noun
Meaning 1
The evidence that a crime has occurred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
corpus delicti
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noun
Meaning 2
the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evidence
History
Etymology
From New Latin corpus dēlictī (literally “body of the crime”).
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 犯罪事實 /犯罪事实 (fànzuì shìshí) — the evidence
- Czech: předmět doličný — the evidence
- Czech: corpus delicti — the evidence
- Finnish: rikoksen todiste (aineellinen) — the evidence
- French: corps du délit — the evidence
- Hungarian: bűnjel — the evidence
- Hungarian: bűntárgy — the evidence
- Hungarian: corpus delicti — the evidence
- Italian: corpo del reato — the evidence
- Polish: corpus delicti — the evidence
- Romanian: corp delict — the evidence
- Russian: веще́ственные доказа́тельства (veščéstvennyje dokazátelʹstva) — the evidence
- Spanish: cuerpo del delito — the evidence
- Ukrainian: предмет злочину (predmet zločynu) — the evidence