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Panel :: Panel (n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.

Turn :: Turn (n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given..

Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

Suborner :: Subornation (n.) The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion..

Reprieve :: Reprieve (v. t.) To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days..

Civilization :: Civilization (n.) Rendering a criminal process civil.

Try :: Try (v. t.) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal..

Criminology :: Criminology (n.) A treatise on crime or the criminal population.

Transport :: Transport (v. t.) To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish..

Criminate :: Criminate (v. t. ) To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge.

Criminous :: Criminous (a.) Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous.

Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold..

Infelonious :: Infelonious (a.) Not felonious, malignant, or criminal..

Suit :: Suit (n.) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery..

Criminal :: Criminal (a.) Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code..

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.

Convict :: Convict (n.) A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.

Malefactor :: Malefactor (n.) An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.

Neckweed :: Neckweed (n.) The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.

Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony..

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