B&PL 4.1 Vocab
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| Duty | A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility
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| Breach of Duty | The neglect or failure to fulfill in a just and proper manner the duties of an office or fiduciary employment
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| Criminal Act | An act committed by a person that violates a law and which is punishable by the government
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| Embezzlement | Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer
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| Vicarious criminal liability | A legal doctrine that assigns liability for an injury to a person who did not cause the injury but who has a particular legal relationship to the person who did act negligently
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| Juvenile delinquency | The habitual committing of criminal acts or offenses by a young person, especially one below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible
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| Felony | A crime punishable by confinement for more that a year in a state prison or by a fine of more than 1,000 or both
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| Hate crimes | A crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, typically one involving violence
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| Misdemeanor | A less serious crime usually is punishable by confinement in a county or city jail for one year or less, by a fine of 1,000 or less or both
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| Infractions | A violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules. Persons convicted of infractions can only be fined.
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| White-collar crimes | A non-violent crime that is committed by someone, typically for financial gain
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| Antitrust laws | States that competing companies may not cooperate in fixing prices or dividing sales regions
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| Larceny | Theft of personal property
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| Robbery | The action of robbing a person or place
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| Burglary | Entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft
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| Fence | One who receives stolen property
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| False pretenses | Behavior intended to deceive others
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| Forgery | Falsely making or materially altering a writing to defraud another
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| Bribery | Persuade someone to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of money or other inducement.
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| Extortion | The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats
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| Conspiracy | A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful
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| Arson | The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property
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