| A | B |
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| antitrust laws | laws that prohibit competing companies from price fixing or dividing up sales regions |
| arson | willful and illegal burning of a building |
| bribery | offering or giving something of value to improperly affect performance of another party |
| burglary | entering a building without permission when intending to do a crime |
| conspiracy | agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime |
| contempt of court | action that hinders the administration of justice in court |
| crime | punishable offense against society |
| defense | legal position that disproves, justifies, or otherwise excuses an alleged crime |
| embezzlement | taking of another's property or money to whom it has been entrusted |
| extortion | improperly obtaining money or other things of value by use of force, fear, or the power of office |
| false pretenses | obtaining property by lying about a past or existing act |
| felony | crime punishable by either a fine of more than $1,000 or one year in jail or both |
| forgery | falsely or materially altering a document to defraud another |
| immunity | freedom from prosecution even when one has committed the crime charged |
| infraction | minor misdemeanor |
| misdemeanor | crime punishable by up to a fine of $1,000 or less or one year in jail or both |
| perjury | crime of lying under oath |
| plea bargaining | agreement with prosecutor pleading guilty to a lesser crime |
| procedural defense | a criminal defense based on how the evidence was obtained or how the accused was arrested, questioned, or tried |
| punishment | penalty provided by law and imposed by court |
| robbery | wrongful taking of another's property from their person or presence by threat of force or violence |
| self-defense | use of force that appears reasonably necessary for self-protection of any intended victim |
| substantive defense | defenses that disprove, justify, or otherwise excuse the alleged crime |
| vicarious criminal liability | legal doctrine by which one part is held liable for the torts of another |
| white-collar crime | crime committed at a workplace that does not involve violence or force and does not cause injury or property damage |
