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Focus 3 2nd ed Unit 8

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  • the activity of buying, selling, or doing business with drugs
    drug dealing
  • if the police arrest somebody, the person is taken to a police station and kept there because the police believe they may be guilty of a crime
    arrest
  • the crime of attacking somebody violently, or threatening to do so, in order to steal their money, especially in a public place
    mugging
  • a person in a court who has the authority to decide how criminals should be punished or to make legal decisions
    judge
  • the crime of stealing something from a person or place
    theft
  • the crime of destroying or damaging something, especially public property, deliberately and for no good reason
    vandalism
  • to find a way of dealing with a problem or difficult situation
    solve
  • an official claim made by the police that somebody has committed a crime
    charge smb with
  • to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something
    accuse
  • a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an accident, etc.
    victim
  • the punishment given by a court
    sentence
  • the information that is used in court to try to prove something
    evidence
  • the crime of stealing money or goods from a bank, shop, person, etc., especially using violence or threats
    robbery
  • the crime of stealing goods from a shop by deliberately leaving without paying for them
    shoplifting
  • not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done something wrong
    innocent
  • the crime of deliberately setting fire to something, especially a building
    arson
  • the crime of stealing a car from a person or place
    car theft
  • the crime of entering a building illegally and stealing things from it
    burglary
  • a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to investigate crimes and catch criminals
    detective
  • the act of making illegal copies of DVDs, computer programs, books, etc., in order to sell them
    piracy
  • a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it to other people
    witness
  • the crime of killing somebody deliberately
    murder
  • feeling ashamed because you have done something that you know is wrong or have not done something that you should have done
    guilty
  • a person who commits a crime
    criminal
  • the place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc. are judged
    court
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