English Vocabulary of Crimes in terms.
English vocabulary of crimes in terms are provided information about crime in terms. Those are ;
Steal : The thing which is taken away.
Rob : The person or place from which things are stolen
Murderer : Killing someone
Shoplift : Stealing something from a shop
Burgle : Stealing from someone's home
Smuggle : Taking something illegally into another country
Arson : Setting fire to something in a criminal way
kidnap : Taking a person hostage in exchange for money or other favours, etc
Here are some more useful verbs connected with crime and law. Note that many of them have particular prepositions associated with them.
to commit a crime or an offence : to do something illegal
to accuse someone of a crime : to say someone is guilty
to charge someone with ( murder ) : to bring someone to court
to plead guilty or not guilt : to swear in court that one is guilty or otherwise.
to defend/prosecute someone in court : to argue for an against someone in a trial.
to pass verdict on accused person : to decide weather they are guilty or not.
to sentence someone to a punishment : What the judge does after a verdict of guilty
to acquit an accused person of a charge : to decide in court that someone is not guilty ( the opposite of to convict someone )
to fine someone a sum of money : to punish someone by making them pay
to send someone to prison : to punish someone by putting them in prison.
to release someone from prison/jail : to set someone free after a person sentence
to be tried : to have a case judged in court
trial : the legal process in court whereby an accused person is investigated, or tried. and then found guilty or not guilty
case : a crime that is being investigated
evidence : information used in a court of law to decide whether the accused is guilty or not
proff : evidence that shows conclusively whether some this is a fact or not.
verdict : the decision : guilty or not guilty
judge : the persons who leads a trial and decides on the sentence
Jury : a group of twelve citizens who decide weather the accused is guilty or not.
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