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crime vocabulary

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

crime that is committed by young people

(a)  

2.

an attempt to make someone do something for you by giving the person money, presents, or something else that they want

(a)  

3.

the crime of getting money by deceiving people

(a)  

4.

someone who is in prison because they are guilty of a crime

(a)  

5.

a small hammer that an official in charge of a meeting hits against a wooden block or table to get people to be quiet and listen

(a)  

6.

a violent attack

(a)  

7.

the act of making a person go somewhere with you, especially using threats or violence

(a)  

8.

a crime or something unpleasant done after being thought about or carefully planned

(a)  

9.

the crime of killing a person when the killer did not intend to do it or cannot be responsible for his or her actions

(a)  

10.

the crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for

(a)  

11.

a false spoken statement about someone that damages their reputation, or the making of such a statement

(a)  

12.

the crime of illegally following and watching someone over a period of time

(a)  

13.

the activity of stealing from shops during a violent event

(a)  

14.

a person who attacks another person

(a)  

15.

someone who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or in exchange for money

(a)  

16.

someone who uses dishonest or illegal methods to trick people into giving them money

(a)  

17.

someone who catches and kills animals illegally

(a)  

18.

a person, usually young, who behaves in a way that is illegal or not acceptable to most people

(a)  

19.

punishment by death, as ordered by a legal system

(a)  

20.

a judicial punishment which is not enforced unless a further crime is committed during a specified period.

(a)  

21.

work done without payment to help other people

(a)  

22.

a punishment in which someone is kept in a room alone, usually in a prison

(a)  

23.

the physical punishment of people, especially of children, by hitting them

(a)  

24.

restrictions placed on movement, privileges, or both as punishment

(a)  

25.

a legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime, especially in a law court

(a)  

26.

a person in a law case who is accused of having done something illegal

(a)  

27.

the hearing of statements and showing of objects, etc. in a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to decide a case or a legal matter

(a)  

28.

a place where trials and other legal cases happen, or the people present in such a place, especially the officials and those deciding if someone is guilty

(a)  

29.

a punishment for doing something that is against a law

(a)  

30.

an opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial

(a)  

31.

information that you have heard but do not know to be true

(a)  

32.
33.

not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected

(a)  

34.

an amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial.

(a)  

35.

the state of being kept in prison, especially while waiting to go to court for trial

(a)  

36.

something that prevents people from doing something

(a)  

37.

obeying and respecting the law

(a)  

38.

a period of time when a criminal must behave well and not commit any more crimes in order to avoid being sent to prison

(a)  

39.

a situation in which someone is punished by the law courts for a crime that they have not committed

(a)  

40.

to give an official answer to an accusation in a law court

(a)  

41.

to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime

(a)