to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
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disorderly behavior (PRC law)
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
please forgive me
to repent / to be contrite
lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom) / to get into trouble on account of a cherished item / fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others.
war crime
guilty plea (law)
to atone for a crime
to be punished for a crime
criminal charge / accusation
robbery
extortion
violent crime
to take the rap for sb
scapegoat / sacrificial lamb
guilty
impunity
to admit to a crime / to plead guilty
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传) / one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
assault and battery (law)
to punish sb (for a crime)
terrible pain / torture / (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners
(coll.) to go through sheer hell
bitter sufferings / great hardships
the crime of hooliganism
(law) procuring (offense)
genocide
purgatory (religion)
heinous crime
plea of not guilty
presumption of innocence (law)
crime of conspiring to overthrow the state
a criminal gang
scene of the crime
criminal / perpetrator
criminal activity
criminal record
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