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crime and punishment B2

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  • something, especially a statement, that tells you that something bad, dangerous, or annoying might happen so that you can be ready or avoid it
    a warning
  • kidnapping
    to take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them
  • pickpocketing
     steals things from people’s pockets
  • manslaughter
    the crime of killing someone illegally but not deliberately
  • life imprisonment
    the state of being in prison, or the time someone spends there
  • murder
     the crime of deliberately killing someone
  • Arson
    the crime of deliberately making something burn, especially a building
  • to secretly find a way of getting information from someone else’s computer or changing information on it
    hacking
  • a lawyer who is trying to prove in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime
    a prosecutor
  • the official in control of a court, who decides how criminals should be punished
    a judge
  • someone, not usually a lawyer, who works as a judge in a local court of law, dealing with less serious crimes
    a magistrate
  • a group of often 12 ordinary people who listen to the details of a case in court and decide whether someone is guilty or not
    the jury
  • burglary
    the crime of getting into a building to steal things
  • drunk driving
    driving a car after having drunk too much alcohol
  • someone who sees a crime or an accident and can describe what happened
    witness
  • drug dealing
     sells illegal drugs