- Detective by Webster's
... a.) Fitted for or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.(n.) One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
- Interpol by Aidan Castillo
... whereabouts of international criminals, to organize seminars on scientific crime detection, and to facilitate the apprehension of criminals, although it does not apprehend criminals directly. The organization claims to avoid those crimes that deal with political, military, religious, or racial matters. Interpol has been most successful with regard to counterfeiting ...
- Neckweed by Webster's
... n.) An American annual weed (veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.(n.) The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.(n.) An American annual weed (veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.(n.) The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.
- Knout by Webster's
... v.t.) To punish with the knout.(n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
- penal colony by Connor Salazar
Distant or overseas settlement established to punish criminals with forced labour and isolation from society. Such colonies were developed mostly by the English, French, and Russians. Britain sent criminals to its American colonies until the Revolutionary War; Australia was ...