Vocabulary

Communal

Humane

minimalist chic

unbarred

scale (v.)

high-risk

incarcerated

institutionalised

cluster around

address (v.)

minor irritations

Thousands of pounds in cash were found on the

premises, and a 35-year-old woman was arrested
on suspicion of money laundering.

When the missing money was noticed, they made

an allegation of fraud against him.
She is being held in custody while waiting for
her trial.

He’s been convicted of murder and sent to prison.

The defence showed evidence in court which

supported the accused’s alibi.

She gave testimony in court that she had seen the

accused running from the scene of the crime.

He was given a lighter prison sentence because he

pleaded guilty to the crime.
Despite a strong defence case, he was found
guilty of the crime.
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Comunal

Humano

chic minimalista

sin barrer

escala (v.)

alto riesgo

encarcelado

institucionalizado

agruparse alrededor

dirección (v.)

irritaciones menores

violent assault 
tax evasion 
possession of controlled substance 
credit card fraud
bribery and corruption

arrest on suspicion of: when the police take

somebody (by force if necessary) into the station to
question them about a crime that they think they might
have committed
make an allegation of: make a statement, without
giving proof, that someone has done something wrong
or illegal
be held in custody: the state of being kept in prison,
especially while waiting to go to court for trial (court = a
place where trials and other legal cases happen, or the
people present in such a place, especially the officials
and those deciding if someone is guilty; trial = the
hearing of statements and showing of objects, etc. in a
law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to
decide a case or a legal matter)
be convicted of: to decide officially in a law court that
someone is guilty of a crime
show evidence in court: lawyers show relevant
documents, witness statements, scientific information,
etc. in court, during a trial, which support the idea that
something is or is not true
give testimony in court: give, in court, during a trial,
(an example of) spoken or written statements that
something is true
plead guilty to: to make a statement in a law court
saying that you admit you are responsible for breaking
a law (sentence = a punishment given by a judge in
court to a person or organisation after they have been
found guilty of doing something wrong)
be found guilty of: a court of law decides you are
responsible for breaking a law
Description Descripción
belonging to or used by a group of people perteneciente o utilizado por un grupo de
rather than one single person personas en lugar de una sola persona
showing kindness, care and sympathy Mostrar bondad, cuidado y simpatía hacia los
towards others,
a fashionable especially
style those who
in art, design are
and theatre demás,
un estiloespecialmente
de moda en elhacia aquellos
arte, el diseño que
y el
suffering
that uses the smallest range of materials and están
teatro sufriendo.
que utiliza la gama más pequeña de
colours possible, and only very simple materiales y colores posible, y solo formas o
shapes or forms formas muy simples
without metal bars, typical of cages or
prisons sin rejas de metal, típico de jaulas o prisiones
climb up a steep surface, such as a wall or escalar una superficie empinada, como una
the side of a mountain, often using special pared o la ladera de una montaña, a menudo
equipment con equipo especial
que implican una cantidad de riesgo mayor de
involving a greater than usual amount of risk lo habitual
si alguien se institucionaliza, gradualmente se
put or kept in
if someone prison or
becomes in a place usedthey
institutionalised, as a poner
vuelveomenos
mantener
capazen de
prisión o en
pensar un lugar
y actuar de
prison utilizado como prisión
gradually become less able to think and act forma independiente, debido a haber vivido
independently, because of having lived for a durante mucho tiempo bajo las reglas de una
long time under the rules of an institution institución
when a group of people/things surround cuando un grupo de personas / cosas rodean
someone or something a alguien o algo

speak or write to someone (formal) hablar o escribirle a alguien (formal)

small problems pequeños problemas

asalto violento
evasión fiscal
posesión de sustancia controlada
fraude con tarjeta de crédito
soborno y corrupción
Examples

the communal apartment

most humane prison

model of minimalist chic

unbarred windows overlooking
mossy forest scenery.
hidden behind the silver birch
trees is a thick, tall, concrete
wall, impossible to scale.

to keep high-risk people

incarcerated,
We try not to let them get
institutionalised
when Høidal came past but
instead clustered around him.
they are respectful when they
address him
in prison minor irritations can
become major frustration.
to be sentenced to life imprisonment

to do community service

to serve a reduced sentence for good behaviour

to serve the full sentence

to be fined a six-figure sum

to be banned from driving

to be brought face-to-face with the victim

to receive one-to-one counselling / group counselling

to receive psychiatric help for prisoners with mental health issues

to be held in solitary confinement

He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

He had to do community service.

She served a reduced sentence for good behaviour.

The judge insisted that she serve the full ten years.

The company was fined a six-figure sum.

He was banned from driving.

They suggested he be brought face-to-face with his victim.

All prisoners receive either one-to-one or group counselling.

Prisoners with mental health issues receive psychiatric help.

It is necessary to hold some prisoners in solitary confinement.

Fue condenado a cadena perpetua.

Tenía que hacer servicio comunitario.

Cumplió una sentencia reducida por buen comportamiento.

El juez insistió en que cumpliera los diez años completos.

La empresa fue multada con una suma de seis cifras.

Se le prohibió conducir.

Sugirieron que lo llevaran cara a cara con su víctima.

Todos los presos reciben asesoramiento individual o grupal.

Los presos con problemas de salud mental reciben ayuda psiquiátrica.

Es necesario mantener a algunos presos en régimen de aislamiento.