Mystery Vocab.
Terms
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- accomplice
- a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing
- extortion
- the crime of obtaining money or some other thing of value by the abuse of one's office or authority
- accessory
- A subordinate or supplementary part
- cyanide
- a salt of hydrochloric acid
- gumshoe
- slang for detective
- sabotage
- destructive behavior
- espionage
- the act or practice of spying
- perjury
- the willfull giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation
- alibi
- having been somewhere else at the occurance of the crime
- mouser
- squealer, informer
- red herring
- Something that distracts from the real issue
- piracy
- unauthorized use of another's production
- skulduggery
- an instance of dishonest or deceitful behavior;trick
- cinematic
- a motion picture theatre
- assassin
- a murderer
- clue
- anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem
- forensic
- pertaining to; connecting with
- hackers
- one who is proficient at using or programming a computer
- diabolically
- having the qualities of a devil
- malice
- desire to inflict injury
- paraphernalia
- equipment
- belladonna
- a poisonous plant
- malfeasance
- the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified
- larceny
- The wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods
- deduction
- drawing of a conclusion
- duress
- compulsion by threat or force