- (v.t.) The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right.
- (v.t.) Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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