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| A broad category of misconduct against property that includes the crimes of larceny, embezzlement, theft bu false pretenses, shoplifting, robbery, and receiving stolen goods. |
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| The Felonious taking of property valued above a set monetary amount, or the theft of a motor vehicle. More serious than petty or petti theft. |
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| The misdemeanor taking of property under a set monetary amount. Less serious than grand theft. |
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| The taking and carrying away of property of another, without consent, with the purpose of stealing or permanently depriving the owner of possession. |
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| Statutory offense of taking property from the person of another; the penalty is usually greater than that for simple larceny. |
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| A crime defined by a specific theft statute to address thefts of merchandise concealment of merchandise altering of price tags, and retail theft. |
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| Property over which a person voluntarily gives up permanent possession or ownership |
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| The unlawful taking or misuse of property by persons, typically employees, who lawfully come into possession of the property and therefore do not meet the theft or larceny requirement of wrongfully obtaining the property |
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| The wrongful misuse or taking of another's property that had been entruseted to the accused. |
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| A crime in which title or ownership of the property is passed to the defendant's misrepresentation |
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| Acquiring possession, control, or title, or lending on the security of, property that had been stolen |
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| A relationship between the defendant and the stolen good such that it is reasonable to treat the extent of the defendant's dominion and control over the property as if it were actual possession. |
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| The gaining og property by threat of physical harm to a person or property by a public offical under color of his or her office. |
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| Under Color of Authority or Office |
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| The requirment at comon law for the crime of extortion that the action taken by the perpetrator be in his or her capcity as a public offical. |
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| A threat by a private citizen seeking hush money, or payment to remain silent about a crime or shameful act. |
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| Payment by a person to a public official in order to gain an advantage that the person is not otherwise entitled to;both parties are guility of the crime. |
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| Making or altering a writing, with the purpose of deceiving or injuring, in such a way was to convey a flase impression concerning its authentity. |
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| Presenting a forgoed writing and attempting to use it to decieve or cheat |
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| Creating a document that is not authentic |
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| The malicious and willful burning of another's house |
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| The land immediately surrounding and associated with the home, including such structures as a barn, outhous, or milk house |
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| The voluntary, intentional nature of a crime; required as a separtae element of arson |
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| The malicious, willful burning of, or attempted burning of, one's own or another person's property |
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| Breaking and entering, in the nighttime, of the mansion or dwelling house or curtilage of another, with the intent to commit a felony |
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| Entering, whether in the daytime or at night, of any building, sturcture or vehicle, with the intent to commit any criminal offense. |
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| A door inside a building that does not lead directly to the outside |
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| An entry effected by using an instrumentality, such as another person, an animal, or a physical object |
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| At common law, the period between sunset and sunrise when there is not enough daylight to discern a man's face. |
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| Whether the dwelling is used regularly as a place to sleep determines whether a dwelling is occupied. |
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| Unlawful forced entery; similar to burglary, but without the specific intent to commit a theft or felony inside the structure. |
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| The unauthorize entering of any dwelling, vehicle, watercraft, or other structure, movable or immovable, with the intent to commit a felony or any theft therein. |
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| Simple burglary with the added elements of entering an inhabited dewlling, or any structure or vehicle, while armed with a dangerous weapon, or bu committing a battery after or upon the entry. |
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| Tools and instruments that are designed adapted, or commonly used to commit burglaries. |
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| A vehicle proceeding on land of irs own power plant and free of rails, tracks, or overhead wires. |
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| The illegal driving of osmeone else's automobile without permission, but with no intent to deprive the owner of it permanently. |
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| A broad caregory of nonviolent misconduct inbolbing commercial and financial fraud. |
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| The willful attempt to avoid paying legally due taces; a specific intent crime. Also called tax fraud |
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| A form of fraud that uses a mail service to disseminate materials that deceive people |
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| A type of prosecution under mail fraud that was primarily used to protect citizens from dishonest public offcials. |
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| A criminal, civil, or administrative offense with the following elements: substantive fraud that is found in the offer, purchase, or sale of security or in connection therewith; the use of interstate commerce or the mails; and willfulness |
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| A type of substantive fraud that involves the purchase and sale of securities based on material, nonpublic information. |
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| Any sale of securities that are purchased with the understanding that they will be repurchased by the seller at a later time, to manipulate stock prices or avoid reporting requirments. |
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| When a stockbroker excessively purchases and sells securities for a client without regard or concern for the client's investment objectives but rather to advance the stockbroker's own interests, usually by generating commissions. |
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| When the ingredients of a food, drug, cosmetic or decice are poisonous, filthy, putrid, otherwise unsanitary, or have been contaminated. |
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| Any branding of a food, drug, cosmetic, or device that includes the use of fase or misleading information, labels, packinging, or containers. |
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| Laws that protect trade and commerce from restraints, monopolies, price-fixing, and price discrimination, to ensure and preserve a competitive economy. |
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| Direct or indirect agreements made between market participants at the same level within a given market, regarding the prices they will charge for a similar product they both sell. |
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| Direct or indirect agreements made between market participants at different levels within a given market, regarding the price at which their product will be resold. |
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| An agreement that a purchaser must buy additional (or tied) products along with the one product that he or she desires; at the very least, the purchaser must agree to not buy this tied product from any other supplier. |
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| To jointly acquire and maintain the power to control and dominate interstate trade and commerce in a commodity sufficient to exclude actual or potential competitors from the field. |
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| Engaging in behvior and business practives that, if successful, would create a monopoly and that come close enough to so doing to create a dangerous probability that is would have occured. |
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| Public Order and Safety Offenses |
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| Offenses designed to protect the general public by dealing with behavior that is not necessarily immoral, but nonetheless affects the peace and safety of the community. |
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| Crimes defining conduct that is wrong only because the law says it is wrong, in order to protect the general public. |
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| Crimes (such as rape and murder) that are inherently wrong |
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| A gathering together of three or more persons with the common intent to achieve a lawful or unlawful purpose in a tumultuous manner. |
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| An unlawful assembly that is esclating toward, but does not reach, the level of a riot; an attemted riot. |
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| A tumultuous disturbance of the peace by three or more persons assembling together in the execution of a lawful or unlawful act and committing it in a violent and turbulent manner |
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| A loosely defined offense addressing behavior that disturbs the safety, health, or morals of others, or that is intended only to annoy anohter person. |
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| A crime that is vaguely defined as being idle or wandering without visible means of support; no longer a crime in most jurisdictions because of the unconstitutionality of past vagrancy laws. |
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| Anything that endangers life or health, gives offense to the sense, violates laws of decency, or obstructs the resonable and comfortable use of property. |
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| The ending or eliminating of a nuisance. |
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| Driving with voluntary and wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property |
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| Driving Under the Influence |
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| Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a substance or with a blood or breath alcohol concentration about a prohibited level. |
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| Causing the death of a human being by reason of operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. |
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| Any weapon that can, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or firearm silencer. |
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| One of the prohibited weapons named by federal legislation, such as rifles with conspicuous pistol grips, pistols with shrouds, and shotguns with a higher ammunition capacity. |
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| Sexually explicit material that falls outside the protection of the first amendment and therefore ma be punished under a criminal statue. |
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| An offensive display of one's body in public, especially the genitals or the female breasts. |
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| Repeated intentional acts of exposing the genitals to an unsuspecting stranger for the purpose of achieving sexual excitement. |
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| A crime that is committed when one person agrees to engage in sexual or deviate sexual intercourse in return for something of value, usually money. |
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| A federal act that prohibits the knowing transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of any individual, male or female, with the intent that such individual engage in prostitution or in any sexual activity |
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| The act of offering to pay another, or receive payment from another, for sex. |
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| Promoting prostitution, living off of the earnings of prostitutes, and in some case coercing individuals to work as prostitutes. |
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| Either procuring a prostitute for a place of prostitution or procuring a place for a prostitute to engage in prostitution |
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| Sexual relations with someone other than a spouse when the person is married. |
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| Voluntary, unlawful sexual intercourse under circumstance not constituting adultery |
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| The unlawful sexual penetration of the anus of one person by the penis of another. |
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| The act of staking or risking something of value on the outcome of a contest of chance, or on a future event of chance that is not under the gambler's control or influence. |
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| The orginal unlawful taker of the property of another person. |
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| When the proper amount of tax be paid is greater than the amount shown on a taxpayer's tax return. |
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