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  1. drive-by shooting
    shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim
    For example, a drive-by shooting that misses the intended victim is an inchoate crime called attempted murder.
  2. solicitation
    an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
    Examples of inchoate crimes include solicitation, attempt and conspiracy.
  3. bank vault
    a strongroom or compartment for safekeeping of valuables
    For example, obtaining the blueprints of a bank vault could implicate conspiracy to rob a bank.
  4. conspiracy
    a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
    Examples of inchoate crimes include solicitation, attempt and conspiracy.
  5. implicate
    bring into intimate and incriminating connection
    For example, obtaining the blueprints of a bank vault could implicate conspiracy to rob a bank.
  6. conspire
    act in agreement and in secret towards a deceitful purpose
    In order to establish conspiracy, the prosecutor must have proof that two or more people conspired to commit a crime.
  7. perpetrator
    someone who commits wrongdoing
    The most serious inchoate crime is an attempted crime, which means that the perpetrator tried to commit the crime, but failed.
  8. commit
    engage in or perform
    The most serious inchoate crime is an attempted crime, which means that the perpetrator tried to commit the crime, but failed.
  9. offense
    a failure to show regard for others
    Soliciting drug sales is another common solicitation offense.
  10. prostitution
    offering sexual intercourse for pay
    Prostitution is a prime example; if a man walks up to a woman in a bar and offers to pay her $100.00 to have sex with him, he can be found guilty of solicitation.
  11. prosecute
    conduct legal proceedings against a defendant
    Just because you do not succeed in your plans to commit a crime does not mean that you cannot be prosecuted.
  12. severely
    to a severe or serious degree
    In general, inchoate crimes are not punished as severely as for the actual crime, though often the decision resides with the judge.
  13. incomplete
    not total or final
    One way occurs when you actually complete the crime; the other method is when one is convicted of an inchoate crime, or an incomplete crime.
  14. murder
    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being
    For example, a drive-by shooting that misses the intended victim is an inchoate crime called attempted murder.
  15. participate
    be involved in
    Solicitation involves attempting to convince another individual to participate in an illegal activity.
  16. reside
    live in
    In general, inchoate crimes are not punished as severely as for the actual crime, though often the decision resides with the judge.
  17. attempted
    tried unsuccessfully
    The most serious inchoate crime is an attempted crime, which means that the perpetrator tried to commit the crime, but failed.
  18. illegal
    prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
    Solicitation involves attempting to convince another individual to participate in an illegal activity.
  19. convince
    make realize the truth or validity of something
    Solicitation involves attempting to convince another individual to participate in an illegal activity.
  20. punished
    subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
    In general, inchoate crimes are not punished as severely as for the actual crime, though often the decision resides with the judge.
  21. constitute
    form or compose
    Correspondence, such as letters, between the two people would constitute evidence if they discussed their plans to commit a crime in the letters.
  22. correspondence
    an attribute of a shape or relation
    Correspondence, such as letters, between the two people would constitute evidence if they discussed their plans to commit a crime in the letters.
  23. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
    For example, if you and your friend plot to kill an enemy, then actually succeed in the murder, you can’t be charged with both conspiracy and murder.
  24. drug
    a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
    Soliciting drug sales is another common solicitation offense.
  25. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
    Correspondence, such as letters, between the two people would constitute evidence if they discussed their plans to commit a crime in the letters.
  26. individual
    being or characteristic of a single thing or person
    Solicitation involves attempting to convince another individual to participate in an illegal activity.
Created on Wed Sep 22 00:42:34 EDT 2010

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