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outcomes - behind bars (B2, unit 8)

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  • if someone commits an *, they do something that is against the law
    offence
  • someone’s * is the punishment that a judge decides they must have after they have been found guilty of a crime
    sentence
  • crime in which someone enters a building and steals something
    burglary
  • activity of taking things into or out of a country secretly because it is against the law or against rules
    smuggling
  • crime of telling lies or deceiving people in order to gain money for yourself
    fraud
  • crime of violently attacking someone
    assault
  • to hit them hard and repeatedly, causing injury and pain
    beat
  • enter it using force, usually in order to steal something
    break into
  • act of committing another crime after having been caught and punished once already
    reoffending
  • if the police * somewhere, they go in there using force in order to look for criminals or illegal goods. If criminals * somewhere, they go in there using force in order to steal things
    raid
  • if a prisoner is * from prison, he or she is allowed to leave because they have finished their punishment
    release
  • if someone is * of a crime, it is officially decided in a court that they are guilty of committing the crime
    convict
  • violent protest in the streets by a large number of people
    riot
  • crime in which someone leaves a bomb in a public place and allows it to explode
    bombing
  • if the police or other authorities * something, they take it by force and do not return it because it is illegal or stolen
    seize