reato

Definitions of reato
  1. noun
    (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
    synonyms: crimine, delitto, illecito, illegalità, misfatto
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    contraffazione, falsificazione
    criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
    broglio
    intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
    colpa, infrazione, trasgressione, violazione
    a crime less serious than a felony
    attentato
    the act of attacking
    meretricio, prostituzione
    offering sexual intercourse for pay
    spergiuro
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
    stupro
    a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
    bigamia
    the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred
    cattura
    the act of taking of a person by force
    concussione, corruzione
    the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
    furto, ruberia, sottrazione
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
    estorsione
    the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
  2. noun
    part of a statement that is not correct
    synonyms: abbarbagliamento, difetto, errore, fallo, mancanza, sbaglio, sgarro, trascorso
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    refuso
    a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
  3. noun
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
    synonyms: abbarbagliamento, difetto, errore, fallo, mancanza, sbaglio, sgarro
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    macchia
    an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
    disorientamento, sfasamento
    a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
    imbroglio, inghippo, mistificazione, pasticcio, pateracchio, storpiatura, tranello
    the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
    abbaglio, scappata, svista
    a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
    abbaglio, sbadataggine, scappata, svista
    a mistake resulting from inattention
    omissione, salto
    a mistake resulting from neglect
    animaleria, cantonata, cazzata, coglionata, farfallone, gaffe, granchio, sproposito, svarione
    an embarrassing mistake
    bagatella, balordaggine, bambinata, bubbola, buffonata, burla, colpo di testa, ebetismo, follia, futilità, inezia, insensatezza, mattana, mattata, minchioneria, miseria, pazzia, ridicolezza, scemenza, scempiaggine, sciocchezza, stoltezza, stupidaggine, stupidità
    a stupid mistake
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    fallimento
    an act that does not achieve its intended goal
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