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1. penal
2. sanction
3. screw
4. shingle
5. delict
6. demerit
7. execution
8. snooker
9. adversary
10. ascetic
11. critical
12. foe
13. negative
14. pan
15. revenge
16. legal
17. admonishing
18. asperse
19. attrite
20. azactam
21. aztreonam
22. bifocals
23. bja
24. botany bay
25. bureau of justice assistance
26. cervicofacial actinomycosis
27. complicity
28. condemn
29. condemning
30. countermove
31. crack down
32. crimeful
33. criminal
34. criminal prosecution
35. criminality
36. degree
37. desert
38. deserts
39. economic strangulation
40. emulation

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