; to resort to crime
likelihood of committing a crime; pre-delinquent
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
(crime of) harboring a fugitive (harbouring)
environmental criminology
military offense; military offence
juvenile likely to commit a crime; juvenile with a criminal bent; pre-delinquent juvenile; status offender
criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning of a crime, but not its execution)
offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime
accessory before the fact
state's evidence; crown evidence
accessory before the fact
malum in se; act inherently wrong by nature
would-be crime abandoned before being carried out
violation; offense; offence
single crime consisting of multiple independent crimes (i.e. robbery, which consists of theft and threats or use of violence)
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling); crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection)
crime instigated by external circumstances
Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)
malum prohibitum; unlawful act by virtue of statute
violations of special law
direct principal offender; direct perpetrator; principal offender in the first degree
accessory offense; accessory offence
wrongful death; death caused by violent crime
crime of negligence; careless offense; careless offence
death not caused by a violent crime (excl. dying of natural causes)
transnational organized crime; TOC
occasional crime; crime instigated by external circumstances
acting alone in committing a crime
crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection)
offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime