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The area of law pertaining to crime and punishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
A specific statute, ordinance, regulation, or other source of law that deems an action to be a crime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: legal code
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
strafreg
— area of law
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Armenian:
քրեական իրավունք
(kʻreakan iravunkʻ)
— area of law
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Breton:
gwir kastizel
— area of law
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Catalan:
dret penal
— area of law
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Chinese Mandarin:
刑法
(xíngfǎ)
— area of law
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Chinese Mandarin:
刑事法
(xíngshìfǎ)
— area of law
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Czech:
trestní právo
— area of law
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Danish:
strafferet
— area of law
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Dutch:
strafrecht
— area of law
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Finnish:
rikosoikeus
— area of law
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French:
droit pénal
— area of law
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French:
droit criminel
— area of law
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Georgian:
სისხლის სამართალი
(sisxlis samartali)
— area of law
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German:
Strafrecht
— area of law
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Hindi:
अपराधिक कानून
(aprādhik kānūn)
— area of law
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Hungarian:
büntetőjog
— area of law
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Icelandic:
hegningarlög
— area of law
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Icelandic:
refsilög
— area of law
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Icelandic:
refsiréttur
— area of law
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Indonesian:
hukum pidana
— area of law
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Interlingua:
derecto criminal
— area of law
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Italian:
diritto penale
— area of law
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Japanese:
刑法
— area of law
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Kazakh:
қылмыстық құқық
(qylmystyq qūqyq)
— area of law
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Korean:
형법
(hyeongbeop)
— area of law
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Lithuanian:
baudžiamoji teisė
— area of law
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Malay:
undang-undang jenayah
— area of law
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Norwegian Bokmål:
strafferett
— area of law
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
strafferett
— area of law
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Polish:
prawo karne
— area of law
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Portuguese:
direito penal
— area of law
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Portuguese:
direito criminal
— area of law
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Punjabi:
ਅਪਰਾਧਿਕ ਕਾਨੂੰਨ
(aparādhik kānūnn)
— area of law
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Romanian:
drept penal
— area of law
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Russian:
уголо́вное пра́во
(ugolóvnoje právo)
— area of law
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Spanish:
derecho penal
— area of law
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Swedish:
straffrätt
— area of law
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Vietnamese:
luật hình sự
— area of law
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Welsh:
cyfraith trosedd
— area of law