Arrest: If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed.
Verb. The police arrested her for drinking and driving.
Bail: An amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial.
Noun. He was released/remanded on bail (of $100,000).
Cell: The smallest basic unit of a plant or animal.
Noun. DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.
Charge: To ask an amount of money for something, especially a service or activity.
Verb. The bank charged commission to change my traveller's cheques.
Court: A place where trials and other legal cases happen, or the people present in such a place, especially the officials and those deciding if someone is guilty.
Noun. Protestors gathered outside the court to await the verdict.
Culprit: Someone who has done something wrong.
Noun. Police hope the public will help them to find the culprits.
Fine: Good or good enough; healthy and well.
Adjective. The apartments are very small, which is fine for one person.
Guilty: Feeling guilt.
AdjectiveI Feel so guilty about forgetting her birthday.
Innocent:(of a person) not guilty of a particular crime.
Adjective. He firmly believes that she is innocent of the crime.
Jail: A place where criminals are kept to punish them for their crimes, or where people accused of crimes are kept while waiting for their trials.
Noun. the country's overcrowded jails
Accuse: To say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind.
Verb. It wasn't my fault." "Don't worry, I'm not accusing you."
Judge: a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes decisions on legal matters
Noun. a British high-court judge
Serve time: to work for; to do your duty to.
Verb. She has served on the committee for the last 15 years.
Suspect: to think or believe something to be true or probable.
Verb. So far, the police do not suspect foul play.
Testify: (of a person) to speak seriously about something, especially in a law court, or to give or provide proof
Verb. He testified that he had seen the man leaving the building around the time of the murder.
Trial: the hearing of statements and showing of objects, etc. in a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to decide a case or a legal matter
Noun. Trial by jury is a fundamental right.
