Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

Law. Crime. Punishment

Exercise 1. Study the following words and definitions.

1. arson – the act of deliberately setting fire to a property.(поджог)

2. bail – money paid or promised so that an accused person will not be kept in prison before coming to trail. (залог)

3. break in – enter premises by force, esp. with criminal intent. (взламывать)

4. burglary – entry into a building illegally with intent to commit theft, do bodily harm or damage.(незаконное проникновение в помещение)

5. contempt of court – disobedience to or disrespect for a court or law and its officers. (Неуважение к суду)

6. defamation – attack on the good reputation of; (to defame) speak ill of; spreading of evil report. (Клевета)

7. embezzlement – fraudulent diversion money etc. from a company, fund etc., to one’s own use. Растрата,хищение, присвоение имущества

8. felony – any of a class of usually violent crimes (murder, wounding, arson, rape, robbery).(тяжкое уголовное преступление)

9. fraud – the crime of swindling people. (обман, мошенничество, жульничество)

10. libel – a published false statement making damage to a person’s reputation. (клевета)

11. pending – awaiting decision or settlement, undecided. незаконченный, ожидающий решения

12. plaintiff – a person who brings a case against another into court.(истец)

13. QC (Queen’s Counsel) – a counsel to the Crown, taking precedence over barristers.

14. murder – the unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by another.

15. manslaughter – the unlawful killing of a human being without malice premeditation. (Человекоубийство)

16. ransom – a sum of money or another payment demanded or paid for a release of a prisoner.(выкуп)

17. tip off – (give a person) a hint or a piece of special information or warning, esp. discreetly or confidentially. (навести на след, дать подсказку)

18. to be remanded in custody – to be returned to guardianship, esp. to allow further inquires to be made. быть возвращенным под стражу

19. handling stolen goods – illegal selling of stolen goods.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

Acquitted (оправданный) accused (обвиняемый) found (обосновывать) charged (обвиняемый; заряженный) sentenced (приговоренный) convicted (осужденный) released-freed (освобожденный)

1. Though James was … acquitted of the crime all his neighbours still acuse … him of murder of his wife.

2. The prisoner was found guilty by the jury.

3. The sentenced didn’t admit himself guilty of burglary.

4. The convicted is a person who gets a certain punishment for breaking the law.

5. As a result of his long and complicated trial Mr. Smith was found acquitted

6. Usually a person who is charged on bail by the decision of the court has no right to go abroad.

7. The prisoner (released-freed)… from a charge by the court.

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