Names for Crimes Quiz

Mugging - why not accept theft?

Because mugging is specifically taking something from a person, while theft is a very broad term for simply taking something that doesn't belong to you.

Agree. All muggings and robberies are thefts, but not all thefts are muggings or robberies. If theft is accepted for mugging, then it should also be accepted for burglary and embezzlement.

Technically, robbery is the taking from another person. Higher penalties than simple theft because of the increased chance someone could be hurt. Same theory as with burglary which (at common law) was stealing from a residence--increased chance someone might be there--and at common law required the crime to occur at night. Then, there were serious penalties. They've weakened the law by statute, expanding it to any building and any time of day and weakening penalties. BTW, conspiracy just requires a meeting of the minds, not a physical meeting. And kidnapping requires moving the person held even a tiny distance, though statutes define it today. "False imprisonment" is the crime for simply holding a person against their will.

Great quiz!

Somehow, I got "burglary" last. I typed in "robbery" and "theft" about six times each before I took a breath and thought it through.

Cheating and adultery aren't crimes in most countries.

poly = many. Bi = two. Kill is not the name of the crime...unless you are a big fan of Demolition Man, but even then, it's Murder Death Kill. So come on...

It isnt wrong but it isnt right. It specifically asks for two.

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There really should be more acceptable answers. Theft and breaking and entering would be handy.

"Breaking and entering" is 3 words.

Ah, i tried that one aswell, didnt realize it was only one word (i usually read the description, but didnt think there could be much that needed description with this one) now i know why it wasnt accepted

I couldn't get the Hamburgler out of my head for some reason.

I tried premeditated murder, capital murder, 1st degree murder, but missed it because I never tried just "Murder". 2nd degree murder is not necessarily intentional. Often it is in the heat of the moment and the person does not really intend to kill anyone. So, intentional homicide can't just be called murder. 2nd degree can be Unintentional. Good quiz.

Definition: Second-degree murder is ordinarily defined as: an intentional killing that is not premeditated or planned, nor committed in a reasonable "heat of passion". Thus making it "intentional homicide". I believe unintentional homicide is called manslaughter, making it a different crime than murder, and murder being perfectly acceptable as an all encompassing answer.

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Great test all were accurate

different. good, thanks. picky but pls accept "kidnap" without the -ing like you do for "trepass"

I think it allready accepted just tres... which was annoying.,

Solicitation is a crime? Really?

Depends on what country, state or county you are in.

yeah, why would it not be?

In the UK Slander & Libel are civil wrongs ,ie. 'torts', not criminal offences. Is it different in the US?

Can you accept "Kidnap"

I thought payola should be accepted for bribery, but I understand that it's not precisely the same.

10th grade business law helped!

Love the quiz! Can you add more, please? :D

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Robbery and burglary are technically the same thing

They aren't in the US, either. However definitions differ from state to state. For example, in Missouri, a charge of First Degree Burglary requires that someone who is armed, unlawfully enters or remains in a structure where another person is present who is not involved in the burglary. Second Degree Burglary is simply unlawfully entering a building with the intent to commit a crime. Second Degree Robbery is forcibly taking property and causing physical injury, while First Degree Robbery is forcibly stealing property while either seriously injuring another, having a deadly weapon, displaying a real or fake weapon, threatening another with a weapon, or stealing controlled substances from a pharmacy. Unless QM wanted to list all the definitions from each state and country, he did fine with the quiz the way it is.

what about abduction for kidnapping

Blackmail and extortion are two different things. Doesn't make sense to use blackmail as a description for extortion or vice versa.

For fraud, I was thinking identity theft, but I forgot it can only be 1 word.

Embezzlement seemed a little vague from the clue

Agreed. Embezzlement is a financial crime. Not all stealing from your employer is embezzlement. You can't embezzle pens from your office.

try stopping me

Haha

Never heard of libel. Perjury isnt ringing as big a bell as it should. I kept thinking of other words like mutany and forgery. Tough in another language when you know the time is ticking

I think vagrancy should be accepted alongside loitering

this was a great one! I wouldn't mind another, although it might be hard to find.

For bigamy, can you accept polygamy as well?

I don't buy that, having 2 wives could be described as either, so either should be accepted. And in most cases only polygamy is used because it doesn't unnecessarily restrict the scope of the crime.

However, if you guys want to get that technical, I believe the question asks for having two spouses, and Bigamy specifically means two wives. I believe there is a different word for multiple spouses and thus, bigamy is technically incorrect.

I gotta crime: I break into Tiffany's at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No, I go for the chandelier. It's priceless. As I'm taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. It's her father's business. She's Tiffany. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning, the cops come and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell her to meet me in Mexico, but I go to Canada. I don't trust her. Besides, I like the cold. Thirty years later, I get a postcard. I have a son and he's the chief of police. This is where the story gets interesting. I tell Tiffany to meet me in Paris by the Trocadero. She's been waiting for me all these years. She's never taken another lover. I don't care. I don't show up. I go to Berlin. That's where I stashed the chandelier.

Great quiz! Could you please consider multiple spellings for perjury? I tried everything from purjery to purgery and perjory, but somehow never landed on the correct spelling.

I wonder how many of these Trump is guilty of? Gotta be at least one.

Got robbery by typing theft, but missed burglary.

If Donald Trump kidnaps someone and sets a building on fire he'll have done pretty much everything on this list.

Um, I wouldn't go for Trump if I was looking for an example of someone who's pretty much done all of them. MBS or Kim Fatty III maybe...

go down the list. He's literally done most of these things.

and given his ties to Epstein it's reasonable to assume that he's participated in false imprisonment of a trafficked minor at least once, too. Could be charged as kidnapping. So that only leaves arson.

Please accept "bribe" and "bribing" for bribery.

In the US, poverty is a crime.

Some of these are a little off. "Burglary" is not just sneaking in and stealing something. That's theft. "Burglary" is breaking in to the property of another with the intent to commit a felony therein (the most common felony in that instance is theft, hence the common misperception, but you can commit burlgary via arson, murder, battery, etc.). You should accept "imprisonment" as an alternative answer for the kidnapping clue. "Kidnapping" requires that you actually abduct someone before holding them against their will. "Imprisonment" more precisely fits the clue (for example, someone comes to your home willingly, but you refuse to let them leave -- that's imprisonment but not kidnapping). "Physical assault" is contradictory as a legal term. "Assault" is conduct that *threatens* physical harm. Once you actually hit someone, it's no longer assault. It's battery. "Physically harming another" would be better.

Could you accept just "kidnap"?

This was a harder quiz than other ones

Damn current events. I could only think of quid pro quo for bribery.

What a world we live in, when the president of the US has done several of these...

dang I kept typing in poligamy.

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.

Please add kidnap as a legal answer

Polygamy for Bigamy?

I wouldn’t mind if you made more of these, they were kind of entertaining.