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16 U.S.C. 668c: DefinitionsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 16-CONSERVATIONCHAPTER 5A-PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE
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§668c. Definitions

As used in this subchapter “whoever” includes also associations, partnerships, and corporations; “take” includes also pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest or disturb; “transport” includes also ship, convey, carry, or transport by any means whatever, and deliver or receive or cause to be delivered or received for such shipment, conveyance, carriage, or transportation.

( June 8, 1940, ch. 278, § 4 , 54 Stat. 251 ; Pub. L. 92–535, § 4 , Oct. 23, 1972 , 86 Stat. 1065 .)

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1972⁠—Pub. L. 92–535 substituted “poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest” for “wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, or otherwise willfully molest”.