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Any Lie Means False Pretenses

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 2 active questions. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

Subject distribution

  • CRIMINAL2

Example wrong choices

  • 14724_chapel_envelope · CRIMINAL · Choice AFalse pretenses.

    Why it's attractive

    lie happened after possession, not title transfer

    Why it's wrong

    lie happened after possession, not title transfer

  • 14724_chapel_envelope · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo crime.

    Why it's attractive

    dropped property is not ownerless when the owner is visible

    Why it's wrong

    dropped property is not ownerless when the owner is visible

  • 14724_chapel_envelope · CRIMINAL · Choice DEmbezzlement.

    Why it's attractive

    no entrustment fact

    Why it's wrong

    no entrustment fact

  • 19000_choir_bus_permit · CRIMINAL · Choice ARobbery, because Lydia paid out of fear that her buses would be stopped.

    Why it's attractive

    Fear appears, but the pressure comes from official signing power.

    Why it's wrong

    Fear appears, but the pressure comes from official signing power.

  • 19000_choir_bus_permit · CRIMINAL · Choice BFalse pretenses, because Daniel lied about the permit being approved.

    Why it's attractive

    The payment follows a threatened delay, not reliance on a false title-transfer statement.

    Why it's wrong

    The payment follows a threatened delay, not reliance on a false title-transfer statement.

  • 19000_choir_bus_permit · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo offense, because Lydia chose to pay Daniel rather than wait.

    Why it's attractive

    The stem includes an official threat before the payment.

    Why it's wrong

    The stem includes an official threat before the payment.

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