Common Abbreviations Used in Criminal Record Reports

Common Abbreviations Used in Criminal Record Reports

This list should be used only as a guide in interpreting criminal record information. Some

jurisdictions may interpret some of the terms contained herein differently. Although the FBI does

publish a standard list, many abbreviations are the result of local court "ingenuity." This list of

offense abbreviations should not be considered to be all-inclusive nor is it intended to constitute

legal advice. It is especially important to consult legal counsel when making difficult decisions

based on court records.

A

A ...............................Assault

AA ...............................ARMED Assault, Armed

A INT MAIM .......................Assault with Intent to Maim

A TO K (or MAIM, MUR, RAPE, ROB) Assault to Kill (or Maim, Murder, Rape, Rob)

A & B ............................Assault and Battery

A & ROB (armed) ..................Assault and Robbery (armed)

AA/DW ............................Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon

AA/PO ............................Aggravated Assault Police Officer (Dallas County)

AA/SBI ...........................Aggravated Assault / Serious Bodily Injury

AAWW .............................Aggravated Assault With Weapon

ABC ..............................Act Alcohol Beverage Control Act

ABD ..............................Abduction

ABET .............................Abet

ABNDN or ABNDNT ..................Abandon or Abandonment

ABST .............................Abstraction

ABUS LANG ........................Abusive Language

ABWIK ............................Assault and Battery With Intent to Kill

ACAF .............................Accessory After the Fact

ACBF .............................Accessory Before the Fact

ACC ..............................Accessory

ACC AFT FACT REC .................Accessory After the Fact, Receiving

ACC BURG .........................Accessory to Burglary

ACC TO ISS CHK ...................Accessory to Issuing Check

ACC TO JL BRK ....................Accessory to Jail Break

ACC TO L .........................Accessory to Larceny

ACC TO MUR .......................Accessory to Murder

ACC TO ROB .......................Accessory to Robbery

ACCOMP DD ........................Accompanying Drunken Driver

ACCPL ............................Accomplice

ACCPT BRB ........................Accepting a Bribe

ADJ ..............................Adjudication

ADLTY ............................Adultery

ADW ..............................Assault with Deadly Weapon

ADW/FIREARM ......................Assault with Deadly Weapon/Firearms

AFA ..............................Alien Firearms Act

AFCF .............................After Former Conviction of a Felony

AFDVT ............................Affidavit

AFFR .............................Affray

AFFR WDW .........................Affray With Deadly Weapon

AFO ..............................Assaulting a Federal Officer

AGG A ............................Aggravated Assault

AID & ABET LOTT ..................Aiding and Abetting Lottery

AID & HAR ESC PR .................Aiding and Harboring an Escaped Prisoner

AID PR TO ESC ....................Aiding a Prisoner to Escape

AIDA .............................Automobile Information Disclosure Act

AKA ..............................Also Known As

ALIEN POSS FIREARMS ..............Alien in Possession of Firearms

ALLOW DR W/O PRMT ................Allowing One to Drive Without a Permit

ALT ..............................Altering

ANNOY & SOL ......................Annoying and Soliciting

APC ..............................Actual Physical Control

APCV ...........................Actual Physical Control of a Vehicle

APIPOCC .....................Appropriating Property In Possession Of Common Carrier

APP. CT. .......................Appellate Court

APPROP .......................Appropriating

APO ..............................Assaulting Police Officer

AR ...............................Anti-Racketeering

ARD ..............................Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition

ARL ..............................Antiriot Laws

ARMED WDW ........................Armed With Dangerous Weapon

ARSON OF PERS PROP ...............Arson of Personal Property

ASLT .............................Assault

ASLT TO RA .......................Assault to Rob Armed

ASMB .............................Assembling

ASST .............................Assisting

ASST ATT TO RAPE .................Assisting in Attempt to Commit Rape

ASST PROST .......................Assisting Prostitution

ATL ..............................Antitrust Law

ATPT .............................Attempt

ATROC ............................Atrocious

ATT ..............................Attempt or Attempted

ATT RA ...........................Attempted Robbery Armed

ATTEMPT .......................Attempt to Steal, Commit, etc.

AUTO H & R ....................Auto ¨C Hit and Run

AUTO NO LIC ...................Auto ¨C No License

AVIN ...........................Altered Vehicle Identification Number

AWDW .........................Assault with Deadly Weapon

AWDWIKISI .............Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill or Inflict Serious

Injury

AWOL ......................Absent Without Leave

B

B ................................Breaking

B ................................Battery (FBI definition)

B & E ............................Breaking and Entering

B of P ...........................Breach of Peace (FBI definition)

B/F ..............................Bond Forfeiture

BAIL JUMPG .......................Bail Jumping

BATT .............................Battery

BB ...............................Bank Burglary

BC ...............................Bad Check or Bogus Check

BF & E ...........................Bank Fraud and Embezzlement

BI ...............................Bodily Injury

BKMKG ............................Bookmaking

BL ...............................Bank Larceny

BLKML ............................Blackmail

BOND FORF ........................Bond Forfeiture

BOP ..............................Breach of Peace

BORD .............................Bill of Review Denied

BORG .............................Bill of Review Granted

BR ...............................Bank Robbery

BRBG .............................Bribing

BRBY .............................Bribery

BRCSP ............................Buying, Receiving, Concealing Stolen Property

BTCP .............................Probation Following Boot Camp Incarceration

BTG ..............................Beating

BNID .............................Burglary Not In a Dwelling

BURG .............................Burglary

BURN DEST INS PROP ...............Burning, Destroying, etc., Insured Property

BURN INT INJ INS .................Burning, Intent to Injure Insurer

C

C & F ............................Call and Failed, (voluntary dismissal by judge or court)

C to D of M ......................Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor

CAID .............................Criminal Activity In Drugs

CAR B ............................Car Breaking

CAR PROWL ........................Car Prowling

CC ABUSE/USE .....................Credit Card Abuse

CCDW .............................Carrying Concealed Deadly Weapon

CCF ..............................Carrying Concealed Firearm

CCW ..............................Carry Concealed Weapon

CD ...............................Conditional Discharge

CDW ..............................Carrying Dangerous Weapon

CIT ..............................Citation Code (Georgia State)

CK ...............................(Check) can also mean Carnal Knowledge (of FC ¨C Female

Child)

CL ...............................Complied with Law

CMPT .............................Contempt

CNSP .............................Conspiracy to Commit

CNTY .............................CRT County Court

COC ..............................Contempt of Court

COMM IND ACT .....................Committing Indecent Act

COMN .............................Common (used with assault, cheat, drunk, etc.)

COMP FEL .........................Compounding a Felony

CONC EVID ........................Concealing Evidence

CONSP ............................Conspiracy

CONT DA ..........................Controlled Dangerous Substance

CONV .............................Conversion

CPCS .............................Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance

CPDD .............................Criminal Possession of Dangerous Drugs

CPSP .............................Criminal Possession of Stolen Property

CR B .............................Criminal ¨C B (Not Felony)

CR to ANI ........................Cruelty to Animals

CR to CHDN .......................Cruelty to Children

CRIM CRLESS ......................Criminal Carelessness

CRLESS DR ........................Careless Driving

CRNL .............................Carnal

CRNL KNLDG .......................Carnal Knowledge (of FC ¨C Female Child)

CRSP .............................Criminal Receiving Stolen Property

CRV ..............................Conditional Release Violator

CSA ..............................Controlled Substance Act

CSCS .............................Criminal Sale of Controlled Substances

CTFG or CTFT .....................Counterfeiting or Counterfeit

CW ...............................Concealed Weapons

CW W/O PRMT OR LIC ...............Carrying Weapon Without Permit or License

CWIK .............................Cutting With Intent to Kill

D

D & D(C) .........................Drunk and Disorderly (Conduct)

D & S ............................Dangerous and Suspicious

DA ...............................Drug Abuse

DAA W/O OP .......................Driving Away Auto Without Owner¡¯s Permission

DAMV .............................Destruction of Aircraft or Motor Vehicles

DAR ..............................Driving After Revocation

DC ...............................Disorderly Conduct

DCI ..............................Driving Car Intoxicated

DCI (-D or -L) ...................Driving Car Intoxicated (-Drugs or -Liquor)

DCMW .............................Drunk in Control of Motor Vehicle

DE ...............................Deferred

DEAL IN LOTT POL .................Dealing in Lottery Police

DECEPTIVE PRACTICE ...............Writing Bad Checks

DEF BLDG .........................Defacing Building

DEF BRAKES .......................Defective Brakes

DEF GPVT BONDS ...................Defacing Government Bonds

DEF OR DEST PERS PROP ............Defacing or Destroying Personal Property

DEF OR DEST PUB PROP .............Defacing or Destroying Public Property

DEFR .............................Defrauding

DELIN ............................Delinquent

DEP ..............................Deportation

DEPOS IN US PO THRT ..............Depositing in US Post Office Threat to Injure Person

or Property of Addressee

DESER ............................Desertion or Deserter

DESTR OF IP ......................Destruction of Interstate Property

DGP ..............................Destruction of Government Property

DH ...............................Disorderly House

DIP ..............................Drunk In Public

DIS ..............................Disorderly

DISCH FIREARMS ...................Discharging Firearms

DISM .............................Charge Dismissed

DISP MTG PROP ....................Disposing of Mortgaged Property

DISP STLN PROP ...................Disposing of Stolen Property

DIST .............................Disturbance

DIST PEACE .......................Disturbing the Peace

DISTIL ...........................Distilling

DISTR ............................Distributing

DIV ..............................Diverting

DL ...............................Drug Law

DMG PROP .........................Damaging Property

DOF ..............................Desecration of Flag

DP ...............................Disorderly Person

DR W/O PRMT ......................Driving Without Permit

DRK ..............................Drunk

DRUG/MOP SCH .....................Drugs Manufactured or Possessed Near a School

DRW CHK W/O FDS ..................Drawing Check Without Funds

DRW OR EXH FIREARMS ..............Drawing or Exhibiting Firearms

DSMD .............................Dismissed

DSPLY VOID OP LIC ................Displaying Void Operator¡¯s License

DUI (L) ..........................Driving Under Influence (of Liquor)

DUS ..............................Driving Under Suspension

DV ...............................Domestic Violence

DW ...............................Dangerous Weapon

DWA ..............................Dangerous Weapon Act

DWAI .............................Driving While Ability Impaired

DWD (-D or -L) ...................Driving While Drunk (-Drugs or -Liquor)

DWI ..............................Driving While Impaired

DWLG .............................Dwelling

DWLS .............................Driving While License Suspended

DWLS/SR ..........................Driving While License Suspended/Sentence Reduced

DYN ..............................Dynamiting

DYN INH BLDG .....................Dynamiting Inhabited Building

E

EAR ..............................Escape and Rescue

ECT ..............................Extortionate Credit Transactions

EFP ..............................Escaped Federal Prisoner

EGP ..............................Embezzlement of Government Property

EID ..............................Explosives and Incendiary Devices

EL ...............................Election Laws

ELIM .............................Elimination

EMBZ .............................Embezzlement or Embezzling

ENDANG ...........................Endangering

ENDANG L OR H OF CHILD ...........Endangering the Life or Health of a Child

ENT (or E) .......................Entering

ENTIC ............................Enticing

ENTIC FEM U AGE ..................Enticing Females Under Age

ENTIC INTO IMM PLACE .............Enticing Into Immoral Place

ESC ..............................Escaped

ESC CONV .........................Escaped Convict

ESC FED CUST .....................Escaping Federal Custody

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