CRIME AND LAW

1. She had broken the law

2. Parking in the street was banned by the Police
3. Their parents wouldn’t let him go to the demonstration
4. To enter the country illegally
5. The rules of the examination
6. They were arrested before they couldn’t commit more crimes
7. I had to take the company to court to get the money they owned me.
8. They threatened to sue if the work was no completed (to make a claim against sb in a court)
9. A lot of lost property is never claimed (demand or ask for sth because you think it’s your legal right)
10.Smoking is prohibited near the petrol tanks.
11.I’m going to buy a burglar alarm because someone broke into my house and stole my stereo.
12.The bank was held up by two masked last week.
13.The hijackers took fifteen people hostage.
14.The customs officer arrested Bob and charged him with smuggling.
15.The police’s searching the house for clues or evidence.
16.Jean left her car in a non-parking area and had to pay a fine.
17.At the end of the trial, my brother was found guilty.
18.The jury couldn’t reach a verdict.
19.George, the defendant, won his case: he had a good defence lawyer. He was better than the prosecutor.
20.The police asked her to make a statement
21.Because of his past criminal record, Brian was the main suspect
22.Most schools no longer have corporal punishment.
23.This policeman is in plain clothes, because today is off duty.
24.This woman has been robbed of his purse.
25.Charles couldn’t deny having been at the scene of the crime.
26.As there was no evidence, the judge dismissed the case.
27.If your dog damages your neighbour’s property, you could be liable.
28.She was pardoned after serving ten years of life sentence.
29.Ian said that he hadn’t punched anybody.
30.He was accused of the theft of a valuable painting.
31.This vase was a fake, is almost worthless.
32.You are under arrest.
33.He attacked in self-defence.
34.He’s always in trouble with the police.
35.The thieves took the wrong painting by mistake.
36.The security cameras filmed everything.
37.The suspicious manager left the save unlocked on purpose.
38.They fitted security locks to make it more difficult for a burglar to break in.
39.She tried to buy a video recorder with forged money.
40.If more offenders did community service, this would reduce overcrowding in prisons.
41.he was on probation as it was his first offence.
42.The phone box has been vandalised.
43.One of the accused plead guilty and the another not-guilty.
44.The police started to arrest the demonstrators.
45.There’s no death penalty in Spain, but you can be sentenced to life imprisonment.
46.He may be a terrorist to you, but to other people he’s a freedom-fighter.
47.The court will make its ruling next week. (official decision)
48.This fire in the country was an arson.
49.He’s been arrested for an assault.
50.She was released on £2000 bail.
51.The police received a hoax phone about a bomb in the school.
52.This man is swindler.
53.This rapist raped a women. It was a case of date rape.
54.The charge has been manslaughter, not murder.
55.He want to appeal after being found guilty on four counts of murder.
56.The trial has been adjourned until next week (adjournment).
57.He was jailed for burglary.
58.The trafficker admitted his fault and he obtained a reducing of the sentence.
59.The judge passed sentence (said what the punishment would be).
60.A smuggler brings goods into the country illegally.
61.A shoplifter might steal food from a supermarket.
62.A murderer kills someone on purpose.
63.A kidnapper takes people and demands money (ransom) for their return.
64.A forger makes illegal copies of paintings.
65.A vandal damages other people’s property.
66.A pickpocket might steal your wallet in a crowd.
67.A blackmailer gets money from others by threatening to tell secrets.
68.A hooligan causes trouble at football matches.