crimen falsi
/ˌkrʌɪmɛn ˈfɔːlsʌɪ/ /ˌkriːmɛn ˈfalsi/Law
noun
Originally: a crime involving dishonesty or false statement, especially forgery. Later more usually: the body of crimes of this sort, including fraud, forgery, perjury, etc., considered collectively.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in William Segar (d. 1633), herald. From classical Latin crīmen falsī crime (or charge) of forgery from crīmen + falsī, genitive of falsum fraudulent tampering with documents, forgery, fraud, use as noun of neuter of falsus.
- you can't keep a good man (or woman) down
- you can't lose
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make bricks without straw
- you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk)
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't win them all (or win some, lose some)
- you could have fooled me!
- you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather
- you couldn't make it up
- you'd
- you don't say (or you don't say so)!
- Youghiogheny River
- you have no idea
- you haven't lived!
- youing
- you know
- you know something (or what)?
- you-know-who (or you-know-what)
- you'll
- you may (or might) as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- you must be (or have to be) joking
- you must be (or have to be) kidding
- you name it