#felony a serious crime
supertype: #law-breaking__lawbreaking__crime an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
subtype: #capture.felony__seizure the act of taking of a person by force
subtype: #abduction.capture the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
subtype: #kidnapping__snatch (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
subtype: #racketeering engaging in a racket
subtype: #bribery__graft the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
subtype: #commercial_bribery bribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction
subtype: #larceny__thievery__thieving__stealing the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
subtype: #breach_of_trust_with_fraudulent_intent larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking
subtype: #embezzlement__peculation__defalcation__misapplication__misappropriation the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
subtype: #raid an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
subtype: #plunderage a act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)
subtype: #pilferage the act of stealing small amounts or small articles
subtype: #shoplifting__shrinkage the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
subtype: #robbery larceny by threat of violence
subtype: #armed_robbery__armedrobbery__heist__stickup robbery at gunpoint
subtype: #caper.robbery__job a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"
subtype: #dacoity__dakoity (in India and Burma) robbery by a gang of armed dacoits
subtype: #heist__ripoff (slang) the act of stealing
subtype: #highjacking__hijacking robbery of a traveller or vehicle by force
subtype: #piracy__buccaneering robbery on the high seas; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
subtype: #rolling the act of robbing a helpless person; "he was charged with rolling drunks in the park"
subtype: #grand_larceny__grandlarceny larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
subtype: #petit_larceny__petitlarceny__petty_larceny__pettylarceny larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
subtype: #skimming.larceny failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
subtype: #rustling the stealing of cattle
subtype: #extortion the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
subtype: #blackmail extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
subtype: #protection.extortion__tribute payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
subtype: #shakedown (slang) extortion of money (as by blackmail)
subtype: #burglary entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
subtype: #housebreaking__break-in__breakin__breaking_and_entering trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent
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