Theme vocabulary: Crime and justice
Across
- 4. the act or crime of driving a vehicle while affected by alcohol or drugs
- 9. the crime of entering a structure (such as a house or commercial building) with the intent to commit a felony (such as theft)
- 10. he act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law
- 11. extortion or coercion by threats especially of public exposure or criminal prosecution
- 13. the taking or detaining in custody by authority of law
- 15. a conditional release of a prisoner serving an indeterminate or unexpired sentence
- 16. to import or export secretly contrary to the law and especially without paying duties imposed by law
- 19. one that gives evidence, specifically : one who testifies in a cause or before a judicial tribunal
- 20. to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
- 21. a violent physical or verbal attack
- 22. armed robbery
- 23. to make an assertion against especially by ascribing guilt or blame
Down
- 1. one accused of or charged with a crime
- 2. to steal displayed goods from a store
- 3. the action of suspending the sentence of a convicted offender and giving the offender freedom during good behavior under the supervision of an officer
- 5. one associated with another especially in wrongdoing
- 6. a killing of one human being by another
- 7. made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive : FORGED
- 8. the willful or malicious burning of property (such as a building) especially with criminal or fraudulent intent
- 12. a person confined (as in a prison or hospital)
- 14. a person or group against whom a criminal or civil action is brought : someone who is being sued or accused of committing a crime
- 17. the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice
- 18. he finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in trial