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16 Cards in this Set
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Litigation
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(n) litigant, litigate, litigious
a lawsuit, or the act of carrying on a suit in the court of law |
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Commute
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(v) commutation
to change a heavy, severe punishment or obligation to a lighter one |
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Surveillance
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(n) A close watch or observation
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Extradite
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(v) Extradition
to get from or deliver to authorities of another state or country a person wanted in connection with a crime |
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Gendarme
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(n) Gendarmerie
an armed or military police officer |
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Posse
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(n) a group of people armed with legal authority
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Turnkey
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(N) A jailer or a person in charge of the keys of a prison
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Alibi
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(n) A claim that the accused was elsewhere at the time of a crime
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Illicit
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(adj) Improper or forbidden by law or custom
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Poach
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(v) Poacher
to trespass or to hunt or catch illegally |
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Abscond
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(v)
to steal off or run away secretly |
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Purloin
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(v) To steal
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Extort
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V extortion
to get something by threats, violence, or illegal force |
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Rapine
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(n) pillage, plunder, or the seizing and carrying off of other peoples property by force
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Brigand
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(n) bandit or robber, usually a member of a band
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Regicide
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n the murder of aking or one who kills a king
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