Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. crime punishable by more than one year in jail, a fine of more than $1,000, or both
- 4. offense against society
- 6. minor misdemeanor
- 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
- 11. laws that prohibit competing companies from price fixing or diving up sales regions
- 12. wrongful taking of another’s property from their person or presence by threat of force or violence
- 14. at criminal law, a legal position that allows the defendant to escape criminal liability
- 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
- 17. taking of another’s property or money by a person to whom it has been entrusted
- 18. willful or illegal burning of a building
- 19. crime of lying under oath
Down
- 2. improperly obtaining money or other things value by use of force, fear, or the power of office
- 3. defenses that disprove, justify, or otherwise excuse the alleged crime
- 5. defense based on the accused’s inability to know right from wrong
- 7. agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime
- 9. crime punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine of less than $1,000 or both
- 10. penalty provided by law and imposed by a court
- 13. entering a building without permission when intending to break a crime
- 16. freedom from prosecution for a crime