If he were not authorized to do so, Tommy’s act of transferring money from his business partnership account without the knowledge of his partner in order to pay his lawyer could be construed as:

a. robbery
b. false pretenses
c. extortion
d. embezzlement


Answer: D

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A. be a pure monopolist. B. have large economies of scale and control over a key natural resource. C. face a horizontal demand curve for its product. D. have at least two distinguishable groups of consumers.

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The ____________________ era of policing aimed to separate the police department from the political system

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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