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Sabotage
Destroying property to interfere with an affair
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| Joe Smith was arrested on serious accounts of sabotage and espionage. |
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Sedition
Advocating overthrow of a government
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Sedition laws in other countries include bans on free speech.
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Negligent
Failing to take proper care in doing something
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| Drinking and driving is an act that is reckless and negligent. |
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Felony
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A crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor; punishable by long term incarceration.
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| The man charged with a homicide was charged with a felony. |
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Treason
The crime of betraying one's country
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| In many countries treason is a serious offense and is punishable by death. |
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Alabi
An excuse in defense
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| My alabi was that I was at my Grandmother's on the night of the attack. |
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Entrapment
A defense that claims that a law would not have been broken if he/she wasnt tricked into it.
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| The defendant claimed entrapment when the officer made him turn onto a one way. |
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Arrest
To be taken into custody without consent
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| After running from the law Kurt Cobain was arrested and placed under the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department |
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Uniformity
Everyone guilty is charged the same no matter who they are.
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Uniformity
Everyone who is guilty is judged equally the same.
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| While dealing with the King of Persia's speeding tickets, he was treated with uniformity and paid the fine like everyone else. |
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