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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Legal terms

Could we have a list of the most common legal terms? What is the difference between bribery and embezzlement?
  

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I'm not a lawyer - but bribery is offering cash to someone to get them to put your case forward. Say if you were trying to get a contract to build houses, and a politician had to choose the builder you could try to bribe the politician so that you won the contract. embezzlement is more to do with "stealing" funds from a business that you work for.

— Suzi

  • I'm not a lawyer - but bribery is offering cash to someone to get them to put your case forward.
  • Say if you were trying to get a contract to build houses, and a politician had to choose the builder you could try to bribe the politician so that you won the contract.
  • embezzlement is more to do with "stealing" funds from a business that you work for.
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I'm not a lawyer - but bribery is offering cash to someone to get them to put your case forward. Say if you were trying to get a contract to build houses, and a politician had to choose the builder you could try to bribe the politician so that you won the contract.

embezzlement is more to do with "stealing" funds from a business that you work for.
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What if you steal information? What is that crime called?
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Liberation! Emotion: wink
Information wants to be free.

Maj, to steal means to deprive someone of their property. Information can on
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