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A5 EF Unit 8A Crime and Punishment

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  • demand money in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them
    blackmail
  • a decision made by a jury
    verdict
  • A person who breaks into someone's house and steals things
    burglar
  • A person who takes another person
    kidnapper
  • to kill someone important, usually political
    assassinate
  • The judge __________ him to life in prison.
    sentenced
  • The act of breaking into someone's house an stealing things
    burglary
  • A person who sells drugs
    drug dealer
  • After two days the jury ________ their verdict.
    reached
  • The action of stealing from a shop
    shoplifting
  • The police charged her ____ murder.
    with
  • After deliberating for 3 hours, the jury _______ the defendant guilty.
    found
  • To destroy a public building
    to vandalise
  • the act of tricking someone for financial gain, pretence, moving money from one account to another.
    fraud
  • to dishonestly persuade (someone) to do something with a gift of money
    to bribe
  • the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
    Terrorism
  • a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court
    judge
  • the act of stealing (general)
    theft
  • a person who forces another to have sex against their will
    rapist
  • a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
    jury
  • The general word for a person who steals
    thief
  • A person who brings something into another country illegally
    smuggler
  • In court when some one is found not guilty, they are ________ of the crime
    acquitted
  • evidence or argument establishing a fact or the truth of a statement.
    proof
  • the act of killing someone unintentionally
    manslaughter
  • To force someone to have sex against their will
    rape
  • to take something illegally across a border
    smuggle
  • A person who illegally seizes an aircraft, ship or vehicle.
    hijacker
  • Fill in the gap. He is due to __________ in court on Monday morning.
    appear
  • to attack and rob someone in a public place
    to mug
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