VOCABULARY: CRIME

Accessory: cómplice

alibi

arson/arsonist: quema intencionada/pirómano

Affidavit: declaración jurada

assailant

assault

Attorney-at-law

bail

blackmail: chantajear

bribery/briber: soborno

burglar/burglary/burgle: robo de una casa

convict/conviction

court

court case

death penalty

defendant

Drug enforcement

evidence

embezzlement: malversación

felon/felony: delincuente/delito

fine

forge/forgery: falsificación

fraud

guilty/plead guilty

hijack/hijacking: secuestrar un avión/secuestro

hostage: rehén

innocent/plead innocent

indictment: acusación

jail

jury/judge

kidnapper/kidnapping: secuestrador/secuestro

knockoff

lawsuit: demanda judicial

lawyer

life sentence

loot

misdemeanor: delito menor

trafficker/drug trafficking

on parole/probation

pickpocket: carterista

plaintiff: acusación, parte demandante, querellante

proof

punishment

Ransom: dinero del rescate

rapist/rape

robber/robbery: robo con violencia (banco, joyería)

sexual offender

shoplifter/shoplifting: hurto

smuggler/smuggling

suspect

scam/scammer

steal: robar

testimony

theft/thief: ladrón

to abduct

to acquit

to arrest

to be tried/trial

to beat up

to break in/into: entrar a robar a una casa

to convict

to be found guilty of

to imprison

to prosecute

to raid: hacer una redada

to sentence

to serve a sentence

vandal/vandalism
verdict

witness