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20 Cards in this Set
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capital
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involving or punishable by the death penalty
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contraband
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smuggled merchandise
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embezzlement
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stealing of money, securities, etc., entrusted to one's care
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extradition
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surrender of an alleged criminal by one state or country to the jurisdiction of another for trial
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incarceration
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imprisonment;jailing;confinement
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larceny
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unlawful taking away of another'd property with intent to defraud the owner; theft
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penal
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involving punishment; having to do with penalties or correctional institutions
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poacher
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one who hunts or fishes illegally
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subpoena
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order summoning a person to testify in court under a penalty for failure to appear
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venue
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locality from which a jury is drawn and in which the trial is held
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vandal
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person who maliciously defaces, spoils, or destroys public or private property
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recidivist
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person with atendency to relapse; chronic offender
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accessory
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person who, though not pressent at the time of the crime, aids in its commision or helps the perpetrator to escape; accomplice
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charlatan
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person who fraudulently claims to have expert skill or knowledge; fake; quack; impostor
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culpability
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quality or state of derserving blame or censure
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exculpate
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free from blame or faule; prove guiltiless; enonerate
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felony
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major crime for which thepenalty reanges from execution to imprisonment of more than a year
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inculpate
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incriminate; make appear guilty
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misdemeanor
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minor offense punishable by fine or imprisonent of usually less than a year; misdeed
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plagarism
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act of stealing the writing of another and passing it off as one's own
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