seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody
arrest
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enter or open a place, vehicle, or container forcibly, especially for the purposes of theft
break into
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a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases
court
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money you pay as punishment
fine
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the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties
law
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a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial
prison
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a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense
suspect
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a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action
victim
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a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place
witness
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the action or crime of stealing
theft
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the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
murder
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the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force
robbery
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an act of attacking and robbing someone in a public place
mugging
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entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft