public law (criminal) vocab Flashcards
abduct
ab “away” + ducere “to lead”
abscond
abscondere “to conceal, lose sight of”.
to leave quickly and secretively
alias
latin: “at other times” called or known at other times as..
alibi
latin: “elsewhere”
allegation
allegare “to adduce”
assault
ad “to” + saltus “leap”
capital
caput “head”
involving punishment by death
conspiracy
con “together” + spirare “to breathe”
to plot together in secret
crime
crimen “guilt”
culpable
culpare “to blame”
deserving of censure of blame
detain
de “down” + tenere “top hold”
deterrent
de + terrere “to frighten”
exoneration
ex “out of” + onus “load”
free or declare free from blame
extenuation
ex “out of” + tenuis “thin”
partial justification
extortion
ex “out of” + torquere “to twist”
obtain money by threat or force