Terms you should know

a more serious type of assault such as one leading to actual bodily harm.

https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/legalguide.pdf

entering premises armed with a weapon, intending to steal goods.

https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/legalguide.pdf

1. Intentionally caused the death of another person who was a police officer or a peace officer performing his or her official duties,

2. Intentionally caused the death of another person and the victim was a firefighter, emergency medical technician, ambulance driver, paramedic, physician or registered nurse responding to an emergency,

3. Intentionally caused the death of another person and the victim was an employee of a state correctional facility performing his or her official duties, or

4. Caused the death of someone who was less than 14 years old or younger in a particularly cruel manner, such as by first torturing the victim.

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/new-york-penal-law-125-26-aggravated-murder.html

when someone threatens another person with physical harm. Words on their own do not amount to assault but threatening gestures do, even if the person threatened is not touched.

https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/legalguide.pdf

With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument.

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/new-york-penal-code-120-10-assault-in-the-first-degree.html#:~:text=New%20York%20Penal%20Code%20%C2%A7%20120.10%3A%20Assault%20in%20the%20First,or%20a%20dangerous%20instrument%3B%20or

entering a building without permission with the intention of stealing or doing damage.

https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/legalguide.pdf

making a statement, either orally or in writing, which damages someone's reputation.

https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/legalguide.pdf

Embezzlement is a form of theft and it is usually charged as theft.

(https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-charges/embezzlement.html)

Per Crimetraveller.org, Familicide is defined as one family member who murders other members of their family, commonly taking the lives of all. It is most often used to describe cases where a parent, usually the father, kills his wife and children and then himself.

the former term used for serious crimes such as rape or murder. It is still in use in the USA.
https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/legalguide.pdf

Second degree gang assault occurs when a person intends to cause injury and when aided by at least two other people causes serious physical injury to another.

https://crimlawny.com/assault/#:~:text=Second%20degree%20gang%20assault%20occurs,serious%20physical%20injury%20to%20another.

With intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of such person or of a third person

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/new-york-penal-law-125-27-murder-in-the-first-degree.html#:~:text=Of%20all%20of%20the%20crimes,sentenced%20to%20life%20in%20prison.

1. Intentionally caused the death of another person,

2. Recklessly caused the death of another person under the conditions that showed that you had a depraved indifference for human life,

3. Caused the death of another person during the commission of another crime such as robbery, burglary, arson, or sexual assault, or

4. Caused the death of another person under the age of 11 during the commission of a sex crime such as rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree or incest in the first degree.

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/new-york-penal-law-125-25-murder-in-the-second-degree.html

a document setting out the details of the offence a defendant is accused of.

https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/legalguide.pdf

Menacing is a crime that involves doing something that puts another person in fear of immediate physical injury. (https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/new-york-penal-code-120-14-menacing-in-the-second-degree.html)

manslaughter, per google, the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or otherwise in circumstances not amounting to murder.