actus reus

Definitions of actus reus

1. noun

   activity that transgresses moral or civil law
   synonyms: misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

   types:

   brutalisation, brutalization

   the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously

   encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation

   entry to another's property without right or permission

   civil wrong, tort

   (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

   malversation

   misconduct in public office

   misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed

   improper or wicked or immoral behavior

   dereliction

   willful negligence

   malfeasance

   wrongful conduct by a public official

   misfeasance

   doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner

   malpractice

   a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct

   malpractice

   professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage

   perversion

   the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)

   injury

   wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted

   injury

   an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage

   iniquity, injustice, shabbiness, unfairness

   an unjust act

   infliction

   an act causing pain or damage

   evildoing, transgression

   the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

   dishonesty, knavery

   lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

   falsification, misrepresentation

   a willful perversion of facts

   champerty

   an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded

   criminal maintenance, maintenance

   the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community

   infringement, violation

   an act that disregards an agreement or a right

   inroad

   an encroachment or intrusion

   alienation of affection

   a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse

   invasion of privacy

   the wrongful intrusion by individuals or the government into private affairs with which the public has no concern

   trespass

   a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages

   delinquency, juvenile delinquency

   an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor

   devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan

   reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

   ruffianism

   violent lawless behavior

   familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty

   an act of undue intimacy

   abnormality, irregularity

   behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality

   impropriety, indecency

   a wrong or indecent act

   indiscretion, peccadillo

   a petty misdeed

   infantilism

   infantile behavior in mature persons

   nonfeasance

   a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

   damage, legal injury, wrong

   any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

   abomination

   an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence

   evil, immorality, iniquity, wickedness

   morally objectionable behavior

   villainy

   a criminal or vicious act

   depravity, turpitude

   a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

   vice

   a specific form of evildoing

   betrayal, perfidy, treachery, treason

   an act of deliberate betrayal

   charlatanism, quackery

   the dishonesty of a charlatan

   trick

   an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent

   falsehood, falsification

   the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

   distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting

   the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

   equivocation, tergiversation

   falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

   fabrication, lying, prevarication

   the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

   deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation

   the act of deceiving

   sin, sinning, trespass

   an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will

   terrorisation, terrorization

   an act of terrorism

   crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense

   (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

   crime

   an evil act not necessarily punishable by law

   inside job

   some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim

   copyright infringement, infringement of copyright

   a violation of the rights secured by a copyright

   foul

   an act that violates the rules of a sport

   patent infringement

   violation of the rights secured by a patent

   disservice, ill service, ill turn

   an act intended to help that turns out badly

   spoil, spoilage, spoiling

   the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

   type of:

   activity

   any specific behavior