second-degreeadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌsek.ənd.dɪˈɡri/us/ˌsek.ənd.dɪˈɡri/USused to describe a crime that is not the most serious of its type, for example because it was not planned:
second-degree murder/assault/felony
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Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- hate crime
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- offense
- speeding
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
- wrongdoing
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