Crime and Negligence

Crime

Crime noun - Activities that are in violation of the laws of the state.

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Negligence and crime are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Negligence" instead a noun "Crime".

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Negligence noun - Failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes.

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Crime and negligence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Negligence".

simple	simple crime	simple negligence
serious	serious crime	serious negligence
horrible	horrible crime	horrible negligence
criminal	criminal crime	criminal negligence
Other adjectives: less, previous, alleged.

Diminished capacity is a claim that the defendant was unable to form the mental state (intent, recklessness, negligence, etc.) required for their action to be a crime.

Source: Insanity Defense
Goren once got a confession by telling the suspect that he hadn't actually committed any crime (of course, by the time his admission was done, he was guilty of some criminal negligence for allowing a patient under his care to die).

Source: Lying to the Perp

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