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  • Plead: Present and argue for a position, especially in court or in another public context.
    Verb. Using cheap melodrama to plead the case of three prisoners.
  • Victim: A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
    Noun.She is victim of domestic violence.
  • Testify: Serve as evidence or proof of something's existing or being the case.
    Verb. They gave contributions and evidence to the accused.
  • Bail: the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.
    Noun. He has been released on bail.
  • Suspect: Not to be relied on or trusted; possibly dangerous or false.
    Adjective. They're running into the murder killer.
  • Culprit: A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
    Noun. He accepted his position and is now in th cell.
  • Jury: A group of people who swear to give a verdict in a legal case based on the evidence presented to them in court.
    Noun. They give a verdict with the tests.
  • Prison: A building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial.
    Noun. He died under in prison.
  • Innocent: Not guilty of a crime or offense.
    Adjective. He was innocent of the crime he was accused of.
  • Charge: Demand an amount as a price from someone for a service rendered or goods supplied.
    Verb. He charged me 2 euros for the postcart.
  • Judge: a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
    Noun. The judge gave the defendant a 5-year sentence.
  • Trial: The trial is a judicial and current discussion between parties, and submitted to the knowledge of a court of law.
    Noun. The trial was quite long.
  • Verdict: A decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
    Noun. She gave her verdict at trial.
  • Arrest: Seize someone by legal authority and take into custody.
    Verb. The police arrest him because he was driving at maximum speed.
  • Cell: A small room in which a prisoner is locked up.
    Noun. The police put him in cell because he committed a crime.
  • Serve time: Spending time in prison serving a sentence.
    Verb. They put him in jail for several years.
  • Sentence: The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.
    Noun. He was sentenced by law for many years.
  • Fine: Sanction that consists of paying an amount of money, imposed for having broken a law or having committed certain offenses or crimes.
    Noun. They gave him a ticket for speeding.
  • Accuse: Claim that someone has done something wrong.
    Verb. They are beating him up since they think he stole their idea.
  • Court: A tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
    Noun. They have a court with him about his crime that he committed.
  • Jail: A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
    Noun. He was put in jail for 10 months.
  • Guilty: Culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
    Adjective. He was found guilty of manslaughter.