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| criminology | the study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment |
| Crim: | comes from the Latin for "fault or crime" or "accusation" |
| decriminalize | to remove or reduce the criminal status of |
| incriminate | to show evidence of invovlement in a crime or a fault |
| recrimination | an accusation in retaliation for an accusation made against oneself, the making of such an accusation |
| prob/prv | comes from the Latin words for "prove or proof" and "honesty or integrity" |
| approbation | a formal or official act of approving; praise, usually given with pleasure or enthusiasm |
| disprove | to show that something is not what is has been claimed to be; refute |
| probity | absolute honesty and uprightness |
| reprobate | a person of thoroughly bad character |