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1. Abwehr, n. View full entry 1945
...In Germany: a military intelligence and counter-intelligence agency (192144) founded as a division of the defence ministry, and expanded to include foreign espionage assignments in 1934 by...
2. actus reus, n. View full entry 1902
...The action or conduct which constitutes a crime, as opposed to the intent or mental state of the accused. Cf. mens rea...
3. Anton Piller, n. View full entry 1978
...Used attrib. (usu. as Anton Piller order) to designate a court order which requires the defendant in proceedings to permit the plaintiff or his legal representatives to enter...
4. bâtonnier, n. View full entry 1907
...The title of the doyen of the Bar of Paris and of Quebec....
5. Bill, n.5 View full entry 1969
...The police-force; a policeman. Freq. preceded by the....
6. blood chit, n. View full entry 1928
...Mil.slang. A message carried by aircraft (also occas. military) personnel, designed to protect them from harm if stranded in hostile territory, typically by offering a reward to local people for...
7. BOSS, n.9 View full entry 1969
...The state security service of the Republic of South Africa, established in 1969 and renamed National Intelligence Service in 1978....
8. bum rap, n. View full entry 1913
...A false charge or conviction; an undeserved criminal punishment....
9. capo, n.1 View full entry 1959
...The leader of a branch or ‘family’ of the Mafia....
10. centuriate, v. View full entry 1918
...‘To divide into bands of hundreds’ (Bailey 1721). Obs....
11. Cheka, n. View full entry 1921
...An organization set up in 1917 under the Soviet régime in Russia for the investigation of counter-revolutionary activities (superseded in 1922 by the G.P.U. or Ogpu)....
12. congest, n.2 View full entry 1902
...In Ireland, a tenant living on land of which the resources do not adequately support him....
13. contractually, adv. View full entry 1919
...In contractual terms....
14. contractural, adj. View full entry 1906
...Med. Characterized by a contracture or contractures....
15. contra proferentem, adv. View full entry 1927
...Against the party which proposes or adduces a contract or a condition in a contract. Cf. proferens...
16. cop-shop, n. View full entry 1941
...A police station....
17. Cosa Nostra, n. View full entry 1963
...The Mafia in the U.S.A....
18. cozzpot, n. View full entry 1962
...A policeman....
19. crimen injuria, n. View full entry 1917
...In Roman-Dutch law: unlawful and intentional violation of the dignity of another person, such as that resulting from the use of obscene or racially offensive language or gestures....
20. criminalistics, n. View full entry 1910
...With sing. concord. The science of crime detection; forensic science....
