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Detective :: Detective (n.) One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.

Alsatian :: Alsatian (n.) An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London..

Stigmatic :: Stigmatic (n.) A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.

Scelerat :: Scelerat (n.) A villain; a criminal.

Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..

Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..

Maiden :: Maiden (n.) An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals..

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

Prosecutor :: Prosecutor (n.) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.

Retribute :: Retribute (v. t.) To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal..

Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..

Verdict :: Verdict (n.) The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause..

Reset :: Reset (v. t.) To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal..

Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..

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

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

Criminal :: Criminal (a.) Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness..

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

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc..

Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal..

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