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Mystery Terms
Mystery unit words
Term | Definition |
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crime | something against the law |
clue | anything that appears which could lead a detective closer to solving a crime |
deduction | using the facts (evidence) to reach a logical conclusion |
evidence | anything that helps prove who the culprit is |
the culprit | the person who commits the crime |
witness | a person who either saw the crime being committed or who saw something that happened before or after the crime that could help solve it |
suspects | the people who have a motive to commit a crime |
motive | a suspect's reason for committing a crime |
means | access to the murder weapon;or what was used to commit a crime |
method | the way the crime was carried out |
opportunity | the ability to have been where the crime happened when it did; or to have caused the crime to happen from a distance |
alibi | the suspect's claim that he/she was somewhere else when the crime took place |
crime scene | the place where the crime occurred |
victim | the person the crime is committed against |
red herring | a false clue or event used to take your attention away from what is really happening |
accomplice | someone who helps commit a crime |