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FCE crime
crime
Term | Definition |
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theft | the act of stealing sth |
suspect | sb who is accused of commiting a crime |
mugging | a street robbery with the use of violence |
drug-trafficking | illegal trade involving the cultivation, manufacture and sale of prohibited substances |
shoplifter | sb who steals from a shop |
stalk | to follow or observe sb persistently |
rioting | a noisy, violent public disorder |
arson | an act of deliberately setting fire to sth |
looting | taking goods by force as part of military or political victory or in during a catastrophe or natural disaster |
burglary | stealing from sb's home |
pickpocket | sb who steals from you a wallet on the street |
fraud | an act of falsifying a document, money, etc. |
hijacker | sb who illegally seizes a vehicle |
blackmail | a crime involving unjustified threats to make a gain or caose a loss unless a demand is met |
manslaughter | killing sb unintentionally |
imprison | to sentence sb to prison |
curfew | an officially set time by which you have to be back home |
domestic violence | violent or abusive behaviour of a member of family |
ransom | money that a kidnapper demands for setting sb free |