compounding a crime

compounding a crime

compounding a crime. The offense of either agreeing not to prosecute a crime that one knows has been com-mitted or agreeing to hamper the prosecution. — Also termed compounding a felony; (archaically) theftbote. See STIFLING OF A PROSECUTION . [Cases: Compounding Offenses 1. C.J.S. Compounding Offenses § 1.] “If a prosecuting attorney should accept money

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