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Crime: breaking the law

Violent crime

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Organised crime

Petty crime

White-collar crime

Victimiess crime

Types of crime

Arson

Rape

Bulglary

Smuggling

Court vocabulary

Defendant

Prosecutor

Witness

a person accussed of a crime in courts

a person who whho sees a crime happening

the lawyer who represents the side that trides to prove the person guilty

Evidence

means something that serves to prove a crime

the light of evidence

the face of evidence

scrap of evidence

Detectives

Victim

murderer

Suspects

People who are thought to be guilty of a crime

a person who plans and kills another person

a person who is hurt or killed by somebody in a crime

who investigate crimes

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Murder

Unlawfully and deliberrately killing someone

To set fire to building illegaly

To enter a building, often while no one iis in it, and steal money and objects

Shoplifting

To steal things while pretending to shop

Manslaughter

Killing someone by accident through a careless or dangerous act

Hijacking

To use force to take control of a planne, ship, train, etc.

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To bring ilegal goods, like drugs, into a country or to bring goods into a country without paying taxes

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Mugging

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To take something by force from someone, often in the street

which means not a serious crime

crime which includes attacking someone

It means organaised group of people commiting crime

crime with no apparent victim

It is mostly referred to crimes in the business world