Sentence:  Jubal could n't reconstruct the <WSD>crime</WSD> from the way the girls behaved because patterns kept shifting - ABC vs D , then BCD vs A & & & or AB vs CD , or AD vs CB , through all ways that four women can gang up on each other . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act