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2. To add a territory to one’s own territory.
5. A part of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than elected ones.
9. A texan of latin American, often Mexican descent.
10. Person who acts a police, judge, and jury without formal legal authority.
11. Ranch, especially the largest estates set up by Mexicans in the American west.

1. Racher owner of a rancho.
3. A method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad.
4. Greater than half of a total number of something.
6. To move to another place.
7. The largest number of something, but less than a majority.
8. A fast growing community.
10. To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.