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Crime and punishment (vocabulary)

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  • The crime of breaking into and entering the house, office, etc., of another to steal.
    Burglary
  • A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
    Victim
  • To seize (a person) by legal authority.
    Arrest
  • The unlawful killing of a person, especially when done intentionally.
    Murder
  • The act or practice of exceeding the speed limit.
    Speeding
  • A person who kills someone intentionally.
    Murderer
  • The crime of driving a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood.
    Drink driving
  • A public officer with the authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
    Judge
  • The act of stealing things.
    Theft
  • A member of a police force.
    Police officer
  • A person who commits burglary.
    Burglar
  • Doing unpaid work to help your town/city sometimes as punishment for a crime.
    Community service
  • Writing or drawing on public walls, doors, etc.
    Writing graffiti
  • An illegal act of entering a home, office, etc., by force.
    Break in
  • A person who commits a crime.
    Criminal
  • To hit with a bullet from a weapon.
    Shoot
  • A person who steals things from shops.
    Shoplifter
  • An amount of money that you have to pay as a penalty for an offense.
    Fine
  • To take something without permission. It focuses on the object or the thing which is taken.
    Steal
  • Time that is spent in prison.
    Prison sentence
  • To take something without permission. It focuses on the victim of the crime (it can be a person or a place).
    Rob
  • Cheating someone to make money from them.
    Fraud
  • Stealing things from a shop.
    Shoplifting
  • A person who steals things.
    Thief
  • To look into or examine the particulars of (something) carefully so as to discover something hidden, unique, or complex.
    Investigate