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Crime Glossary

 

Abbreviations Commonly Found in CORI

A&B

Assault and Battery

ARM

Armed

ATT

Attempted or Attempting To

B&E               

Breaking and Entering

BR

Breaking

CNW

Common Night Walker
(habitually walking streets to prostitute)

CONT

Controlled

CSA

(Possession of a) Controlled Substance, Schedule A

CSB

(Possession of a) Controlled Substance, Schedule B

CSC

(Possession of a) Controlled Substance, Schedule C

DAY

In the Daytime

DIS

Disorderly or Disturbing

DIS PERS

Being a Disorderly Person, i.e., Disorderly Conduct

DT

In the Daytime

FL

Failure (to)

HAZ

Hazardous

LAR

Larceny

LESS

In an Amount Less Than (usually $250)

MAL

Malicious

MFG

Manufacturing, Manufacture of

MORE          

In an Amount Exceeding (usually $250)

MV

Motor Vehicle

NEG

Negligent(ly)

NIGHT

In the Nighttime

NT

In the Nighttime

OBSTRUCT

Obstruction of

OBT

Obtaining

OFF

Offense

OP

Operate, Operating

O/T

Other Than, as in “O/T heroin”

OUI

Operating Under the Influence (of drugs or alcohol)

PERS             

Of, or To, a Person

POSS         

Possession

PROP

Property

PROST

Prostitution

REC

Receiving

REV

Revocation

ROB

Robbery

SUBSQ

Subsequent

SUBST

Substance

TRES

Trespass(ing)

UNLIC

Unlicensed

UTTERING

Usually, attempt to cash bad check; knowingly trying to use a false, forged or altered record, deed, instrument or other writing

VIOL

Violation

W/O

Without


Produced by Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Created May, 2006


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