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corpus delicti

[kawr-puhs di-lik-tahy] / ˈkɔr pəs dɪˈlɪk taɪ /
NOUN
body
Synonyms
STRONGEST
carcass dead body remains
STRONG
ashes bones cadaver deceased stiff
WEAK
carrion clay dust relic

Example Sentences

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And there’s this one, a pioneering one in California criminal law: a crime even without a corpse, the body of evidence — the corpus delicti.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

So, every time you have some sort of a crime that’s committed, you have to have the corpus delicti, which is a Latin term for the body of the crime.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2019

Furthermore, there seemed to be no corpus delicti: in whodunits, corpus delicti means a corpse.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Worcester, undeterred by the impossibility of producing a corpus delicti, a district attorney sped a State detective to North Brookfield to investigate the 48-year-old death.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Now let us go and see the corpus delicti," said the Vicar as soon as they had drawn their chairs from the table.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony