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• fraud (noun) the crime of cheating somebody in order to get money or good illegally / scam, con, hustle
• defraud (verb) to get money illegally from a person or an organization by tricking them / cheat, deceive, swindle
• probe a complete and careful investigation of something / investigation, inquiry
• underbelly an unpleasant or criminal part of society that is usually hidden
• unregulated not controlled by laws or regulations / unrestricted
• unsound containing mistakes; that you cannot rely on / unreliable
• governance the activity of governing a country or controlling a company or an organization; the way in which a country is governed or a company or institution is controlled
• prosecute to officially charge somebody with a crime in court
• money laundering the crime of moving money that has been obtained illegally into foreign bank accounts or legal businesses so that it is difficult for people to know where the money came from
• Chief Justice the most important judge in the highest court in a country, especially the US Supreme Court
• larceny the crime of stealing something from somebody / theft, robbery
• verdict the finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in trial / judgement
• collusion secret agreement especially in order to do something dishonest or to trick people / conspiracy, complicity, connivance
• Chief Prosecutor a public official who charges someone officially with a crime and prosecutes them in court and who is also responsible for the assessment and coordination of other prosecutors
• offence an illegal act / crime
• profound very great; felt or experienced very strongly / deep
• legacy in this case: something the company does that will have effects long after the company seizes to exist
• ubiquitous seeming to be everywhere or in several places at the same time; very common / common, ordinary, frequent
• adorn to make something/somebody look more attractive by decorating it or them with something / decorate, embellish
• commission a formal request to somebody to design or make a piece of work such as a building or painting / assignment
• hack a clever tip or technique for doing or improving something
• tendency if somebody/ something has a particular _____, they are likely to behave or act in a particular way / propensity, proneness
• dire very serious / disastrous, terrible
• cultural heritage the history, traditions, buildings and objects that a country or society has had for many years and that are considered an important part of its character

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