Accuse: Claim that someone has done something wrong.
Verb. They are beating him up since they think he stole their idea.
Arrest: Seize someone by legal authority and take into custody.
Verb. The police arrest him because he was driving at maximum speed.
Bail: the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.
Noun. He has been released on bail.
Cell: A small room in which a prisoner is locked up.
Noun. The police put him in cell because he committed a crime.
Charge: Demand an amount as a price from someone for a service rendered or goods supplied.
Verb. He charged me 2 euros for the postcart.
Court: A tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
Noun. They have a court with him about his crime that he committed.
Culprit: A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
Noun. He accepted his position and is now in th cell.
Fine: Sanction that consists of paying an amount of money, imposed for having broken a law or having committed certain offenses or crimes.
Noun. They gave him a ticket for speeding.
Guilty: Culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
Adjective. He was found guilty of manslaughter.
Innocent: Not guilty of a crime or offense.
Adjective. He was innocent of the crime he was accused of.
Jail: A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
Noun. He was put in jail for 10 months.
Judge: a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
Noun. The judge gave the defendant a 5-year sentence.
Jury: A group of people who swear to give a verdict in a legal case based on the evidence presented to them in court.
Noun. They give a verdict with the tests.
Plead: Present and argue for a position, especially in court or in another public context.
Verb. Using cheap melodrama to plead the case of three prisoners.
Prison: A building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial.
Noun. He died under in prison.
Sentence: The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.
Noun. He was sentenced by law for many years.
