English noun: actus reus |
1. | actus reus (act) activity that transgresses moral or civil law |
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| Samples | He denied any wrongdoing.
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| Synonyms | misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct |
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| Broader (hypernym) | activity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | brutalisation, brutalization, champerty, civil wrong, criminal maintenance, dereliction, dishonesty, encroachment, evildoing, falsification, infliction, infringement, iniquity, injury, injury, injustice, intrusion, knavery, maintenance, malfeasance, malpractice, malpractice, malversation, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed, misfeasance, misrepresentation, perversion, shabbiness, tort, transgression, trespass, unfairness, usurpation, violation, violation |
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