Eli5 What does “aggravated” mean when added to a criminal charge?

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What is the difference between assault and aggravated assault? Identity theft and aggravated identity theft?

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It basically means that you did [something illegal] to a worse extent. The difference between getting busted with weed or getting busted with meth. Weed is a possession charge, meth is an aggravated possession charge.

You did something wrong, but you also went to a further extent of doing wrong.

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