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55 Cards in this Set
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Acquit |
to declare not guilty |
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Arson |
The crime of deliberately setting fire to something |
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Corruption |
Dishonesty or improper behavior in a person of authority |
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Counterfeit (verb) |
To make a fake or misleading copy of
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Counterfeit (adj.) |
Made in false imitation |
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Counterfeit (noun) |
Something made in false imitation |
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Culprit |
A guilty person |
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Felony |
A serious crime |
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Incarcerate |
To put in prison |
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Incriminate |
To cause to appear guilty; to give evidence of guilt |
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Jurisdiction |
The extent or range of authority; control |
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Swindle (verb) |
To cheat someone out of money or property |
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Swindle (noun) |
A scheme cheating someone out of money or property |
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Amass |
To gather or collect a large quantity |
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Embellish |
To add decorative or ornaments |
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Extravagance |
An expense or effort that is great or excessive |
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Glut |
To fill or eat beyond capacity; to flood with a an excess of goods |
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Inexhaustible |
Unlimited; unable to be used up or tired out |
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Lavish (adj) |
Extremely plentiful and luxurious;generous in amount |
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Lavish (verb) |
To give in great abundance |
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Outrageous |
Going beyond proper limits |
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Profusely |
Abundantly;generously |
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Spendthrift (noun) |
A person who spends money wastefully or carelessly |
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Spendthrift (adj) |
Wasteful and extravagant |
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Voracious |
Extremely hungry for large amounts of food; extremely greedy |
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Administration |
Management or control of a business or political unit |
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Administration |
The giving of; the distribution of |
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Animation |
The process or result of giving life or motion to |
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Apportion |
To measure out or assign something to different people, according to a plan |
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Concoct |
To make up or invent |
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Concoct |
To make by mixing ingredients |
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Devise |
To create by arranging or devising |
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Dogged |
Stubbornly pursuing a goal |
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Endeavor (noun) |
An attempt or effort to do something |
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Endeavor (verb) |
To try to do something |
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Execute |
To do; to put into effect; to carry out |
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Reactivate |
To restore the ability to function; to make active again |
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Render |
To give or to make available |
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Render |
To cause to become; make |
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Access (noun) |
Entry; a means of getting to something |
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Access (verb) |
To enter or make available |
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Cache |
A hiding place for supplies or provisions |
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Cache |
A hidden supply of goods or valuables |
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Conspicuous |
Noticeable; attracting attention |
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Elusive |
Hard to grasp or capture |
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Inter |
To bury; to place in a grave |
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Intrigue (noun) |
A secret plot |
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Intrigue (verb #1) |
To plot secretly |
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Intrigue (verb #2) |
To fascinate |
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Obscurity
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Darkness |
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Obscurity |
the condition of being difficult to understand |
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Obscurity |
The condition of being unknown or not famous |
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Seclude |
To set apart; to hide from view |
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Unavailable |
Not at hand or not capable of being gotten; not ready for use |
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Unearth
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To bring up out of the earth |