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corpus delicti

noun /kɔrpəsdɪlɪktaɪ/ 4 syllables 14 letters Scrabble 20 WWF 25
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noun

the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

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