an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law
an action carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war
the place where an offense has been committed and forensic evidence may be gathered
a crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, typically one involving violence
a crime so ingeniously contrived and carefully executed that it cannot be detected or solved
relating to or denoting a civilian branch of the police force concerned with the collection of forensic evidence
an instance of unorthodox or controversial thinking, considered as a criminal offense or as socially unacceptable
relating to or denoting a civilian branch of the police force concerned with the collection of forensic evidence