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actus reus
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Noun actus reus has 1 sense
- actus reus(n = noun.act) misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct - activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing" is a kind of activity
has particulars: brutalisation, brutalization, encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation, civil wrong, tort, malversation, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed, dereliction, malfeasance, misfeasance, malpractice, malpractice, perversion, injury, injury, iniquity, injustice, shabbiness, unfairness, infliction, evildoing, transgression, dishonesty, knavery, falsification, misrepresentation, champerty, criminal maintenance, maintenance, infringement, violation
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