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Crimes and Punishment Vocabulary 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lying under oath means .......

a)

perjury

b)

venal

c)

abscond

d)

enormity

2.

Conspiring to rig a local election means .....

a)

malfeasance

b)

purloin

c)

enormity

d)

collusion

3.

A politician using public funds to buy gifts for his or her family is called .......

a)

peccadillo

b)

recidivism

c)

malfeasance

d)

abscond

4.

.................means telling a white lie

a)

perjury

b)

peccadillo

c)

abscond

d)

bilk

5.

..............means committing armed robbery after serving time for auto theft.

a)

recidivism

b)

perjury

c)

abscond

d)

venal

6.

a defendant trying to leave the state before his or her case goes to trial: attempting to ________

a)

venal

b)

bilk

c)

abscond

d)

collusion

7.

Frequently accepting bribes while in office: a ________ public official

a)

bilk

b)

perjury

c)

picadillo

d)

venal

8.

....................means taking something that belongs to someone else.

a)

purloin

b)

bilk

c)

collusion

d)

venal

9.

Swindling a rich divorcee: ________(ing) an innocent woman

a)

abscond

b)

venal

c)

bilk

d)

purloin

10.

..........................means executing the entire population of a village during a civil war.

a)

enormity

b)

perjury

c)

venal

d)

collusion