crimes

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acting in such a way as to make someone believe he or she will be hurt
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assault
betraying your country to a foreign power
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treason
copying patented inventions or copyrighted works
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piracy
entering a building illegally and stealing things
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burglary
getting money from people by threatening to publicise facts they do not want revealed
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extortion
getting money from people by using threats
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blackmail
getting property or money from people by making them believe untrue things
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fraud
going through a ceremony of marriage when you are still married to someone else
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bigamy
killing a public figure illegally and intentionally
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assassination
killing someone intentionally
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murder
killing someone unintentionally or in mitigating circumstances
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manslaughter
making an illegal copy of a banknote or document
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forgery
offering money corruptly to get someone to do something to help you
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bribary
saying something which damages someone's character
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slander
setting fire to a building
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arson
stealing something by using force or threatening to use force
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robbery
stealing, taking property which belongs to someone else
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theft
taking goods illegally into or out of a country
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smuggling
telling lies when you have sworn an oath to say what is true in court
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perjury
trying to find out secrets by illegal means
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espionage
using illegally or stealing money which you are looking after for someone else
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embezzlement
writing, publishing or broadcasting a statement which damages someone's cha racter
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libel
the illegal non-payment or underpayment of tax
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tax evasion

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