Pronunciation: ' ko ̇ r-p ə s-di- ' lik- ˌ t ī , -( ˌ )t ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural corpora delicti
Etymology: New Latin, literally, body of the crime
Date: 1818
1 : the substantial and fundamental fact necessary to prove the commission of a crime
2 : the material substance (as the body of the victim of a murder) upon which a crime has been committed