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Dictionary
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Def: any item of economic value owned by an individual or corporation, especially that which could be converted to cash (cash, securities, accounts receivable, inventory, office equipment, real estate, a car, and other property)
Example: Convicted drug dealer John G has lost his latest legal challenge against orders that his assets and those of his family were the proceeds of crime.
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Usually plural.
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public/ state assets
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assets deriving from crime/ criminal activity
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transfer assets
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freeze assets
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