crimes

Thais R. (Brazil)
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  1. cybercrime
    crime committed using a computer and the internet
  2. fraud
    intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
  3. forgery
    criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument
  4. war crime
    a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war
  5. highjack
    take arbitrarily or by force
  6. bribery
    the practice of offering something for an illegal advantage
  7. stealing
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  8. theft
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  9. thievery
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  10. thieving
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  11. extortion
    unjust exaction, as by the misuse of authority
  12. burglary
    entering a building unlawfully intending to commit a felony
  13. shoplifting
    the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
  14. robbery
    larceny by threat of violence
  15. biopiracy
    biological theft
  16. kidnapping
    (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
  17. housebreaking
    trespassing for an unlawful purpose
  18. carjacking
    the violent theft of an occupied car
  19. smuggling
    secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
  20. gunrunning
    the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
  21. drug traffic
    traffic in illegal drugs
  22. narcotraffic
    traffic in illegal drugs
  23. blackmail
    extortion of money by threats to divulge harmful information
  24. rape
    the crime of forcing someone to submit to sexual intercourse
  25. arson
    malicious burning to destroy property
Created on Mon Jan 25 08:10:55 EST 2010 (updated Tue Jan 26 12:36:55 EST 2010)

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