concealment of a crime

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• crime — / krīm/ n [Middle French, from Latin crimen fault, accusation, crime] 1: conduct that is prohibited and has a specific punishment (as incarceration or fine) prescribed by public law compare delict, tort 2: an offense against public law …   Law dictionary

• concealment — con‧ceal‧ment [kənˈsiːlmənt] noun [uncountable] 1. LAW the crime of not telling a court about something affecting a legal case, for example when a bankrupt person does not tell a court officer about any money or property they own: • It is a… …   Financial and business terms

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• concealment of pregnancy — in the criminal law of Scotland, the statutory crime of not calling for help during the period leading up to and including childbirth if the child is later missing or dead. Nondisclosure is sufficient. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart.… …   Law dictionary

• White-collar crime — Within the field of criminology, white collar crime or incorporated governance has been defined by Edwin Sutherland as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation (1949). Sutherland was a …   Wikipedia

• white-collar crime — white collar criminal. any of various crimes, as embezzlement, fraud, or stealing office equipment, committed by business or professional people while working at their occupations. [1945 50] * * * Introduction   crime committed by persons who,… …   Universalium

• accessory — ac·ces·so·ry also ac·ces·sa·ry /ik se sə rē, ak / n pl ries [Medieval Latin accessorius subordinate matter, accomplice to a crime, from Latin accedere to go to, agree, assent] 1: a person who is not actually or constructively present but with… …   Law dictionary

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• Seal of the Confessional and the Anglican Church — The Seal of the Confessional is a principle of the Anglican Church that protects the words spoken during confession. Confession has certain censures on disclosure as there is an understanding among the clergy that there is an inviolable… …   Wikipedia

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• concealed — I (confidential) adjective abstruse, clandestine, cloaked, covert, cryptic, delitescent, disguised, evasive, furtive, impalpable, latent, lurking, obscure, private, privy, recondite, secret, secreted, shrouded, stealthy, surreptitious, ulterior,… …   Law dictionary