Attempt (disambiguation) An attempt may refer to: Look up attempt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Attempt (law), when a criminal has an intent to commit a crime, however does not actually commit it for unintended reasons A try An assault An attack Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Attempt.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.