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Crime and Justice

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  • very harmful physical actions against someone (2)
    violent assault
  • someone tells the court something (2)
    give testimony
  • the police took someone to the police station because they think this person did something illegal (4)
    arrest on suspicion of
  • the person who suffered a crime (1)
    victim
  • the person who saw the crime
    witness
  • to have certain items illegally (4)
    possession of stolen goods
  • giving someone money or something else of value to persuade that person to do something you want (1)
    bribery
  • the police keep a person at the police station (3)
    hold in custody
  • use someone else's card to pay for items (3)
    credit card fraud
  • the lawyer who tries to save the accused from punishment (2)
    defence lawyer
  • to have someone professional to talk to about your thoughts and feelings (1)
    counselling
  • the abuse of entrusted power for private gain (1)
    corruption
  • a place where prisoners stay by themselves for a period of time (2)
    solitary confinement
  • a good reason someone could not have committed the crime (3)
    have an alibi
  • someone states whether they are guilty or not (1)
    plead
  • to say to the police that you suspect someone of a crime (5)
    make an allegation against someone
  • avoid paying money to the government (2)
    tax evasion
  • the lawyers provide proof in court (2)
    show evidence
  • a person hired to kill someone else (1)
    assassin
  • the people from the public who decide whether the accused is guilty or not (1)
    jury
  • a phrasal verb: you did something bad but you were not found out or you were not punished (3)
    get away with
  • another way to say "be found guilty of" (3)
    be convicted of
  • how much time you spend in prison: To ______ ten years in prison. (1)
    serve
  • the lawyers who want to get the accused convicted (1)
    prosecution