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Abduction

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the action of carrying off (as a person) by force

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Abrasion

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a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction

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Abusive

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characterized by wrong or improper use or action

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Accelerate

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to bring about at an earlier time; to cause to move faster

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Accessory

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a person not actually or constructively present but contributing as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense

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Accompany

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to go with as an associate or companion

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Accomplice

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one associated with another especially in wrongdoing

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Accurate

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free from error especially as the result of care

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Acknowledge

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to recognize the rights, authority, or status of

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Acquaintance

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a person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend

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Affirmative

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asserting that the fact is so

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Aggravated

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to make worse, more serious, or more severe : intensify unpleasantly

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Alleged

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asserted to be true or to exist

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Ambulance

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a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick

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Amphetamine

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a racemic compound C9H13N or one of its derivatives

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Anonymous

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not named or identified

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Apparent

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clear or manifest to the understanding

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Appropriate

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especially suitable or compatible

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Argument

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a reason given in proof or rebuttal; quarrel; disagreement

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Arrangement

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the state of putting into a proper order or into a correct or suitable relationship

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Assailant

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to attack violently with blows or words

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Assault

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a violent physical or verbal attack

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Assistance

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the act of giving support or aid or the help supplied

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Associate

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to join as a partner, friend, or companion

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Attribute
an inherent characteristic
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Auxiliary
functioning in a subsidiary capacity
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Barbiturate
any of various derivatives of barbituric acid used especially as sedatives, hypnotics, and antispasmodics
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Barricade
a barrier or obstacle
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Brandish
to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly
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Burglary
the entering of a building with the intent to commit a crime
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Business
a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood
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Caliber
the diameter of a bullet or other projectile
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Canvass
to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to determine opinions or sentiments
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Capias
an arrest warrant
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Casualty
serious or fatal accident
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Chauffeur
one that transports others by operating a motor vehicle
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Circumstances
a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another
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Cocaine
a bitter crystalline alkaloid C17H21NO4 obtained from coca leaves that is used medically as a topical anesthetic and illicitly for its euphoric effects
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Committed
to put into charge or trust
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Communications
acts or instances of transmitting information
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Community
a unified body of individuals
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Complainant
the party who makes the complaint in a legal action or proceeding
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Complexion
the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face
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Confiscated
to seize as forfeited to the public treasury
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Conspicuous
obvious to the eye or mind
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Conspiracy
the act of joining in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act
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Contraband
goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden
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Corrective
intended to correct
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Counsel
a policy or plan of action or behavior
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Counterfeit
made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive
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Courteous
marked by respect for and consideration of others
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Criminal
relating to, involving, or being a crime
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Deceased
a dead person
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Deceptive
tending or having power to mislead
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Defendant
a person required to make answer in a legal action or suit
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Defensive
devoted to resisting or preventing aggression or attack
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Delinquent
offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law
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Description
discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced
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Discrepancy
the quality or state of being at variance
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Disposition
final arrangement
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Eligible
qualified to participate or be chosen
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Embarrass
to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties
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Embezzlement
to appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
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Emergency
an unforeseen combination of circumstances or resulting state that calls for immediate action
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Enforceable
to be given force to
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Enticement
to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire
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Envelope
a flat usually paper container
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Equivalent
equal in force, amount, or value
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Evidence
something that furnishes proof
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Exaggerate
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
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Except
with the exclusion or exception of
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Expedite
to execute promptly
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Explosive
likely to erupt in or produce hostile reaction or violence
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Extenuating
to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses
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Extortion
the act or practice of obtaining from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power
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Extradite
to deliver up to the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
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Felonious
of, relating to, or having the nature of a grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor under English common law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other punishment
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Fictitious
imaginary
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Financial
relating to money or other liquid resources
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Forcibly
effected by force used against opposition or resistance
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Forgery
the crime of falsely and fraudulently making or altering a document
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Fraudulent
characterized by, based on, or done by deceit
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Fugitive
running away or intending flight
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Government
the act or process of using authoritative direction or control
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Gratuity
something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
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Habitual
doing, practicing, or acting in some manner by force of habit
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Hallucinate
to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions
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Harass
to annoy persistently
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Hazardous
involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
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Heroin
a strongly physiologically addictive narcotic C21H23NO5 that is made by acetylation of but is more potent than morphine
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Homicide
a killing of one human being by another
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Hostage
a person taken by force to secure the taker's demands
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Immediately
without interval of time; straightaway
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Incarcerate
to subject to confinement
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Incoherent
lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance
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Indecent
grossly unseemly or offensive to manners or morals
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Inevitable
incapable of being avoided or evaded
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Informant
a person who gives information
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Inquiry
examination into facts or principles
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Instrument
a means whereby something is achieved, performed, or furthered

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