Names for Crimes Quiz

Robbery is theft with either the use of violence or the threat of violence - that's why the longer sentences.

couldn't bigamy-having 2 spouses also be known as cheating on someone? just a suggestion.

polygamy is also having two wives... kill is also murder could you add these because there also crimes: forgery harassment rape shoplifting stalking

Polygamy is defined as "the practice of having more than one spouse" So it fits, just because Bi means two doesn't mean that this answer is incorrect. Polygamy, by definition, is also a correct answer to this clue.

Excuse me. breakingandentering

Could you maybe accept a few alternate spellings for "perjury"?

Penalty for bigamy = complete second set of in-laws

Yeah, I almost missed that one thinking "I don't know - that's not illegal here". Nor should it be anywhere, but that's just my opinion. :)

Could you also accept 'larceny' for theft?

I feel like blackmail could also be "coercion".

To those asking for kidnap to be accepted - the offence is defined (in all legal codes of which I am aware, and certainly in the UK and the US) as 'kidnapping'. The word 'kidnap' is occasionally used in legal journals, and even government documents, to refer to the laws concerning abduction generally, but the statutes and common law offences (and therefore the indictment) always refer to 'kidnapping'. To ask for 'kidnap' to be accepted is like asking for 'Solicit' or 'Burgle' (or, conversely 'Murdering') So, the Quizmaster is entirely correct in refusing to allow kidnap. I agree with kdc4 - robbery and mugging require force or its threat whereas theft does not. Therefore theft should NOT be accepted. @BazMcHat - unless it has changed since I left UK law school 30 years ago, libel IS a criminal offence in the UK (whereas slander is not). Both are torts (as indeed are most crimes). Despite all the above, I only got 4 as I couldn't think of Poaching.

I missed 50% of these. I only got correct those that I have committed.

Not in the UK at least. Robbery is theft with violence whereas burglary is theft with trespass.

Wouldn't holding someone against their will be false imprisonment? Isn't kidnapping moving someone against their will?

Trespass isn't a crime in the United Kingdom. Maybe specify that this is for US crimes?

It can be. Mostly it's a tort and therefore a civil issue, but criminal trespass exists in the UK - Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, 1994.

For sneaking in and stealing something, could you accept breaking and entering as a possible answer?

^ +1 - Taking a pen or a ream of paper is simple theft, not embezzlement. Embezzlement means appropriating money that is not yours, such as altering the books to conceal your embezzlement, breaking open the company safe or stealing and cashing checks made out to your boss or forging his signature to obtain funds from the company's bank account..

Completely agree. Embezzlement had an incorrect description. The description had me thinking of employees taking home a few office supplies. The clue should make mention of misappropriation of money as your own. This really should be corrected.

A vagrant is someone who has set up house illegally (on the streets or in an abandoned building for example), while a loiterer is someone who frequents any particular location (like hanging out on corner, watching all the girls go by) for either nefarious purposes (to "case" a building, for example) or simply to annoy.

I think "libel" and "slander" are torts, not crimes.

s sated previously, BIgamy is two wives; POLYgamy is many wives. While Bigamy is technically polygamy, the word would not exist if it did not specifically meant to refer to two, rather than many.

I thin the definition for trespass needs some work. Being where you don't belong is much to vague and doesn't really fit the crime.

fun quiz :)

Depending on how hard you hit someone, I guess there are different types of battery: AA, AAA, etc.

Burglary is trespass with the intent to commit a felony within the premises. The felony does not need to be theft, although that is the most common. Note that burglary requires ‘intent’ only; there is typically no requirement that the felony actually be committed (requirements vary slightly by state). However, burglary is always punished more severely than theft when the stolen goods are the same value. Robbery is theft using violence or the threat of violence. The penalties are much more severe than mere theft. If you stole a $100 watch, you might not even get jail time. But point a gun at someone and steal an identical watch, and you’re likely looking at years in prison. TL;DR: The terms ‘burglary’, ‘robbery’, and ‘theft’ are literally different crimes, with different requirements and very different sentences. Burglary doesn’t require theft; theft cannot include violence; and robbers must use violence. They are not interchangeable. P.S. I’m a lawyer; we nitpick professionally.

Holding someone against their will would be false imprisonment. Kidnapping is taking someone against their will