Crime

beatriz R. (Brazil)
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  1. fraud
    intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
  2. embezzlement
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property
  3. arson
    malicious burning to destroy property
  4. assault
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  5. burglary
    entering a building unlawfully intending to commit a felony
  6. forgery
    criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument
  7. counterfeit
    not genuine; imitating something superior
  8. hijacking
    robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
  9. kidnapping
    (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
  10. manslaughter
    recklessly causing someone's death without intending to
  11. murder
    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being
  12. robbery
    larceny by threat of violence
  13. rape
    the crime of forcing someone to submit to sexual intercourse
  14. shoplifting
    the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
  15. theft
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Created on Wed May 04 11:17:16 EDT 2011

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