CRIME

1. MAJOR ≠ MINOR CRIMES (carry out / commit +

noun = verb; break a law)
NOUN VERB PERSON
abduction / kidnapping kidnap / abduct kidnapper
arson
assault / attack assault / attack assailant / attacker
burglary break in / burgle burglar
drug trafficking criminal / villain
hacking hacker
hijacking hijack hijacker
(unpremeditated) murder murderer
murder / homocide
manslaughter kill killer
assasaination assassinate assassin
smuggling smuggle smuggler
terrorism terrorist
pick pocketing
shoplifting shoplifter
vandalism vandal
theft steal thief
traffic offences
- drunk driving
- jaywalking
- speeding
- running a red light
teenage criminal juvenile delinquent
mugging mug mugger
robbery rob / hold up robber
prison / jail / be prisoner
behind bars
 2. TYPES OF PUNISHMENT (sb was given a
punishment)
• arrest
• put in jail ≠ escape / break out from the jail
• the death penalty / capital punishment
• prison / custodial sentence / imprisonment
– life in prison
• be given a suspended sentence / probabtion
• to forfeit / suspend / revoke a license; forfeiture
• take freedom
• non-custodial sentence
– community service
• be kept / put / placed UNDER house arrest / be grounded
• fine
• detention
• isolation
• corporal punishment
• house of correction
 3. COURT LANGUAGE
• justice / fairness
• police station, fire station
• trial
– dial 991
• evidence / proof
• whodun(n)it / Who has done it?
• footprints, fingerprints
• blackmail
• lead / clue / trace
• perform an autopsy
• conviction / judgement / verdict
• death certificate
• circumstances
• appeal AGAINST
• solve
• alibi
• prove
 4. PEOPLE
• JUDGE • LAWYER / attorney
• JURY • VICTIM
• defendant / an accused person / • It wasn‘t you!
to be found guilty • Guard locked the door.
• DEFENSE • enemy
• WITNESS testifies • guilty ≠ innocent
• PROSECUTOR prosecutes • suspicious
• SUSPECT