Antonyms for corpus delicti

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kawr-puh s di-lik-tahy

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr pəs dɪˈlɪk taɪ

Definition of corpus delicti

Origin : 1832, Latin, literally "body of the offense;" not "the murder victim's body," but the basic elements that make up a crime; in the case of a murder, including the body of the murdered person.

As in body : noun corpse

Example sentences :

The corpus delicti (in the language of the law) was certain.
Extract from : « Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II » by Various

There is no corpus delicti, no carcase of the missing Edwin Drood.
Extract from : « The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot » by Andrew Lang

“Talking of corpus delicti,” said the man who had first spoken.
Extract from : « Forging the Blades » by Bertram Mitford

These fragments alone remained to testify to the corpus delicti.
Extract from : « Aircraft and Submarines » by Willis J. Abbot.

The corpus delicti—you see I know my subject—was somebody else.
Extract from : « The Disentanglers » by Andrew Lang

There was no corpus delicti, no evidence that Harrison was really dead.
Extract from : « Historical Mysteries » by Andrew Lang

But there was nothing definite to prove the fact; there was no corpus delicti.
Extract from : « Historical Mysteries » by Andrew Lang

There, as in the Morgue, lies awaiting explanation the corpus delicti of the Clyde Mystery.
Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang

If Hallard could open the penitentiary, why not the grave in which a corpus delicti had been hastily hidden?
Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes

Dear Mnsterberg,—Witmer has sent me the corpus delicti, and I find myself curiously unmoved.
Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. II » by William James

Synonyms for corpus delicti

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