aggravate

Aggravate means to increase the gravity or seriousness of a crime. 

Cases such as Ramirez v. Welch, No. 05-16-00681-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 6, 2018), explain that to aggravate means “to make worse.”

See also: Magwood v. Patterson, 130 S.Ct. 2788 (2010).

[Last reviewed in March of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]

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