Crime Investigation Vocabulary

noun the body of evidence or facts that prove a crime has been committed

• The prosecution must establish the corpus delicti before proceeding with the trial.
• They need to prove the corpus delicti first before anything else.
• Gotta show the corpus delicti to move forward with the case.
• Without the corpus delicti, the case is like a ship without a sail.

noun A person who commits murder, the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

• The jury found the defendant guilty of being a murderer.
• Everyone in town knows he's a murderer.
• That guy is a straight-up murderer.
• His betrayal was like a dagger in the back, making him a murderer of trust.

noun a view or landscape

• The crime scene was meticulously analyzed by forensic experts.
• Did you catch that fight scene in the movie? It was intense!
• The party scene last night was lit!
• Her performance on stage was like a scene from a dream.

adjective not planned or thought out in advance

• The suspect claimed that the crime was unpremeditated and that he acted on impulse.
• I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, it was just an unpremeditated reaction.
• I totally pulled an unpremeditated move and ended up getting in trouble.
• Her unpremeditated words cut deeper than any planned insult.