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FCE Crime Vocab
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1.
a person who is trained and qualified to advise people about the law and to represent them in court, and to write legal documents

2. the punishment given by a court (noun)
e.g. a jail/prison _________
e.g. a light/heavy _________

3.
the physical punishment of people, especially by hitting them
e.g. _____ ______ is no longer allowed in schools in the UK.

4.
the person in a trial who is accused of committing a crime, or who is being sued by another person

5. the process of trying to prove in court that somebody is guilty of a crime (= of prosecuting them); the process of being officially charged with a crime in court
e.g. _________ for a first minor offence rarely leads to imprisonment.

6.
to do something and not get punished for it (phrasal verb, 3 words)

7.
punishment by death (noun)

8.
what is said in court to prove that a person did not commit a crime; the act of presenting this argument in court

9.
an official process to find out the cause of something or to find out information about something
e.g. a public __________ into the environmental effects of the proposed new road

10.
to not punish somebody for something they have done wrong, or to give them only a light punishment
e.g. She was ________ with a warning.

11.
a person who is on trial for committing a crime

12.
not guilty of a crime, etc; not having done something wrong
e.g. They have imprisoned an ______ man.
e.g. She was found ______ of any crime.

13.
to decide and state officially in court that somebody is guilty of a crime
e.g. a _______ed murderer
e.g. He was _______ed of fraud.
e.g. There wasn't enough evidence to _______ her.

14. a person who is suspected of a crime or of having done something wrong
e.g. a murder _________
e.g. He is the prime _________ in the case.
e.g. Five _________s have been detained for questioning.

15.
(of something)
having done something illegal; being responsible for something bad that has happened (adjective)
e.g. The jury found the defendant not _______ of murder.
Opposite = innocent

16. a punishment given to a criminal in court which means that they will only go to prison if they commit another crime within a particular period of time
e.g. an 18-month _____ ________ for theft

17.
a formal examination of evidence in court by a judge and often a jury, to decide if somebody accused of a crime is guilty or not (noun)
e.g. He's on _______ for murder.

18.
a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it to other people (noun)
e.g. Police have appealed for ________es to the accident.

19.
a system that allows a person who has committed a crime not to go to prison if they behave well and if they see an official (called a _________ officer) regularly for a fixed period of time
e.g. The prisoner was put on _________.
e.g. He was given two years' _________.

20.
a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule (noun / verb)
e.g. a parking/speeding _______

21.
a group of members of the public who listen to the facts of a case in a court and decide whether or not somebody is guilty of a crime (noun)
e.g. members of the ______

22.
a person in a court who has the authority to decide how criminals should be punished or to make legal decisions (noun)
e.g. a High Court _______

23.
money that somebody agrees to pay if a person accused of a crime does not appear at their trial. When ________ has been arranged, the accused person is allowed to go free until the trial

24.
a decision that is made by a jury in court, stating if somebody is considered guilty of a crime or not (noun)
e.g. Has the jury reached a _______?

25.
the crime of offering a sum of money or something valuable to somebody to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest (noun, verb)

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