Mini-Mystery

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Across
  1. 2. the illegal act of breaking into a building with the intent to steal things
  2. 3. the deliberate crime of damaging or destroying property
  3. 5. to illegally bring something from a country into another country
  4. 8. a rhetorical technique used by the author in order to divert attention away from something that is important
  5. 11. the crime of one person killing another person
  6. 13. detective
  7. 16. information that makes it seem more likely that an idea or hypothesis is true
  8. 17. the illegal act of stealing something
  9. 18. the process of deducting something
  10. 19. someone’s reason for doing something
  11. 20. the crime of killing a person without deliberately planning to do so
  12. 22. someone who helps a criminal to commit a crime
  13. 23. the criminal act of setting fire to a property
Down
  1. 1. the act of assaulting and stealing from someone in a public place
  2. 4. a statement that proves you are not guilty of a crime because you were somewhere else when the crime happened
  3. 5. someone who is believed to have committed a crime
  4. 6. the crime of stealing goods from a store while pretending to be a customer
  5. 7. the techniques used by someone in doing something
  6. 9. the activity of investigating something, especially to find out the truth
  7. 10. something used to intentionally harm someone
  8. 12. something that helps someone solve a crime
  9. 14. the person who commits a theft
  10. 15. someone who saw the crime
  11. 21. the action of robbing money or goods from someone