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Harassment: verb

1. 1. to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
2. 2. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid.

Prostitution: noun

1. 1. the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.
2. 2. base or unworthy use, as of talent or ability.

Violation of Restraining Order: noun

 

Law - a breach or infringement of the judicial order to forbid a particular act until a decision is reached on an application for an injunction.

Criminal Mischief: noun

 

typically involves any damage, defacement, alteration, or destruction of property, common forms include vandalism, graffiti, or some other destruction or defacement of property other than arson.

False Imprisonment: noun

 

Law - the unlawful restraint of a person from exercising the right to freedom of movement

Disturbing the Peace: noun

 

generally defined as the unsettling of proper order in a public space through one's actions. This can include creating loud noise by fighting or challenging to fight, disturbing others by loud and unreasonable noise including loud music or dog barking, or using offensive words or insults likely to incite violence.

Disorderly Conduct: noun

 

Law - any of various petty misdemeanors, generally including nuisances, breaches of the peace, offensive or immoral conduct in public, etc.

Weapons Charge: noun

 

unlawful possession of a weapon including such items as a gun, stiletto, dagger, dirk knife, ballistic knife, switch knife, a switch blade, any knife with a double-edged blade, a slingshot, a slung shot, blowgun, blackjack, or metallic knuckles, nunchaku, zoobow, also known as klackers or kung fu sticks, a shuriken, or a manrikigusari.

White Color Crimes: noun

 

unlawful activity pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.

Drug Offenses: noun

 

The possession, manufacturing, cultivation or distribution of a controlled substance such as marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, LSD, or heroin.

Motor Vehicle Theft: noun

 

the wrongful taking of an automobile, truck, bus, or similar motor-driven conveyance.

Homicide: noun

1. the killing of one human being by another.
2. a person who kills another; murderer.

Robbery: noun, plural -ber⋅ies.

1. the act, the practice, or an instance of robbing.
2. Law. the felonious taking of the property of another from his or her person or in his or her immediate presence, against his or her will, by violence or intimidation.

Arson: noun

 

Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.

Fraud: noun

1. deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
2. a particular instance of such deceit or trickery: mail fraud; election frauds.
3. any deception, trickery, or humbug: That diet book is a fraud and a waste of time.
4. a person who makes deceitful pretenses; sham; poseur.

Forgery: noun, plural -ger⋅ies.

1. the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person's name to any such writing whether or not it is also the forger's name.
2. the production of a spurious work that is claimed to be genuine, as a coin, a painting, or the like.
3. something, as a coin, a work of art, or a writing, produced by forgery.
4. an act of producing something forged.
5. Archaic. invention; artifice.

Trespassing: verb

1. To commit an offense or a sin; transgress or err.
2. Law To commit an unlawful injury to the person, property, or rights of another, with actual or implied force or violence, especially to enter onto another's land wrongfully.
3. To infringe on the privacy, time, or attention of another: "I must . . . not trespass too far on the patience of a good-natured critic" (Henry Fielding).

Trespasses: noun

Transgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty.

1. Law
   1. The act of trespassing.
   2. A suit brought for trespassing.
2. An intrusion or infringement on another. See Synonyms at breach.

Burglary: noun, plural -ries

 

the felony of breaking into and entering the house of another at night with intent to steal, extended by statute to cover the breaking into and entering of any of various buildings, by night or day.

Child Abuse: noun

 

mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian, including neglect, beating, and sexual molestation.

Menacing: transitive verb

1. to make a show of intention to harm
2. to represent or pose a threat to : endanger intransitive verb : to act in a threatening manner