Crimes and misdemeanors - Part 4

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Across
  1. 3. the federal crime of advocacy of insurrection against the government or support for an enemy of the nation during time of war, by speeches, publications and organization
  2. 5. the crime of intentionally lying after being duly sworn (to tell the truth) by a notary public, court clerk or other official
  3. 8. (although it varies from state to state,) it is generally a killing which is deliberate and premeditated (planned, after lying in wait, by poison or as part of a scheme), in conjunction with felonies such as rape, burglary, arson, or involving multiple deaths, the killing of certain types of people (such as a child, a police officer, a prison guard, a fellow prisoner), or certain weapons, particularly a gun
  4. 10. oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another, which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed
Down
  1. 1. the direct taking of property (including money) from a person (victim) through force, threat or intimidation
  2. 2. a non-premeditated killing, resulting from an assault in which death of the victim was a distinct possibility (exact distinctions on degree vary by state)
  3. 4. intentional and fraudulent attempt to escape payment of taxes in whole or in part
  4. 6. the killing of a human being by a sane person, with intent, malice aforethought (prior intention to kill the particular victim or anyone who gets in the way) and with no legal excuse or authority
  5. 7. the crime of betraying one's country (defined in Article III, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution: "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.")
  6. 9. having more than one wife or husband at the same time, usually more than just two (which is "bigamy")