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Crime (vocabulary)

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  • the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy
    violence
  • The pattern of curved lines on the end of a finger or thumb that is different in every person
    fingerprints
  • a careful examination or search in order to discover facts or gain information.
    investigation
  • Police say they will _____________ the murderer this evening .
    arrest
  • a fact or object that helps to solve a problem or mystery.
    clues
  • not allowed by law
    illegal
  • feeling doubt or no trust in someone or something (adj)
    suspicious
  • They try to _____________ every crime but some are too diffi cult.
    solve
  • a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon.
    suspense
  • s anything that yousee, that proves that something has really happened and that can be used to prove something
    evidence
  • Someone who has done nothing wrong in certain situations
    innocent
  • different from what is usual, normal (adj)
    strange
  • not found where you expect to find someone (adj)
    missing
  • Something (such as a club, knife, or gun)used to injure, defeat, or destroy
    weapon
  • The film is about a very poor man who tries to ___________ a bank.
    rob
  • having committed an offense, crime, violation
    guilty
  • difficult to explain or understand, and often strange or slightly frightening
    mysterious
  • using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something (adj)
    violent
  • easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident (adj)
    obvious
  • He said he had never ___________ a crime of any kind in his life.
    committed
  • I saw a boy I know at school _______________someone’s phone.
    stealing
  • a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed
    prison
  • difficult to analyze, understand, explain (adj)
    complicated