GEI-3 / LS.3A / VOCABULARY

to . . . . . . . . (s-t-a-r-e-r) means to seize (someone) by the legal authority

to . . . . . . . . (r-e-a-c-h-g) means to accuse someone of a crime.

to . . . . . . . (g-u-m-g-l-e-s) means to move goods illegally in or out of a country.

to . . . . . . . . (t-e-e-n-s-c-e-n) means to declare the punishment for an offender.

(m-i-n-t-i-m-p-e-r-s-o-n). . . . . . . . . . . means the state of being physically confined in prison.

(d-e-v-i-n-e-c-e) . . . . . . . . . . . means body of facts or information conforming that a belief or proposition is true or valid.

(l-a-j-i) . . . . . . . . . means a place where people accused or convicted of a crime are held.

(t-r-a-i-l). . . . . . . means a formal examination of evidence in a court by a judge, and often a jury, to decide if someone accused of a crime is guilty or not.

(v-i-t-c-i-m). . . . . . . . means a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, an accident, or other event or action.

(t-e-s-s-p-u-c) . . . . . . . . means a person thought to be guilty of a crime or an offense.