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Crimes and criminals

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  • a person who threatens or attacks somebody in order to steal their money, jewellery, etc., especially in a public place
    mugger
  • the crime of entering a building illegally and stealing things from it
    burglary
  • a person who has killed somebody deliberately and illegally
    murderer
  • the crime of stealing something from a person or place
    theft
  • the crime of cheating somebody in order to get money or goods illegally
    fraud
  • the activity of using computers to get access to data in somebody else's computer or phone system without permission
    hacking
  • a person who follows and watches another person over a long period of time in a way that is annoying or frightening
    stalker
  • the crime of stealing money or goods from a bank, shop, person, etc., especially using violence or threats
    robbery
  • the crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell somebody else a secret about them
    blackmail
  • to use violence or threats to take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to force it to travel to a different place or to demand something from a government
    to hijack
  • to give somebody money or something valuable in order to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest
    to bribe
  • anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true:
    evidence
  • a thief who steals things out of pockets or bags, especially in a crowd
    pickpocket
  • the punishment of being put in prison for a very long time, or until death
    life sentence
  • to damage something, especially public property, deliberately and for no good reason
    to vandalise
  • the use of violent action in order to achieve political aims or to force a government to act
    terrorism
  • to take somebody away illegally and keep them as a prisoner, especially in order to get money or something else for returning them
    to kidnap
  • a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
    victim
  • to take, send or bring goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, etc.
    to smuggle
  • a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place
    witness
  • a person believed to have committed a crime or done something wrong,
    suspect
  • a person who sells illegal drugs
    drug dealer
  • a person who makes an illegal copy of something in order to deceive:
    forger
  • a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished
    judge