Protesting against

Crime and punishment

Types of crime, criminals and crime verbs

1. robbery / robber / to rob a bank/a person/a tourist col

2. theft / thief plural thieves / to steal somebody’s wallet/purse BrE /mobile phone/cell phone AmE / car

3. burglary / burglar / to break into/burgle a house/a home/an apartment col/PHR

4. mugging / mugger / to mug = the crime of attacking somebody violently, or threatening to do so, in order to steal their money, especially in a public place

5. shoplifting / shoplifter / to shoplift

6. smuggling / smuggler / to smuggle

7. kidnapping / kidnapper / to kidnap = to take somebody away illegally and keep them as a prisoner, especially in order to get money or something else for returning them

8. fraud / fraudster / -

9. bribery / - / to bribe = the giving or taking of bribes = a sum of money or something valuable that you give or offer to somebody to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest

10. murder / murderer / to murder

11. homicide = AmE the crime of murder

12. arson / arsonist / -

13. vandalism / vandal / to vandalize / (to commit) an act of mindless vandalism

14. looting / looter / to loot

15. terrorism / terrorist / (to commit) an act of terrorism

16. a political prisoner col/term = someone who is sent to prison by their own government because it does not approve of their beliefs or actions

17. a common prisoner col = ordinary, with no special status or rank; negative term

18. a hardened criminal col/wf = showing no regret for their crimes

19. a persistent offender col/wf from ‘to persist’ | ‘to offend’ = = a person who continues to commit crimes after they have been caught and punishe

20. a convicted criminal col

21. juvenile delinquency TERM/WF juvenile delinquent → juvenile delinquency

22. young offender col/wf = a criminal who, according to the law, is not yet an adult but no longer a child: a young offender institution

23. antisocial behavior wf social → antisocial = harmful or annoying to other people, or to society in general

24. underage drinking col/wf ager → underage

Breaking the law

25. to break the law col = to fail to obey a rule or law

26. to bend the rules idiom = to change the rules to suit a particular person or situation

27. to commit a crime/an offence col

offence = an illegal act

28. petty/serious crime

29. street crime

30. vehicle crime / vehicle theft = the crime of stealing something from a person or place

31. to be involved in repeated crime

32. (to have) a criminal record term = an official list of crimes that someone has committed: We have to check whether applicants have a criminal record.

Protesting against

33. to take to the streets IDIOM

34. to take/resort to industrial action TERM (when workers act in a way that is intended to force an employer to agree to something, especially by stopping work)

to resort to sth PHR = to make use of something, especially something bad, as a means of achieving something, often because there is no other possible solution

35. to protest against/about e.g. (rigid) class distinctions TERM (differences between social groups in terms of their access to power and opportunity in the society)

36. to boil over into sth phr SYN to explode = is a situation or feelings boil over, people cannot control their anger and start to fight or argue: Racial tension finally boiled over in the inner city riots.

37. inner-city unrest TERM (a political situation in which people protest or behave violently / an area near the centre of a large city where a lot of poverty and other social problems exist)

38. riot = a violent protest by a crowd of people

a riot erupts/breaks out col

39. public disorder = violent behaviour of large groups of people

an outbreak of rioting and public disorder

40. to incite crime/racial hatred/violence col = to encourage somebody to do something violent, illegal or unpleasant, especially by making them angry or excited: They were accused of inciting the crowd to violence.

The legal process / Sentencing and punishment

41. to witness a crime col

42. to report sth (a crime) to the police COL / PREP = to tell the police or someone in authority that an accident or crime has happened

43. to carry out an investigation into smth col/prep = to conduct an investigation

44. to collect/gather evidence col

45. to question a suspect/witness col

46. to solve the case col

47. to appear in court col/prep = to be present in court in order to give evidence or answer a charge

48. to stand/go on trial for smth col/prep =

49. to reach a verdict col

50. to receive a fair trial col

51. to suffer the consequences col

52. to be severely punished col

53. to deserve harsh punishment col

54. to deal with smb firmly PHR/col (e.g. with offenders)

55. to convict smb OF smth = to decide and state officially in court that somebody is guilty of a crime

56. OPP to acquit smb OF smth = to decide and state officially in court that somebody is not guilty of a crime

57. conviction FOR smth wf/prep = the act of finding somebody guilty of a crime in court; the fact of having been found guilty: She has six previous convictions for theft.

58. to fine sb (£500) = make sb pay money as punishment for a crime they have committed: He was fined £1,000.

59. to pay/face a heavy (=one that costs a lot of money) fine col = a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule

60. to send sb TO prison (FOR 10 years) COL / PREP

61. to sentence sb TO (10 years) in prison COL / PREP = when a judge decides what a person’s punishment should be after they have been convicted of a crime: The two men were sentenced to six months in prison.

62. to serve a sentence of 15 years in prison col

63. to face the death penalty col = the punishment of being killed that is used in some countries for very serious crimes

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