939.22 Words and phrases defined.
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939.22 Words and phrases defined. In chs. 939 to 948 and 951 , the following words and phrases have the designated meanings unless the context of a specific section manifestly requires a different construction or the word or phrase is defined in s. 948.01 for purposes of ch. 948 :
(2)“Airgun” means a weapon which expels a missile by the expansion of compressed air or other gas.
(3)“Alcohol concentration” has the meaning given in s. 340.01
(1v).
(4)“Bodily harm” means physical pain or injury, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
(5)“Commission warden” means a conservation warden employed by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
(6)“Crime” has the meaning designated in s. 939.12 .
(9)“Criminal gang” means an ongoing organization, association or group of 3 or more persons, whether formal or informal, that has as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more of the criminal acts, or acts that would be criminal if the actor were an adult, specified in sub.
(a)to
(s); that has a common name or a common identifying sign or symbol; and whose members individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity.
(9g)“Criminal gang member” means any person who participates in criminal gang activity, as defined in s. 941.38
(b), with a criminal gang.
(9r)“Criminal intent” has the meaning designated in s. 939.23 .
(10)“Dangerous weapon” means any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded; any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or great bodily harm; any ligature or other instrumentality used on the throat, neck, nose, or mouth of another person to impede, partially or completely, breathing or circulation of blood; any electric weapon, as defined in s. 941.295
(a); or any other device or instrumentality which, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is calculated or likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
(11)“Drug” has the meaning specified in s. 450.01
(10).
(12)“Felony” has the meaning designated in s. 939.60 .
(14)“Great bodily harm” means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious permanent disfigurement, or which causes a permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ or other serious bodily injury.
(15)“Hazardous inhalant” means a substance that is ingested, inhaled, or otherwise introduced into the human body in a manner that does not comply with any cautionary labeling that is required for the substance under s. 100.37 or under federal law, or in a manner that is not intended by the manufacturer of the substance, and that is intended to induce intoxication or elation, to stupefy the central nervous system, or to change the human audio, visual, or mental processes.