Crime Vocabulary
Across
- 1. Objects or facts that validate or confirm something happened.
- 4. The crime of intentionally killing someone (begins with the letter M).
- 7. The action police take to capture/restrain someone who appears to be criminal.
- 9. Betraying one’s country by helping its enemies.
- 10. Money that is paid to secure the release of someone who is accused of a crime.
- 15. A physical attack.
- 17. Entering private or restricted property without permission.
- 20. A final decision or judgement on something, like a legal case.
- 21. The crime of stealing from a store.
- 23. The crime of stealing from a building or a place without direct violence.
- 24. The crime of intentionally killing someone (begins with the letter H).
- 25. Gaining unauthorized access to data in a computer or a system.
- 28. The place criminals go for a very long term stay.
- 29. We leave these invisible clues on things if we don’t wear gloves.
- 31. The room that a locked-up criminal must live in until they are released.
- 33. The crime of stealing from one’s own company.
- 36. A public official that is chosen to decide on cases involving law and crime.
- 38. Someone who sees an event happen, like a crime or accident.
- 39. A group of people who are selected to help decide on a legal case.
- 40. Someone who commits a crime.
- 41. The amount of time that a criminal will have to stay locked up.
- 43. The crime of setting fire to property.
Down
- 2. Illegally copying documents or money to fool people.
- 3. A fee that must be paid as punishment for breaking a rule or law.
- 5. The place a criminal goes to have their case argued and punishment decided.
- 6. The place criminals go for a shorter term stay.
- 8. The crime of moving goods in or out of a country illegally.
- 9. Someone who steals things.
- 11. The crime of accidentally killing a person.
- 12. The police use these to restrain someone by the wrists.
- 13. Stealing an aircraft, vehicle, or ship while it is in transit (moving).
- 14. The crime of stealing from someone with violence or the threat of violence.
- 16. Killing a famous person or public figure.
- 18. Someone who kills a series of people with a pattern and no clear reason.
- 19. If we are 100% sure that someone did not commit a crime, we can say they are..
- 20. The crime of intentionally destroying public or private property.
- 22. A reason for committing a crime.
- 26. If we are 100% sure that someone committed a crime, we can say they are...
- 27. A person who practices or studies law.
- 30. Someone who is believed to have committed a crime or an offense.
- 32. The crime of lying under oath (vow of truth) in court.
- 34. Crime that involves using violence or threats against people for political reasons.
- 35. Signs, indications, or objects from something that happened.
- 36. The quality of being fair and reasonable. Laws uphold this idea.
- 37. Another word for punishment.
- 42. The event where a criminal case is argued among people and a decision is made.