Across
- 4. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
- 7. the act of falsely making, altering, or imitating (as a document or signature) with intent to defraud
- 8. an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy,
- 10. the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought
- 11. the crime of stealing things from shops or buildings after a riot, fire
- 12. to put into operation or set in motion
- 15. a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
Down
- 1. someone who has committed a crime or done something wrong
- 2. practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
- 3. the illegal act of transporting goods or people across borders,
- 5. the fraudulent taking of personal property by someone to whom it was entrusted
- 6. he criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.
- 9. breaking in and stealing
- 13. ree (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.
- 14. ask questions of (someone) closely, aggressively, or formally.