first-degreeadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌfɜːst.dɪˈɡriː/us/ˌfɝːst.dɪˈɡriː/USused to describe a crime that is the most serious of its type, especially because of being planned and intended:
first-degree murder/felony/assault
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second-degree
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Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- netherworld
- offense
- speeding
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
- wrongdoing
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