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Dartmoor Prison

Dartmoor Prison, a British prison in Prince Town, Devonshire. It is near the wild, elevated Dartmoor plateau.

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Desertion

Desertion, in law, the act of abandoning a person, an obligation, or a station.

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Detective

Detective, a person employed to make investigations. A detective on a police force usually belongs to a plain-clothes division and is involved in crime investigation.

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Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence, verbal or physical abuse of one member of a household by another.

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Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy, in law, being subjected twice to prosecution or punishment for the same offense.

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Draft Evasion

Draft Evasion, the avoidance of induction into compulsory military service. Legal as well as illegal means have been used to avoid the draft.

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Ducking Stool

Ducking Stool, a device once used for punishing women guilty of abusive speech.

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Electrocution

Electrocution, death caused by passage of an electric current through the body.

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Embezzlement

Embezzlement, in law, the crime of taking for one's own use goods or money held in trust for another.

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Exile

Exile, the forcing of a person to leave his or her country or the voluntary absence of a person to escape punishment or persecution.

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Extenuating Circumstances

Extenuating Circumstances, in law, facts that may be presented to a court to lighten the penalty placed on a person convicted of a crime.

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Extortion

Extortion, in common law, an act of a public official who uses his or her position to obtain money or property illegally.

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Extradition

Extradition, the surrender by a country or state of a person accused of a crime in another country or state.

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False Imprisonment

False Imprisonment, the unlawful restraint or detention of a person against his will.

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Felony

Felony, a serious crime. A less serious crime is called a misdemeanor. The definition of a felony varies from state to state, but such crimes as murder, rape, arson, kidnapping, and robbery are always classed as felonies.

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Fifth Column

Fifth Column, a name given to enemy agents or disloyal persons working within their own country to undermine its will to resist an outside enemy.

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Fine

Fine, in law, a sum of money paid by a person convicted of a crime as all or part of the punishment imposed by the court.

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Forfeiture

Forfeiture, in law, the loss, without compensation, of property or legal rights as punishment or penalty for violating a law or for failure to fulfill a contract.

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Forgery

Forgery, in law, the act of falsely making or altering a signature, document, or work of art for the purpose of fraud or deceit.

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Fraud

Fraud, in law, a general term for any scheme or method used by one person to gain an unfair advantage over another.

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