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MITIGATION – reduction of damages or punishment
by reason of extenuating facts

MOB – representative of an organization with some
common motive for criminal action, such as
revenge for a crime committed on the scene where
the crowd assembled, an aggravated fight, or a
confrontation with the police.

MOBILE PATROL – refers to patrol methods through
automobile type of patrol.

MODEL SIGNATURE – a genuine signature that has
been used to prepare an imitated or traced forgery.

MOISTURE CONTAIN – the behavior of combustible
solid of the same size and shape.

MONEY LAUNDERING – the process of making
illegally obtained money seem legitimate by
filtering it through a business and falsifying
business accounts and invoices.

MONEY MARKET – a bank transaction wherein a
particular bank will issue a promissory note in favor
of another bank.

MONOPOLY – the exclusive control of a particular
business or trade, manufacture of particular article,
sale of the whole supply

MONOZYOTIC – twins, as opposed to dizygotic twins,
develop from the same egg, and carry virtually the
same genetic material.

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