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Minor Offences and Punishment

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    Vocabulary related to minor offences and punishment. Gateway B2+ Unit 5, page 58
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  • dropping rubbish on the ground in a public place
    Littering
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  • An area that has a sign saying it is to be used for a specific purpose
    Designated area
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  • An area which does not have a sign especifically saying that you can do something, e.g. smoke
    Non-designated area
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  • Asked to pay a small amount of money as a fine (financial punishment)
    Be issued with a small fine
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  • A large financial punishment
    a heavy fine
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  • prohibited from doing something or going somewhere
    Be banned
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  • Make a complaint in a formal way (e.g. in writing or by going to the police and completing a form)
    Lodge a formal complaint
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  • taken to court and put on trial for committing an offence or crime
    Prosecuted
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  • having the evidence heard in court and decided on by a judge
    judged
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  • a legal arrangement in which a person who has been found guilty of a crime is not sentenced to jail but may be sentenced for that crime at a future time if he or she commits another crime during a specified period
    Suspended sentence
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  • Work that someone does as punishment, instead of going to prison
    Community service
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  • a known record of having been arrested in the past for committing a crime
    Criminal record
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  • a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment
    Offence
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