CH. 11

Question 1

animus furandi

Answer 1

An intent to steal.

Question 2

asportation

Answer 2

The carrying away of goods.

Question 3

attempted larceny

Answer 3

An attempt to commit larceny but falling short of its commission.

Question 4

bailee

Answer 4

One to whom personal property is given under a bailment contract.

Question 5

bribery

Answer 5

The giving or receiving of a reward to influence any official act.

Question 6

chattels & personal property

Answer 6

Everything that is the subject of ownership not coming under the category of real
estate.

Question 7

chose in action

Answer 7

Evidence of a right to property, but not the property itself.

Question 8

circumstantial evidence

Answer 8

Evidence of an indirect nature.

Question 9

coercion

Answer 9

Compelling someone to do something by threat or force.

Question 10

computer fraud

Answer 10

Using email or websites to obtain money, property, or services by false pretenses.

Question 11

constructive possession

Answer 11

Possession not actual, but assumed to exist.

Question 12

criminal fraud & larceny by false pretenses

Answer 12

Knowingly and deliberately obtaining the property of another by false pretenses, with
intent to defraud.

Question 13

custody

Answer 13

The care and keeping of anything.

Question 14

efficacy

Answer 14

Effectiveness

Question 15

embezzlement

Answer 15

The fraudulent misappropriation of property by a person to whom it has been
entrusted.

Question 16

extortion

Answer 16

The corrupt demanding or receiving by a person in office of a fee for services that
should be performed gratuitously.

Question 17

forgery

Answer 17

The fraudulent making or altering of a writing whereby the rights of another might
be prejudiced.

Question 18

fraud in esse contractus

Question 19

grand larceny

Answer 19

Larceny that is a felony.

Question 20

larceny

Answer 20

At common law, the wrongful taking and carrying away of personal property of
another with the intent to steal.

Question 21

mail fraud

Answer 21

Using mail to obtain money, property, or services by false pretenses.

Question 22

money laundering

Answer 22

Making money look like it was earned legitimately.

Question 23

negotiable instrument

Answer 23

A written, unconditional promise to pay money which can be transferred by the original receiver to others.

Question 24

personal property & chattels

Answer 24

Everything that is the subject of ownership not coming under the category of real
estate.

Question 25

petit larceny

Answer 25

Larceny that is a misdemeanor rather than a felony.

Question 26

possession

Answer 26

The detention and control of anything.

Question 27

prosecution

Answer 27

The party by whom criminal proceedings are started or conducted; the state.

Question 28

racketeering

Answer 28

Activities of organized criminals who extort money from legitimate businesses.

Question 29

real property

Answer 29

The ground and anything permanently attached to it, including land, buildings, and growing trees, and the airspace above the ground.

Question 30

receiving stolen goods

Question 31

RICO

Answer 31

A federal statute designed to stop organized criminal activity from invading legiti mate businesses.

Question 32

uttering

Answer 32

Offering a forged negotiable instrument to another person, knowing it to be forged and intending to defraud.

Question 33

white-collar crime

Question 34

wire fraud

Answer 34

Using wires, such as telephone wires, to transmit false pretenses in order to improperly obtain money, property, or services.