Words related to "Crime and Punishment" | IELTS Academic Vocabulary

To arrest

[ Verb ]

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(of law enforcement agencies) to take a person away because they believe that they have done something illegal

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The police officer decided to arrest the suspect after gathering sufficient evidence.

Law enforcement agencies may arrest individuals suspected of drug trafficking.

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Attacker

[ noun ]

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a person who intentionally harms someone physically

Burglary

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the crime of entering a building to commit illegal activities such as stealing, damaging property, etc.

Case

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a matter that is to be dealt with in a court of law

To commit

[ Verb ]

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to do a particular thing that is unlawful or wrong

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transitive

Criminal

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a person who does or is involved in an illegal activity

Criminal

[ Adjective ]

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related to or involving illegal activities

Clue

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a piece of evidence that leads someone toward the solution of a crime or problem

Illegally

[ Adverb ]

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in a way that is against the law

legitimately

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adverb of manner

To investigate

[ Verb ]

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to try to find the truth about a crime, accident, etc. by carefully examining its facts

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Detective work

[ noun ]

/dɪtˈɛktɪv wˈɜːk/

the activity of trying to get more information or finding out the truth about something

Murderer

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a person who is guilty of killing another human being deliberately

Punishment

[ noun ]

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the act of making someone suffer because they have done something illegal or wrong

To shoot

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to release a bullet or arrow from a gun or bow

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intransitive

Victim

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a person who has been harmed, injured, or killed due to a crime, accident, etc.

To appeal

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to officially ask a higher court to review and reverse the decision made by a lower court

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To capture

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to seize or get control of something by force

Grammatical Information:

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To confess

[ Verb ]

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to admit, especially to the police or legal authorities, that one has committed a crime or has done something wrong

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intransitive

Drug dealer

[ noun ]

/dɹˈʌɡ dˈiːlɚ/

an individual who sells illegal drugs such as narcotics, opioids, etc.

Grammatical Information:

compound noun

Eyewitness

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someone who has personally seen of an object, event, etc. and can describe it

Innocent

[ Adjective ]

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not having committed a wrongdoing or offense

guilty

Investigation

[ noun ]

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an attempt to gather the facts of a matter such as a crime, incident, etc. to find out the truth

Offender

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a person who commits a crime

Robbery

[ noun ]

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the crime of stealing money or goods from someone or somewhere, especially by violence or threat

Shoplifting

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the crime of taking goods from a store without paying for them

To suspect

[ Verb ]

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to think that someone may have committed a crime, without having proof

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Vandalism

[ noun ]

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the illegal act of purposefully damaging a property belonging to another person or organization

Violence

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a crime that is intentionally directed toward a person or thing to hurt, intimidate, or kill them

Blackmail

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

Execution

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the act of punishing a criminal by death

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