Business Law 2
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- A classification of serious crimes such as murder or arson.
- felony
- shoplifting is the term that described the theft of money by employees such as accountants or cashiers, who stealk money from retail stores
- false
- A classification of less serious crimes such as certain traffic offenses.
- misdemeanor
- Larceny is a broad term that includes most forms of theft
- true
- The giving or taking of money or property with the intent of influencing, or being influenced, in the performance of an official duty.
- bribery
- If a person's reckless driving results in an automobile accident, he or she can be charged with both a tort and a crime
- true
- An act of willful or malicious burning of a house or building.
- arson
- In all states, the crime of bribery is limited to giving or taking money or property to influence a public official
- false
- Wrongfully making or altering the writing of another with the intent to defraud
- forgery
- An unofficial category of crime that generally does not involve force or violence
- white-collar crime
- Burning to defraud is a special category of crime committed by person'a who burn their own property with the intention of collecting insurance money
- true
- White-collar crime, as distinguished from other types of crime, generally does not invlove force or violence
- true
- Treason is a mjor crime against the federal government consiting of levying war or giving aid and comfort to an enemy
- true
- the crime of perjury is limited to the false swearing under oath before a judge in a federal court
- false
- Breaking into and entering another person's property in the night with the intent of committing a felony or stealing property of value
- burglary
- The difference between extortion and bribery is that, in extortion, both parties are willing participants in the crime.
- false
- Taking or demanding money or other property from someone and using force or threats of force or economic harm
- extortion
- The theft of goods from a vehicle in transit is known as hijacking
- true
- Making false oral or written statements under oath
- perjury
- The purpose of criminal law is to compensate injured parties for their losses
- false
- The taking of someone's property against that person's will under threat of bodily harm
- robbery
- Thge legal term that covers such activities as obtaining goods and other benefits by the use of misleading statements and deception is false pretenses
- true
- when employees with access to a firm's money, such as accountatns cashiers, and bank tellers, wrongfully divert funds to themselves or to others, they are usually charged with burglary
- false
- A person who profits from the sale of stock as a result of using nonpublic information can be charged with violations of federal law
- true