Vocab Chapter 17

Question 1

Capital

Answer 1

Having to do with the head; involving or punishable by the death penalty

Question 2

Charlatan

Answer 2

Person who fraudulently claims to have expert skill or knowledge; fake; imposter

Question 3

Contraband

Answer 3

Goods illegally imported or exported; smuggled merchandise

Question 4

Culpability

Answer 4

Quality or state of being culpable (being deserving blame or censure); blameworthiness

Question 5

Embezzlement

Answer 5

Stealing of money, securities,… entrusted to ones care (like Fig’s stealing of prison money in Orange in the New Black)

Question 6

Exculpate

Answer 6

Free from blame or fault; prove guiltless

Question 7

Extradition

Answer 7

Surrender of an alleged criminal by one state or country to the jurisdiction of another for trial

Question 8

Felony

Answer 8

Major crime such as murder, rape, arson, or burglary

Penalty ranges from execution to imprisonment from more than a year

Question 9

Incarceration

Answer 9

Imprisonment; jailing; confinement

Question 10

Inculcate

Answer 10

Incriminate; make appear guilty

Question 11

Larceny

Answer 11

Unlawful taking away of another’s property, with intent to defraud the owner; theft

Question 12

Misdemeanor

Answer 12

Minor offense punishable by fine or imprisonment of usually less than a year; misdeed

Question 13

Penal

Answer 13

Involving punishment; having to do with penalties or correctional institutions

Question 14

Plagiarism

Answer 14

Act of plagiarizing

Question 15

Poacher

Answer 15

One who hunts or fishes illegally

Question 16

Recidivist

Answer 16

One who falls back (literally)

Person with tendency to relapse; chronic offender; habitual criminal

Question 17

Subpoena

Answer 17

Under penalty (literally)
An order summoning a person to testify in court under a penalty for failure to appear

Question 18

Vandal

Answer 18

Person who maliciously defaces, spoils, or destroys public or private property

Question 19

Venue

Answer 19

Locality from which a jury is drawn and in which the trial is held

Question 20

Accessory

Answer 20

Person who, though not present at the time of a crime, aids in its commission or helps the criminal escape; accomplice