Definitions for ATTEMPTED
at·tempt·ed

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1. attemptedadjective

   tried unsuccessfully

   "attempted murder"

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1. attemptedadjective

   Tried, with the connotation of failure.

   She is facing jail time for attempted-robbery.

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1. attempted

   An attempt to commit a crime occurs if a criminal has an intent to commit a crime and takes a substantial step toward completing the crime, but for reasons not intended by the criminal, the final resulting crime does not occur. Attempt to commit a particular crime is a crime, usually considered to be of the same or lesser gravity as the particular crime attempted.: 669–671  Attempt is a type of inchoate crime, a crime that is not fully developed. The crime of attempt has two elements, intent and some conduct toward completion of the crime.One group of theories in criminal law is that attempt to commit an act occurs when a person comes dangerously close to carrying out a criminal act, and intends to commit the act, but does not 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. The attempt must have gone beyond mere planning or preparation, and is distinct from other inchoate offenses such as conspiracy to commit a crime or solicitation of a crime. There are many specific crimes of attempt, such as attempted murder, which may vary by jurisdiction. Punishment is often less severe than would be the case if the attempted crime had been carried out. Abandonment of the attempt may constitute a not guilty defence, depending partly on the extent to which the attempt was abandoned freely and voluntarily. Early common law did not punish attempts; the law of attempt was not recognised by common law until the case of b. Rex v. Scofield in 1784.: 669 The essence of the crime of attempt in legal terms is that the defendant has failed to commit the actus reus (the Latin term for the "guilty act") of the full offense, but has the direct and specific intent to commit that full offense. The normal rule for establishing criminal liability is to prove an actus reus accompanied by a mens rea ("guilty mind") at the relevant time (see concurrence and strict liability offenses as the exception to the rule).

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1. attempted

   Attempted refers to the action of trying to carry out or achieve something, typically something difficult or complex. It's the act of making an effort or striving towards a particular goal or objective, usually without success. The term is often used in legal context to mean the commencement of an act that is not completed, but shows an intention to commit a crime.

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1. Attempted

   of Attempt

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ATTEMPTED' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3554

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How to pronounce ATTEMPTED?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ATTEMPTED in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ATTEMPTED in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ATTEMPTED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ATTEMPTED in a Sentence

1. Lee Hardman:

   Finance Minister Aso stated strongly that sudden yen strength or weakness is bad and that Japan has the means to intervene, he also attempted to alter market expectations that US opposition will prevent Japan from intervening. Overall, the comments do not significantly change our view that direct intervention to dampen yen strength remains unlikely in the near-term.

2. Representative Cheney:

   We will not be deterred by threats or attempted obstruction and we will not rest until our task is complete, every member of this committee is dedicated to conducting a non-partisan, professional, and thorough investigation of all the relevant facts regarding January 6th and the threat to our Constitution we faced that day. I have accepted the position of Vice-Chair of the committee to assure that we achieve that goal.

3. Ian Grillot:

   I don't know if I could've lived with myself if I wouldn't have stopped or attempted to stop the shooter, because that would've been completely devastating, i do now have a very powerful message and if I can help empower people and spread hope and love, then why not?

4. Justin Bramberg:

   This idea that Alex Murdaugh has never attempted to flee – that's a skewed view of reality here. Suicide is the ultimate attempt to flee, the money that was misappropriated and stolen from them wasn't just fun money, it wasn't just 'I'm going to go to Las Vegas and gamble' money. This was money that was supposed to be used to compensate them for injuries, so that they could afford medical care.

5. An Education:

   The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) strives to ensure the Civil Rights Data Collection(CRDC) data are an accurate and comprehensive depiction of student access to educational opportunities in school districts, for the 2021-22 CRDC, OCR will continue to collect data on the number of documented incidents of offenses committed by school staff, including rape or attempted rape, and sexual assault.These are data the CRDC has collected since 2015-16. We propose retiring data on the number of allegations made against school staff to reduce burden and duplication of data.This is a proposal and OCR welcomes feedbackon this proposal from the public during the 60-day comment period.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ATTEMPTED
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Attempted
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ATTEMPTED
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ATTEMPTED