Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. crime punishable by more than one year in jail, a fine of more than $1,000, or both
  2. 4. offense against society
  3. 6. minor misdemeanor
  4. 8. crime typically committed in the workplace that does not involve violence or force nor does it cause injury to people or physical damage to property
  5. 11. laws that prohibit competing companies from price fixing or diving up sales regions
  6. 12. wrongful taking of another’s property from their person or presence by threat of force or violence
  7. 14. at criminal law, a legal position that allows the defendant to escape criminal liability
  8. 15. agreement with prosecutor allowing defendant to plead guilty to a lesser crime than the more serious one he or she would likely be charged with
  9. 17. taking of another’s property or money by a person to whom it has been entrusted
  10. 18. willful or illegal burning of a building
  11. 19. crime of lying under oath
Down
  1. 2. improperly obtaining money or other things value by use of force, fear, or the power of office
  2. 3. defenses that disprove, justify, or otherwise excuse the alleged crime
  3. 5. defense based on the accused’s inability to know right from wrong
  4. 7. agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime
  5. 9. crime punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine of less than $1,000 or both
  6. 10. penalty provided by law and imposed by a court
  7. 13. entering a building without permission when intending to break a crime
  8. 16. freedom from prosecution for a crime