Domestic violence

violence in a family

violence from a husband to his wife

baby- or wife-battering

bullying

child abuse

bigamy/ bigamist - the crime of marrying a person when you are already married to someone else

assault/battery/mugging -an attempt to use illegal force on another person

to attack sb in the street

to run off with sb’s property

assault causing grievous bodily harm

knifing/ stabbing/ shooting -sticking a knife into someone. To stab is to strike forcefully into someone with the point of sth. sharp, e.g. a knife. Victims may die as the result of a knifing or stabbing, where a knife is used, or a shooting, when a gun is used.

pack a piece (infml.): being armed with a handgun is known, very informally, as packing a piece

Saturday Night Special - cheap, easily available handguns, even if people do not always use them at that time of the week

kidnapping/ kidnapper - taking a person hostage in exchange for money or other favours, etc: threatening to harm someone unless money is paid

theft/ larceny/ robbery -taking someone’s property without right, without permission, stealing money from shops, banks, trains and so on, and about stealing artworks from museums

armed robbery -taking another person’s property unlawfully, using a dangerous weapon; in armed robbery victims are threatened with a gun

hold-up/ to hold up

hold-up is a robbery where a gun or other weapon is used; holdups happen at gunpoint, or at knifepoint

bullion robbery -stealing gold bars

street robbery/ mugging -taking someone's money in the street with threats of violence

spectacular robbery: words for a spectacular robbery include heist -a robbery, especially a burglary-and raid/ ram-raid, whichinvolves breaking through the front of a building by driving into it with a car, and then stealing things in the building

smash-and-grab: a smash-and-grab raid involves breaking a shop window or a showcase to steal things and running or driving away with them very fast

looting/ haul/ loot -breaking shop windows and steal goods; the money or property robbers have stolen

minor theft/petty theft: in minor theft the things stolen are not very valuable

serious theft: in serious theft the things stolen are valuable

art theft: in art theft works of art are stolen

arms theft: in arms theft guns are stolen in a robbery, not used in a robbery

vehicle theft / auto theft (Am.) - a car theft

joyriding/joy-riding -stealing a car for the pleasure of driving it, often at very high speeds

getaway/ get away/ making a getaway/ making one’s escape: after a robbery the criminals try to escape usually intheir getaway car

make off: robbers may make off with money or property they have stolen

to foil a robbery -to prevent the thief from succeeding in his plan

flee empty-handed: if arobbery is foiled, the robbers do not get what they came for, and they may flee empty-handed: they get away, but with no loot

having a go / have-a-go hero/ have-a-go boy (journalistic): a go is an attempt to do something. In British English, journalists may refer to passers-by who try to stop thieves making their getaway as having a go

hijacking -taking control of a plane or boat by force, forcing the pilot to take the plane to some place

carjacking/car-jacking -stealing a car, sometimes at gunpoint, when its driver is in it

pickpocketing -taking/ stealing wallets/ purses/ money from someone's pocket or bag in a public place

shoplifting/handling stolen goods/ to shoplift/ shoplifter - stealing something from a shop, from the shelves of shops

a store detective

arson/ arsonist - setting fire to something in a criminal way

discrimination/ to discriminate against

unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality

harassment/ to harass - making a person feel anxious and unhappy (sometimes for sexual reasons, sometimes to get, say, a debt repaid)

blackmail / blackmailer - the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do smth. you tell them to do, such as giving you money

perjury/ to commit perjury/perjurer

lying when under oath

trespassing -going onto someone else's land without permission

fraud/ to commit fraud

swindle

to deceive

to gain money by deception

to use deception to obtain money

to take unfair advantage of smb.

fraudulent (bankruptcy)

con man

forgery/ to forge / forger - making illegal copies of paintings, documents etc.; copying money/documents illegally

hacking -accessing the information from a computer system illegally

burglary/ to burgle/ burglar/ housebreaking -breaking into a private home, houses or other buildings, entering them by force, in order to steal things in a break-in

speeding -driving a vehicle in excess of the permitted limit

rioting -breaking up the angry crowds

hooliganism -running around smashing things, sometimes fighting other drunken youths

vandalism -smashing public property deliberately; damaging other people's property

drive-by shooting/drive-by: where people are shot from a moving car, they are victims of a drive-by shooting, or a drive-by

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