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Corpus delicti Moderate

Corpus delicti has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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)

2

The evidence that a crime has occurred.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
evidence
Rhyming Words
cacti recti perfecti nomen acti diastasis recti fungi imperfecti
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