CEFR C1 Vocabulary

CEFR C1 Vocabulary - Lesson 63

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Here you will learn some English words about law, such as "assault", "blackmail", "mug", etc. prepared for C1 learners.
to abuseverb

to sexually assault a person, especially women and children

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to assault
to assaultverb

to violently attack someone

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to hijack
to hijackverb

to take control of a flying plane or moving vehicle or ship using threats or violence, particularly forcing it to change direction and go to a different location or demanding something in return

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to kidnap
to kidnapverb

to take someone away and hold them in captivity, typically to demand something for their release

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to mug
to mugverb

to steal from someone by threatening them or using violence, particularly in a public place

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to rapeverb

to force someone to have sex against their will, particularly by using violence or threatening them

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to pirateverb

to illegally copy, use, or sell someone else's work or product, such as a book, song, etc.

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to vandalize
to vandalizeverb

to intentionally damage something, particularly public property

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arsonnoun

the criminal act of setting something on fire, particularly a building

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blackmailnoun

the crime of demanding money or benefits from someone by threatening to reveal secret or sensitive information about them

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deceptionnoun

the action of intentionally making a person believe something that is untrue

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break-in
break-innoun

an illegal entry into a building by using force, particularly in order to steal something

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bribe
bribenoun

an amount of money or something of value given to someone in order to persuade them to do something that is illegal

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forgerynoun

the criminal act of making a copy of a document, money, etc. to do something illegal

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genocidenoun

a mass murder committed in order to destroy a particular nation, religious or ethnic group, or race

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phishingnoun

a cybercrime in which someone tricks another into revealing their personal or financial information such as their passwords or bank account numbers and then using this information to steal money from them

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scammernoun

someone who deceives people to get their money

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swindlernoun

a person who deceives or cheats people out of money

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ransomnoun

an amount of money demanded or paid for the release of a person who is in captivity

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riotnoun

a situation when a group of people behave violently, particularly as a protest

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fine
finenoun

an amount of money that must be paid as a legal punishment

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to bugverb

to hide a special microphone somewhere in order to secretly listen to a conversation

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alibinoun

proof that indicates a person was somewhere other than the place where a crime took place and therefore could not have committed it

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accomplicenoun

someone who helps another to commit a crime or do a wrongdoing

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conspiratornoun

a person involved in a conspiracy

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assassinnoun

someone who murders an important person for money or religious or political reasons

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banditnoun

a robber who attacks travelers and is a member of a group of robbers

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gangsternoun

a member of a group of criminals

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juvenile delinquentnoun

a young person who commits a crime

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imprisonment
imprisonmentnoun

the action of putting someone in prison

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inmatenoun

a prisoner

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convictnoun

a person found guilty of a crime and sent to prison

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capital punishmentnoun

the killing of a criminal as punishment

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confessionnoun

a formal statement made by a person admitting that they are guilty of a crime

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to inspectverb

to carefully look at something or someone, particularly to see if everything is OK

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corruptadjective

using one's power to do illegal things in order to get an advantage or receive money

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executionnoun

the act of punishing a criminal by death

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to raidverb

(of police) to unexpectedly visit a person or place to arrest suspects or find illegal goods

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fingerprint
fingerprintnoun

a mark made by the unique pattern of lines on the tip of a person's finger, can be used to find out who has committed a crime

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forensic
forensicadjective

related to the use of scientific techniques when trying to know more about a crime

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probationnoun

(law) a specific supervised period of time outside prison granted to a criminal, given they do not break a law during this period

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recordnoun

official information that indicates a person has committed a crime

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goonnoun

a criminal hired to harm or threaten people

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death squadnoun

a group of armed people who illegally kill supporters of an opposing political party or criminals

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henchmannoun

someone who faithfully supports a person in power and is willing to do things for them that are illegal or violent

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hired gunnoun

an individual who is paid to do something violent or immoral, particularly killing someone or protecting a powerful person

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gun for hirenoun

an individual who does immoral or violent things for money

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gunslingernoun

a person who is skilled at shooting a gun and is hired to kill someone, used particularly in the past in the American Wild West

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breaking and entering
breaking and enteringphrase

the crime of using force to illegally enter a building

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to fingerverb

to identify or point out someone as the person responsible for committing a crime or wrongdoing, often to law enforcement or other authorities

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