1) Activity 2) Bash 3) Basketball shot 4) Crack 5) Effort 6) Endeavor 7) Endeavour 8) Endeavour, try 9) Essay 10) French word used in English 11) Give it a go 12) Have a go 13) Have a go at 14) Make a stab at 15) Make an effort 16) Make an effort or attempt 17) Seek 18) Shot 19) Stab 20) Stab or crack
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1) Assay 2) Batting 3) Bid 4) Braving 5) Confronting 6) Contribution 7) Effort 8) Endeavour 9) Essay 10) Fling 11) Gofor 12) Have a goat 13) Make a stab at 14) Nisus 15) Pains 16) Seek 17) Shoot at 18) Shot 19) Stab 20) Strive 21) Striving 22) Struggle 23) Tackling 24) Trial 25) Try 26) Undertake 27) Whack
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Attempt in criminal law is an offense that occurs when a person comes dangerously close to carrying out a criminal act, and intends to commit the act, but does not in fact commit it. The person may have carried out all the necessary steps (or thought they had) but still failed, or the attempt may have been abandoned or prevented at a late stage. T...
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A person attempts to commit a crime when: (1) that person intended to commit the crime; and (2) began to do an act that constituted a substantial part of the crime, but failed to commit or complete the crime.
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• (v. i.) To make an attempt; -- with upon. • (v. t.) To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman. • (v. t.) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. • (n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor; an und...
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(from the article `criminal law`) In Anglo-American law there is a class of offenses known as inchoate, or preliminary, crimes because guilt attaches even though the criminal purpose ...
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In law, a partial or unsuccessful commission of a crime. An attempt must be more than preparation for a crime; it must involve actual efforts to commit a crime. In...
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1. To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. 'Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.' (Longfellow) ... 2. To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. 'It made the laughter of an afternoon Tha...
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(v) Attempt is an intentional try to achieve a targeted result whether the expected results are attained or not. Eg. Suicide attempt.2. Attempt to kill a person, but foiled by the police. A desire or thinking is not an attempt unless there is a commencement of action.
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At·tempt' intransitive verb To make an attempt; -- with
upon . [ Obsolete]
Sir T. Browne. Found on
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At·tempt' noun A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort. « By his blindness maimed for high
attempts .
Milton. »
Attempt to commit a crime (Law) ,
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At·tempt' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Attempted ; present participle & verbal noun Attempting .] [ Old French atenter , also spelt atempter , French attenter , from Latin attentare to attem...
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Starting but not completing an intended criminal act. Attempts involve more than just thinking about doing a criminal act or planning it without at least some concrete steps. Attempted crimes can include attempted murder, attempted robbery, attempted rape, attempted forgery, attempted arson, and a host of other crimes. Attempts are often punished l...
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Effort to commit a crime, carried beyond preparation, but not executed.
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[n] - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
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effort noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; `made an effort to cover all the reading material`; `wished him luck in his endeavor`; `she gave it a good try`
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In law, a partial or unsuccessful commission of a crime. An attempt must be more than preparation for a crime; it must involve actual efforts to commit a crime
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The act of a team with possession of the ball trying to put out a member of the other team by throwing the ball at them.
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to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles. · to attack; move against in a hostile manner: to attempt a person's life. · to tempt.
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