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corpus delicti

corpus delicti noun: the evidence that a crime has occurred.

Noun

corpus delicti (plural corpora delicti)

  1. The evidence that a crime has occurred.

corpus delicti meaning in Tamil and Urdu

corpus delicti in Tamil

குற்றத்திற்கான அடிப்படை

corpus delicti in Urdu

بنائے جرم

Forms of corpus delicti

pluralcorpora delicti

Origin of corpus delicti

From New Latin corpus dēlictī (literally “body of the crime”).

Questions about corpus delicti

What does corpus delicti mean?
Corpus delicti means the evidence that a crime has occurred.
What is corpus delicti in Tamil?
Corpus delicti in Tamil is குற்றத்திற்கான அடிப்படை. See Corpus delicti meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is corpus delicti?
Corpus delicti is a noun.
What is the plural of corpus delicti?
The plural of corpus delicti is corpora delicti.

Words near corpus delicti in the dictionary

  1. corpus callosum
  2. corpus cavernosum
  3. corpus cavernosum clitoridis
  4. corpus cavernosum penis
  5. Corpus Christi
  6. corpus delicti
  7. corpus fetishism
  8. corpus fimbriatum
  9. corpus juris
  10. corpus language
  11. corpus languages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corpus delicti (page history and authors); corpus delicti (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corpus delicti (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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