Fifty (50) Different types of Crimes and their meaning
Philippine Constitution defines different kinds of crimes and their meaning under the Republic of the Philippines.
1. ABDUCTION — Forcibly taking someone away against their will.
2. ARSON — Setting fire to a building, cars or property on purpose
3. ASSASSINATION — Killing a famous person or public figure.
wn con5. BIGAMY — Marrying someone when you are already married to another person.
6. BLACKMAIL — Threatening to reveal someone’s secrets if a lot of money is not paid.
7. BOMBING — Detonating an explosive device with the plan of harming people or property.
8. BRIBERY — Giving money or granting favors to influence another person’s decisions or behavior.
9. BURGLARY — Breaking into a house in order to steal something.
10. CHILD ABUSE — Treating a child badly in a physical, emotional, or sexual way.
11. CORRUPTION — Behaving illegally and dishonestly; especially those in power.
12. CRIME — Doing something illegal that can be punished by law.
13. CYBERCRIME — Doing something illegal over the Internet or a computer system.
14. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — Behaving violently inside the home.
15. DRUNK DRIVING — Driving with too much alcohol in your blood.
16. EMBEZZLEMENT — Stealing large amounts of money that you are responsible for, often over a period of time.
17. ESPIONAGE- Spying, to obtain political or military information.
18. FORGERY — Illegally copying documents, money, etc. to cheat people.
19. FRAUD — Getting money from people by cheating them.
20. GENOCIDE — Killing on purpose a large number of people, especially from a particular group or area.
21. HIJACKING — Taking control of a plane, train etc by force, often to meet political demands.
22. HIT AND RUN — Not stopping to help a person hurt in an accident caused by you.
23. HOMICIDE — Killing another person unintentionally.
24. HOOLIGANISM — Being violent or aggressive on purpose; often used to describe youth.
25. IDENTITY THEFT- Using someone else’s personal information for one’s own gain.
26. KIDNAPPING — Taking someone away by force, often demanding money for their safe return.
27. LIBEL — The act of making a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone
28. LOOTING — Taking things illegally and by force, during a riot, war, etc.
29. LYNCHING — Killing someone without legal process, often by hanging, often by an angry mob.
30. MANSLAUGHTER — Killing someone without malice aforethought.
31. MUGGING — Attacking someone with a plan to rob them.
32. MURDER — Killing someone on purpose.
33. PERJURY — Lying in court, while under oath.
34. PICKPOCKETING — Stealing wallets, money, etc. from people’s pockets in crowded places.
35. PILFERING — Stealing small quantities of goods over time.
36. POACHING — Hunting illegally.
37. RAPE — Forcing someone to have sex.
38. RIOT — Causing a noisy, violent public disturbance.
39. ROBBERY — Stealing large amounts of money with force or violence from a bank, store, etc.
40. SHOPLIFTING — Stealing something from a store.
41. SLANDER — Damaging someone’s reputation by speaking lies about them.
42. SMUGGLING — Taking things secretly in or out of a place, country, jail, etc.
43. SPEEDING — Driving above the speed limit.
44. TERRORISM — Using violence, threats, or fear, usually for political purposes.
45. THEFT — Stealing, in general.
46. TRAFFICKING — Trading something illegal like drugs, people, etc.
47. TREASON — Betraying one’s country by helping its enemies.
48. TRESPASSING — Entering another person’s area; hurting people/damaging property through force.
49. VANDALISM — Destroying private or public property purposely.
50. VOYEURISM — Secretly watching naked people or sexual acts & getting sexually excited.
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Originally published at https://www.dauntleast.com on December 20, 2020.
