Killing 1 innocent person is murder
Killing 100 innocent people is a terrorist massacre
Killing 1000000 innocent people makes you a patriotic hero If 1 person threatens to shoot you unless you pay up, it's a mugging
If 100 people threaten to have you shot you unless you pay up, it's robbery
If 1000000 people threaten to have you shot unless you pay up, it's your social contract
If you forge 1 dollar bill out of nothing, you have commited fraud
If you forge 100 dollar bills out of nothing, you are a counterfeitier
If you forge 1000000 dollar bills out of nothing, you are a wise administrator of monetary policy