S: (n) barratry (the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels)
S: (n) capital offense (a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate)
S: (n) cybercrime (crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs)
S: (n) felony (a serious crime (such as murder or arson))
S: (n) abduction (the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife)
S: (n) kidnapping, snatch ((law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment)
S: (n) highjacking, hijacking (robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force)
S: (n) piracy, buccaneering (hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it) "air piracy"
S: (n) forgery (criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud)
S: (n) fraud (intentional deception resulting in injury to another person)
S: (n) barratry ((maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo)
S: (n) identity theft (the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge)
S: (n) election fraud (misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election)
S: (n) constructive fraud, legal fraud (comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence)
S: (n) fraud in law (fraud that is presumed from the circumstances although the one who commits it need not have had any evil intent)
S: (n) extrinsic fraud, collateral fraud (fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial)
S: (n) fraud in fact, positive fraud (actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another)
S: (n) fraud in the factum (fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract)
S: (n) fraud in the inducement (fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute an instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts)
S: (n) intrinsic fraud (fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud)
S: (n) swindle, cheat, rig (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme) "that book is a fraud"
S: (n) sting operation (a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals))
S: (n) gyp, gip ((sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating)
S: (n) pyramiding (a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated)
S: (n) holdout (the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later)
S: (n) shell game, thimblerig (a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under)
S: (n) Had crime ((Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran) "Had crimes include apostasy from Islam and murder and theft and adultery"
S: (n) hijack, highjack (seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination)
S: (n) false pretense, false pretence ((law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation)
S: (n) resisting arrest (physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest)
S: (n) Tazir crime ((Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way) "in some Islamic nations Tazir crimes are set by legislation"
S: (n) sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense (a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat) "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"
S: (n) molestation (the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children))
S: (n) date rape (rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together))
S: (n) statutory rape, carnal abuse (sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly))
S: (n) bigamy (the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred)