| A | B |
| el abogado/la abogada | lawyer |
| la acción | action;act,deed;lawsuit;share (stock) |
| las actas | deeds (documents); laws (Latin America) |
| el acusado | accused |
| la aduana | customs (at a border between 2 countries) |
| los antecedentes criminales | criminal record |
| el arresto | arrest |
| el asesinato | murder; assassination |
| los bienes muebles | real estate (e.g. housing) |
| el billete | ticket; banknote or bill; note or short letter |
| la Bolsa | Stock Market |
| el cadáver | dead body, cadaver |
| la cadena perpetua | life imprisonment |
| la caja fuerte | bank vault |
| el cajero automático | ATM |
| la calumnia | calumny; slander, libel |
| el cheque de viajero | traveler's check |
| la coartada | alibi |
| el comercio exterior | foreign/overseas trade |
| la competencia | commercial competition |
| el competidor | competitor |
| el consumidor | consumer |
| el contrabando | contraband |
| la corrupción | corruption |
| el crimen/el delito | crime; offense; misdeed |
| la cuenta corriente | checking account |
| la cuenta de ahorros | savings account |
| el delincuente | delinquent |
| la demanda | (commercial) demand; claim; inquiry |
| el depósito | deposit |
| el derecho | the (civil)right; the study of law |
| la economía libre | liberal economics |
| la escasez | scarcity, lack; poverty |
| las ganancias | profits |
| los gastos | expenses |
| la herencia | inheritance, legacy; heritage |
| la hipoteca | mortgage |
| la huella dactilar | fingerprint |
| el impuesto | tax |
| los ingresos | income, revenue |
| las inversiones | investments |
| el juez | judge |
| el juicio | judgment; trial |
| la ley | law |
| la marca registrada | trademark |
| la mensualidad | monthly payment, salary, installment |
| el mercado negro | black market |
| la moneda | currency, money |
| el monopolio | monopoly |
| el nivel de vida | standard of living |
| la oferta | offer |
| el pleito | lawsuit, litigation; case |
| el ratero/el ladrón | thief/robber |
| el recibo | receipt |
| el robo | robbery |
| el saldo | settlement, payment; bank balance |
| el secuestro | kidnapping |
| el soborno | bribe; bribery |
| el subdesarrollo | underdeveloped |
| la subvención | subsidy; grant |
| la sucursal del banco | bank branch |
| la tasa de interés | interest rate |
| el testamento | will (last will and testament) |
| el testigo | witness |
| el tribunal | law court |
| ahorrar | save |
| alegar | to allege |
| cobrar un cheque | to cash a check |
| detener | to arrest; to detain |
| entablar un pleito | to file a lawsuit |
| firmar | to sign |
| invertir | to invest (en) |
| juzgar | to judge |
| promulgar una ley | to enact a law |
| reembolsar | to reimburse; to repay (money) |
| robar | to rob |
| sacar dinero | to take out money |
| secuestrar | to kidnap |
| sobornar | to bribe |
| en efectivo | (with) cash |