Violation of personal rights

Vital -absolutely necessary or important; essential.

Crime (noun) is any illegal action or activity.

A person who commits a crime is a criminal

Rob (verb) means take something from a place or person.

Steal (verb) means to take something.

Theft is the noun form for the verb steal.

A thief is the general name we give to someone who steals something.

Executioner - an official who carries out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person.

Collocations: to get away with it (to commit a crime and not be punished); criminal record; break into your house; crime rate (уровень); burglar-friendly house; keep an eye on property; to catch sb's eye; give sb the green light; to put behind bars; to be at risk; to draw attention to sth; solve a crime; break the law; cause=lead to=bring about (негативно окрашено); due to=owing to; at the time of a murder; catch sb red-handed; to take the law inti the wrong hands; a substantial time in prison (значительный срок); a punishment should fit the crime; have a conviction(иметь судимость).

Criminals can be: common criminals; young offenders; hardened criminals; political prisoners; convicted criminals; juvenile crime(crime relating to young person not yet old enough to e considered adults); habitual offender.

Domestic violence: a woman's shelter for temporary housing; domestic violence/family violence/partner abuse; to get out of hand; nonviolent kids; sth come out of a blue; abusive relationships; violations of personal rights; the romance has worn off and the stress of everyday life begin to mount; a first episode can erupt over a trivial matter and cool down as quickly as it heated up; an abuser often helps such rationalizations along by being apologetic, charming, minimizing the incident or swearing it will never happen again; the problem can recur and escalate in intensity; DV starts with a gradual buildup of tension that crests in a violent outbrust; feeling of powerlessness; a loss of control; to be injured through domestic violence; if you think the scars that DV leaves behind are bad enough for adults, think about its effect on kids; abusive home; to withdraw from relationships; on the grounds (='cause of).

Idioms: a rotten apple(smb that is bad influence on others); an inside job(a crime committed by smb within a company/group); spill the beans(to reveal information); point the finger at(to take the blame); put a foot wrong(to make mistakes); cover (one's) tracks(to get rid of incriminating evidence); come clean(to confess to smth); do time(to serve a prison sentence); in hot water with someone, about something(in trouble); carry the can for(to accuse); to brush the problem under the carpet(to ignore sth illegal or embarrassing); to blow the whistle(to stop sth bad from happening by telling the authorities); caught sb red-handed; on the spur of the moment(spontaneously); get away with sth; in broad daylight; by the book(according to the rules); off guard(by surprise); cut and run(to make a quick escape); teach a lesson(to punish sb in order to improve their behaviour).

Multi-verbs: to give up (to allow oneself to be arrested); to own up (сдаваться); to take aback (surprise or shock someone); to let off (to punish lightly); to set up (to make an arrangement); to carry out (to conduct); to go off (to explode/detonate/ignite); to seal off (to prevent people getting in or out of an area by closing all the entrances); to break down (to fail/cease/collapse 'cause of a problem); to break out (to begin suddenly?usually in an unpleasant and violent way); stick out (to be very easy to notice); look into (to investigate).

Types of punishments: to fine someone a sum of money; send to prison=a prison sentence; to be tried(to have a case judged in court); death penalty/capital punishment; community service; flogging(someone is beaten with a whip)=corporal punishment; serve a sentence of(отбывать наказание); to be sentenced to life imprisonment; to be given a suspended sentence(to be released before the end of imprisonment; tagging(to have an electronic device fitted to your body so that police always know where you are; solitary confinement(you're kept in prison on your own-away from other prisoners); naming and shaming.

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