### Question
What does economic damage mean?


### Answer
**Economic damage** has the following meaning in *18 U.S.C. § 43*:

> the replacement costs of lost or damaged property or records, the costs of repeating an interrupted or invalidated experiment, or the loss of profits

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 43*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 3-ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, AND PLANTS**

