crib death

sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep ;

cribbage

a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two ;

cribbage board

a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs; used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage ;

cricetidae

mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters ;

cricetus

type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters ;

cricetus cricetus

a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia ;

crichton

Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582) ;

crick

English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) ; a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) ;

cricket

a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs ; leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together ;

cricket-bat willow

Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches ;

cricket ball

the ball used in playing cricket ;

cricket bat

the club used in playing cricket; "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting" ;

cricket equipment

sports equipment used in playing cricket ;

cricket frog

either of two frogs with a clicking call ;

cricket match

a match between two cricket teams ;

cricketer

an athlete who plays cricket ;

crier

a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells ; (formerly) an official who made public announcements ; a person who weeps ;

crime

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" ; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart" ;

crime rate

the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year ;

crime syndicate

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities ;

crime wave

a sudden rise in the crime rate ;

crimea

a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov ;

crimea-congo hemorrhagic fever

an infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep ;

crimean war

a war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia; 1853-1856 ;

criminal

someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime ;

criminal congress

forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals ;

criminal contempt

an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice ;

criminal conversation

extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce" ;

criminal court

a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases ;

criminal intelligence services of canada

an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies ;

criminal investigation command

the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world ;

criminal law

the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment ;

criminal 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; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit" ;

criminal negligence

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) ;

criminal possession

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances ;

criminal prosecution

the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior ;

criminal record

a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long" ;

criminal suit

a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant ;

criminalisation

legislation that makes something illegal; "the criminalization of marijuana" ;

criminalism

the state of being a criminal ;