Crime and punishment
Across
- 3. the crime of making copies of valuable documents or works of art in order to make money by selling them.
- 5. a plan for getting an advantage for yourself, especially by deceiving others.
- 8. someone who has committed a crime
- 9. if the police _______ someone, they take that person to a police station because they believe he or she has committed a crime.
- 10. to steal money that people trust you to look after as part of your work.
- 12. the crime of taking money or property illegally, often by using threats or violence.
- 13. to make a legal claim against someone, usually to get money from them because they have done something bad to you. The legal claim is called a lawsuit.
- 14. to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime.
- 16. trying to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want.
- 17. Release from imprisonment provided by the payment of such money.
- 18. the crime of stealing.
Down
- 1. to officially accuse someone of a crime and ask a court of law to judge them.
- 2. to escape from a dangerous situation or place very quickly.
- 4. a formal request for a court of law or similar authority to change its decision.
- 5. a punishment given by a judge, usually involving a period of time that a person must spend in prison.
- 6. to take a person away illegally by force, usually in order to demand money in exchange for releasing them
- 7. converting or obtaining money or property by false pretense, including confidence games and the use of bad checks.
- 11. the crime of entering a building illegally in order to steal things.
- 14. to accuse or impute a fault to (a person, etc.), as formally in a court of law.
- 15. a sum of money required to be paid as a penalty for an offense.