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  • 51defraud — de·fraud /di frȯd/ vt: to deprive of something by fraud de·fraud·er n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. defraud …

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  • 52cabbage — 1. noun a) An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. Cabbage is good for you. b) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable. After the car crash, he became a cabbage. Syn: cabbage plant …

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  • 53Control fraud — occurs when a trusted person in a high position of responsibility in a company, corporation or state uses their powers to subvert the organization and to engage in extensive fraud for personal gain. The concept of control fraud is based on the… …

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  • 54Mute (short story) — Mute is a short story by author Stephen King, first appearing in Playboy Magazine in 2007 and in 2008 included in his collection Just After Sunset. Plot summary Monette, a traveling book salesman in his fifties goes to confession, relating to the …

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  • 55No Way Back (1976 film) — No Way Back is a 1976 Blaxploitation film starring Fred Williamson who also starred in the film as Jesse Crowder, a private detective who once used to belong to a police force but that now finds himself taking odd jobs for a little extra money.… …

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  • 56misappropriate — mis·ap·pro·pri·ate /ˌmi sə prō prē ˌāt/ vt: to appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully (as by theft or embezzlement) mis·ap·pro·pri·a·tion / ˌprō prē ā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 57peculate — I verb appropriate criminally, appropriate dishonestly, appropriate illegally, appropriate wrongfully, bilk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, divert, embezzle, misappropriate, mulct, obtain money on false pretenses, obtain under false pretenses,… …

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  • 58purloin — pur·loin /pər lȯin, pər ˌlȯin/ vt: steal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. purloin …

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  • 59convert — con·vert /kən vərt/ vt 1 a: to change from one form or use to another b: to exchange (property) for another esp. of a different kind if property...is compulsorily or involuntarily convert ed Internal Revenue Code; esp: to exercise the right of… …

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  • 60pilfer — pil·fer / pil fər/ vi: to steal esp. in small amounts and often again and again accused of pilfer ing from passenger luggage vt: to steal or steal from esp. in small quantities found pilfer ing goods from a store he was guarding pil·fer·age / pil …

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