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Chapter 17
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accesory | person who, tough not present at the time of a crime but aids in the action |
| capital | involving or punishable by death |
| charlatan | person who fraudulently claims to have expert skill or knowledge |
| contraband | goods illegally imported or exported |
| culpability | quality or state of being, culpable, blameworthiness |
| embezzlement | stealing of money, securities that is in ones care |
| exculpate | free from blame or fault |
| extradition | surrender of an alleged criminal by ones state or country to the jurisdiction of another for trial |
| felony | major crime such as murder, rape, arson or robbery for which the penalty rangers from execution to imprisonment of more than a year |
| incarceration | imprisonment, jailing, or confinement |
| inculpate | incriminate or make guilty |
| larceny | unlawful taking away of anothers property |
| misdemeanor | minor offence, punishable by fine or imprisonment of less than a year |
| penal | involving punishment or having to do with penalties |
| plagiarism | act of stealing anothers writing |
| poacher | illegally hunting |
| recidivist | person with a tendency to relapse; chronic offender; habitual criminal |
| subpoena | order summoning a person to testify in court under a penalty for failure to appear |
| vandal | person who maliciously defaces, spoils or destroys public or private property |
| venue | locality from which a jury is drawn and in which the trial is held |