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Political Prisoner

Political Prisoner, a person imprisoned or detained for political, rather than criminal, activity.

Pornography

Pornography, written material or pictures intended solely to cause sexual arousal.

Prison

Prison, a public institution where criminals and other offenders are held in confinement as a form of punishment.

Prostitution

Prostitution, the providing of sexual services for payment in money or goods.

Punishment

Punishment, in criminal law, the penalty inflicted by a court on a person convicted of a felony, misdemeanor, or contempt.

Rape (crime)

Rape, in law, the crime committed by an individual who forces another person to have sexual relations against that person's will.

Reformatory

Reformatory, a common term for an institution that works to reform as well as to confine persons who have been convicted of a crime.

Reprieve

Reprieve, in law, temporary suspension of execution of the sentence of a criminal.

Riot

Riot, a temporary, violent public disorder involving a number of persons. In law, a riot is defined as a serious disturbance by three or more persons acting together for a common purpose.

Robbery

Robbery, the stealing of property being worn or carried by the victim or in the presence of the person who is in legal possession of the property.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the federal police force of Canada. The Mounties, as its members are called, enforce federal laws throughout Canada and provincial laws in all provinces except Ontario and Quebec.

Sabotage

Sabotage, willful obstruction, damage, or destruction carried out to further some economic, military, political, or personal objective.

Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard, the common name for the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Force and, especially, its Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Search Warrant

Search Warrant, in United States law, a document signed by a judge that permits officers of the law to search the home or other premises of a specified person for evidence relating to a crime.

Secret Police

Secret Police, police who operate secretly and are used for political purposes.

Sedition

Sedition, speech, writing, or other action that promotes disrespect for or resistance to the government.

Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment, in law. In general, there are two types of sexual harassment.

Sheriff

Sheriff, in the United States, a public official, usually elected, who is in charge of law enforcement in a county (or parish).

Smuggling

Smuggling, importing and exporting illegally. Smuggling is likely to develop whenever and wherever governments charge high tariffs, or customs duties, on goods entering or leaving a country, or prohibit or greatly restrict trade in any goods.