Police officer

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 365.

To cooperate with/ to contact the police

To order sth on the credit card

To order

To place an order for sth

Juvenile criminal/offender/crime

Juvenile delinquency

20. kidnapping - the crime of taking someone away and make them a prisoner, especially in order to make their family or government give you money or allow you to do what you want

21. legal

ant.: illegal

22. mugging- an attack on someone in a public place in order to steal their money, jewelry, or other possessions

23. murder- the crime of killing someone deliberately

24. offender

syn.: delinquent, criminal

repeat offender- someone who commits the same sort of crime more than once

25. order

26. the police(plural) /pəˈliːs/

27. under/by false pretences /prɪˈtens/ - if you get something under false pretences, you get it by tricking people

E.g.: He obtained money by false pretences.

28. remorseful /rɪˈmɔː(r)sf(ə)l/ - feeling sad or guilty for having done something wrong

29. to recover sth- to get something again that you lost or that someone stole from you

E.g.: The thieves were caught, but many of the items were never recovered.

30. robbery- the crime of taking money or property illegally, often by using threats or violence

31. speeding

32. to steal (stole, stolen) sth from smb

E.g.: She was caught stealing food from the supermarket.

33. to surf the net

34. theft- the crime of stealing

identity theft- stealing information about someone that makes it possible to use their bank account or credit card

35. to witness