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Crime and justice

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  • a prize given for helping solve a crime
    reward
  • to collect impressions of the pattern of ridges on fingers
    take fingerprints
  • a penalty for committing a crime
    punishment
  • to look through a place for evidence
    search the area
  • to search for evidence
    look for clues
  • to ask a person who saw a crime questions
    interview a witness
  • a place where criminals are kept
    prison
  • the person who decides the sentence in court
    judge
  • breaking into a building to steal
    burglary
  • to take things without permission
    steal things
  • the punishment given by a judge
    sentence
  • a monetary penalty for breaking the law
    fine
  • a person who steals things (general meaning)
    thief
  • a person who investigates crimes
    detective
  • stealing from a store
    shoplifting
  • to enter a building illegally, usually by force
    break into
  • a person who sees a crime happen
    witness
  • to do something illegal
    commit a crime/break a law
  • a person who defends or prosecutes in court
    lawyer
  • to steal money from a bank
    rob a bank
  • the place where legal cases are heard
    court
  • a person thought to have committed a crime
    suspect
  • to harm or destroy structures
    damage buildings
  • the act of stealing from pockets or bags
    pickpocketing
  • the act of stealing from a bank or person using force
    robbery
  • something that is against the law, it's not legal
    illegal
  • a piece of evidence that helps solve a crime
    clue
  • someone who damages public property
    vandal
  • to take a person who committed a crime into custody
    arrest a criminal
  • someone who steals from pockets or bags
    pickpocket