Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corpus delicti

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: cor-pus delic-ti
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The evidence that a crime has occurred.

Etymology

From New Latin corpus dēlictī (literally “body of the crime”).

Word Breakdown

Root: corpus dēlictī

Inflected Forms

corpora delicti (plural)

Phrases

habeas corpus

Frequently Paired Words

habeas corpus

Questions

What does corpus delicti mean?: The evidence that a crime has occurred.
Where does corpus delicti come from?: From New Latin corpus dēlictī (literally “body of the crime”).

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