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| ABET | Aid By Encouraging Transgression |
Angela Brett |
| ALARM | A Loud Appliance Ringing Madly |
Edwin Hermann Science:Electronics Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| ASHCROFT | Arrogant Supporter Hates Criticisms Raised Over Firearms Threat |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians Military:Weapons |
| AVOIDANCE | A Villainy Of Investing Dollars And Not Contributing Excise |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money |
| BLACKSTONE | British Lawyer Authored "Commentaries", Keenly Saving Tomes Of Notable Expoundings. |
Roger Williams Names:Famous people |
| BROKEN | By Rebelling, Outlaws Keep Everyone Noticing |
Angela Brett, because laws are made to be broken. The theory is that criminals are really just doing what they do because they want attention. Sentence potential criminals to preventative attention and everything will be fine. |
| CIA | Criminals In Authority |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| CIPA | Can't I Play Anywhere? |
Thinking about what the CIPA (Childrens' Internet Protection Act) really means for American libraries and schools Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| CLEANERS | Criminal Leaders Extracting Assets Never Expecting Redemption Settlements |
Rico Leffanta |
| CLUE | Close Look Uncovers Evidence |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CONSTITUTION | Contract Offering Numerous Sequential Tenets Intended To Unitedly Temper Its Own Nation |
Patricia Rix Politics |
| COPOUT | Cunning Operation Planning On Upbraiding Target |
Katherine |
| COPULATE | Constables Outnumber People Usually Late At Tort Events |
Rico Leffanta (Cop! You Late!) |
| COUNTERFEIT | Creating Own Undetectable Notes To Earn Revenue Freely Evidently Is Tricky |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money |
| COURTS | Churn Out Unacceptable Rejects To Society |
Rico Leffanta |
| CRIME | Committing Robbery Is Manifestly Erroneous |
Patricia Rix |
| DEED | Due Extreme End: Divorce |
Angela Brett, referring to the title of a property which has to be split in a divorce. People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| DEFENSE | Detective's Evidence-Finding Etiquette Not Strictly Endorsed |
Angela Brett (If TV shows are to be believed, people often get off because the evidence which proves their guilt was not obtained in the right way.) |
| DETECTED | Detailed Examination That Eventually Caught The Evil Doer(s) |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| DMCA | Don't Make Cables Abroad |
It's not just DeCSS that US Customs doesn't want coming into the country. Check out http://www.cs.umn.edu/~mcmillen/dmca for another viewpoint. (DMCA usually stands for Digital Millennium Copyright Act) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| ERIC | Exact Retribution In Coinage |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Crossworders will know that an 'eric' was a fine payable by a murderer to the family of the victim) |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence Vindicates Indictment. Defenders Explain Nothing 'Cept Embarrassment. |
Sean Lamb |
| FAKE | Forgeries Are Kinda Expensive |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| FAKES | Fool And Kwanza Easily Separated |
Angela Brett |
| FINED | For Infraction, Ninety-Eight Dollars |
Angela Brett |
| FINGERPRINTS | Forensic Investigators Now Get Enhanced Results, Putting Rogue Individuals Near 'The Scene' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| GAOL | Girls Are Only Lads |
Rico Leffanta Places:Buildings |
| HOLDUP | Hoodlums Often Loud Demands Upset Personnel |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| HOMICIDE | Horror Of Murder Is Captured In Deceased's Expression |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| INFANTICIDE | It's Not Fair, And Not Tolerated - Innocent Child Isn't Deserving Evisceration |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| INS | It's Now Security |
Sean Lamb (INS was the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the US until it merged into the DHS [Department of Homeland Security]) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| JAIL | Just Another Inmate Lodging. |
Roger Williams Places:Buildings |
| JURY | Judge: Unanimous? Representative: Yes. |
Angela Brett |
| LAW | Levelled Against Wrongdoing |
Angela Brett |
| LAWSUIT | Legal Actions Will Sometimes Use Intricate Terminology |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| LEGAL | Loopholes Exploited, Getting Around Laws |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate |
| LOOPHOLE | Lawyers Out Of Principles Halting Other Legal Effects |
Rico Leffanta |
| MISTRIAL | Maybe It's Supposed To Result In A Liquidation |
Sean Lamb |
| MURDER | Motive Usually Revenge, Dealt Excessively Ruthlessly. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| NAB | Net A Baddie |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| NET | Now Everyone's Thieves |
Sean Lamb (NET, in this reference, is the acronym given by the US Congress to the No Electronic Theft Act, which is supposed to simplify criminal prosecution for distributing proprietary files online) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| OUTLAWS | Old Uncles Talking Laughingly About Wayward Sisters |
Rico Leffanta |
| PATENT | Prior Art Treated Egregiously, Not Trusted |
Sean Lamb (the patent office is called to terms by the W3C with prior art on Eolas's web embedding patent) |
| PIRACY | Pernicious Individuals Rob And Cheat You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| PURSUIT | Police Under Requirements So Ultimately I Tergiversate |
Taylor Rundell's the name. I thought of the acronym in my brain, but I also used the thesaurus @ thesaurus.com |
| RACKETS | Running A Criminal Kingdom - Evil Thugs Succeed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| RANSOM | Recovery Attempt Needs Shooters Or Money |
Eric Bridgstock, after Angela's laptop was held to ransom. |
| RAPE | Rascal Assaults, Penetrates Eagerly. |
Steve Keate |
| RETRIEVE | Recover Everything They Robbed In Evening's Violent Episode |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, whose mother once retrieved some of what had stolen in a burglary |
| SECURITY | Safe Existence Creates Uniquely Relaxed, Incredibly Tractable You |
Patricia Rix |
| SLANDER | Spoken Libel And Now Defamation Endanger Rights |
Sean Lamb |
| SOSUMI | Sound. Overtly Shagging Up Music Industry |
Tony McCoy O'Grady. The makers of the early Mac computers stated that they would never be used to make music. The name of the sound called "sosumi' translates as "so sue me". (see http://www.newtontalk.net/archive/newtontalk.2002-04/1425.html for more information) Computers:Macintosh & Newton Entertainment:Music |
| STIPULATE | Set Terms In Place Under Legal Agreement That's Enforceable |
TMcCO'G |
| SUSPECTS | Soaking Up Sunbeams, Probably Exceeding Contractor's Time Schedule |
Rico Leffanta |
| TORT | Twist Out Revenue Tidily |
Jeff Anonymous, since 'tort' comes from the Latin 'torquere' 'to twist' |
| TRIAL | Tricky Reasoning Is Almost Laughable |
Angela Brett |
| UIFSA | Ultimatum Insures Families Secure Alimony |
Sean Lamb - UIFSA really stands for the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, an act that will enable the state that issues the first support order to have jusrisdiction over the payor (sic) regardless of which state the payor resides in. I used 'Families' instead of 'Fathers' because there are quite a few deadbeat moms out there with the deadbeat dads (growing up with a father prosecuting child support cases taught me that lawbreaking is an 'equal opportunity employer'). Re-expansions of existing acronyms People & Relationships:Family |
| VICTIM | Villain Is Cruelly Torturing & Injuring Me. |
Angela Brett |