Criminal Law Concepts

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• The defendant claimed that the murder was a crime of passion, driven by intense emotions at the time.
• He said he just lost control and it was a crime of passion, you know?
• She went all crazy and did it in the heat of the moment, a real crime of passion.
• Sometimes love can feel like a crime of passion, overwhelming and uncontrollable.

noun the killing of someone during the commission of a felony

• The defendant was charged with felony murder after committing a robbery that resulted in a death.
• They got hit with felony murder for that botched robbery.
• They're looking at a felony murder rap for that job gone wrong.
• The consequences of his actions snowballed into a felony murder charge.

verb to encourage or assist someone in committing a crime or wrongdoing

• The suspect was charged with abetting the criminal activity.
• She was accused of abetting the theft.
• He's always abetting his friends in mischief.
• His silence was seen as abetting the corruption within the company.