8A crime and punishment Flashcards
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to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind:
v. accuse
-“It wasn’t my fault.” “Don’t worry, I’m not accusing you.”
-accuse someone of something / He’s been accused of robbery/murder.
-Are you accusing me of lying?
-The surgeon was accused of negligence.
the act of getting money from people or forcing them to do something by threatening to tell a secret of theirs or to harm them:
If you are in a position of authority, any weakness leaves you open to _______
n. blackmail / chantaje / extorsión
They were villains who resorted to threats and blackmail to get what they wanted.
someone who threatens to tell a harmful secret about another person in order to try to force them to do something:
n. blackmailer
-Blackmailers threatened Helen with the video they secretly made.
-They thought he would be easy prey for blackmailers.
to make threats to harm a company or organization if they do not do something you want, such as give you money:
v. blackmail / chantajear / extorsionar
A former executive, seeking damages of $2.5 million, was accused of trying to blackmail the company.
the crime of giving someone money or something else of value, often illegally, to persuade that person to do something you want:
n. bribery / soborno
-The organization was rife with bribery and corruption.
-Charges against the five men include bribery, extortion, and conspiracy.
to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want :
v. bribe / sobornar
-He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally.
-[ + to infinitive ] They bribed the waiter to find them a better table.
the crime of illegally entering a building and stealing things
n. burglary / robo / hurto
-Several men were questioned by police yesterday about the burglary.
-Simpson, aged 19, was convicted on two charges of burglary.
-The latest crime figures show a sharp rise in burglaries.
-Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the Kingsland Road area.
-Many people in the neighbourhood have been victims of burglary at least once.
a person who illegally enters buildings and steals things
n. burglar / ladrón
-It was brave of you to chase after the burglar.
-No household security devices will protect you against the determined burglar.
-The burglar had left his fingerprints all over the window.
-The burglars disabled the alarm and used a glass cutter to break into the house.
-The burglars have been arrested but the jewellery is still missing.
to train a person to do a new job, to train an animal to behave in an obedient way, or to use something to make it not as new and more comfortable:
to interrupt when someone else is talking:
to enter a building illegally, usually by damaging a door or window, esp. for the purpose of stealing something:
v. break in
(train) entrenar / amoldar / domar
-We will have to break in three new staff members.
-I’m still breaking in this new pair of running shoes.
interrumpir
-As she was talking, he suddenly broke in, saying, “That’s a lie.”
(ENTER ILLEGALLY) forzar la entrada
Thieves broke into our office downtown and stole the computers.
to enter a building illegally and steal things:
v. burgle / entrar a robar
When they got back from their holiday they found that their home had been burgled.
the activity of selling illegal drugs:
drug dealing
-Neighbours say drug dealing has become more common in the area in recent months.
-The government cracked down on street drug dealing.
to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way:
v. crack down / tomar medidas contra / ponerse mas estrictas
-Police organized operations to crack down in the area’s most dangerous neighbourhoods.
-The government is trying to crack down, but that risks shifting the activity towards underground money exchangers.
a person who sells illegal drugs:
n. drug dealer / vendedor de drogas
-He was a small-time drug dealer who carried a .45 caliber pistol and wanted to be like gang members in larger cities.
-The police are trying to stop the violence by arresting more drug users and street dealers, many of whom, however, are quickly released again.
the crime of getting money by deceiving people:
someone who deceives people by saying that they are someone or something that they are not:
fraud noun (CRIME)
-credit card fraud
- fraud charge / He is fighting extradition to Hong Kong to face trial on fraud charges.
fraud noun (FALSE)
-She was a psychic who was later revealed to be a fraud.
someone who gets money by deceiving people:
n. fraudster
-New measures are needed to prevent fraudsters opening bank accounts with stolen cheques.
-Fraudsters are using increasingly sophisticated tactics to obtain people’s personal details.
to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage:
v. deceive / engañar / hacer creer algo a alguien, hacer pensar algo a alguien
-The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones.
deceive someone into doing something
-The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out.
to refuse to accept the truth:
v. deceive yourself / engañarte a ti mismo
-She thinks he’ll come back, but she’s deceiving herself.
-Her main character flaw is her readiness to deceive herself.
-He insists that she loves him, but really, he’s deceiving himself.
-Unless I’m deceiving myself, I think we have a very good friendship.
-I don’t think they can face the truth so they deceive themselves.
-People deceive themselves with their own version of events.
a fault, mistake, or weakness, especially one that happens while something is being planned or made, or that causes something not to be perfect:
to cause something to be not perfect:
n. flaw / defecto / imperfeccion / falla / imperfeccion
-flaw in I returned the material because it had a flaw in it.
-fatal flaw There’s a fatal flaw in your reasoning.
-This report is full of flaws.
-a character flaw
hacer imperfecto / volverse imperfecto / estropear
-A tiny mark flawed the otherwise perfect silk shirt.
to do something illegal or something that is considered wrong:
to promise or give your loyalty, time, or money to a particular principle, person, or plan of action:
to send someone officially to prison or psychiatric hospital:
to make certain that you remember something:
to write something down:
commit verb (CRIME) / cometer / perpetrar
-He was sent to prison for a crime that he didn’t commit.
-to commit adultery/murder
-to commit an offence
-Soldiers who obey orders to commit atrocities should be answerable for their crimes
commit verb (PROMISE) / comprometerse
-commit yourself to something / Like so many men, he has problems committing himself to a relationship.
-The government must commit itself to improving healthcare.
-commit to / Once we have committed to this course of action there is no going back.
commit verb (SEND)
-be committed to / He was committed to prison for fraud.
-commit someone to something / She was afraid doctors were going to commit her to a psychiatric institution.
to commit sth to memory aprender algo de memoria / She listened carefully to the music, as if she were committing it to memory.
to commit sth to paper poner algo por escrito / Perhaps we should commit these ideas to paper before we forget them.
the activity of getting into someone else’s computer system without permission in order to find out information or do something illegal:
A ___________ cough is loud and sounds painful:
the activity of riding on a horse in the countryside for pleasure:
hacking noun [U] (COMPUTING)
-Companies installing broadband were worried that such an open and permanent link to the internet would make them more vulnerable to hacking.
-hacking attack / The FBI is probing the biggest ever hacking attack on the internet.
hacking/ adjective - tos seca o tos perruna
He is constantly puffing on cigarettes and has a hacking cough.
hacking noun (HORSE RIDING)
-go hacking / I go hacking on the Heath trail first thing every morning.
-Most horses are used today for pleasure riding, for example hacking and pulling traps.
someone who gets into other people’s computer systems without permission in order to find out information or to do something illegal :
n. hacker
-Problems can occur when a company does not know a hacker has broken into its system.
-“Bots” can even allow hackers to take over systems.
[ I or T, + adv/prep ]
to cut into pieces in a rough and violent way, often without aiming exactly:
hack verb (CUT) corte / hachazo
-hack something off - The butcher hacked off a large chunk of meat.
-be hacked to death - Three villagers were hacked to death in a savage attack.
-be hacked about /UK /figurative / The article had been hacked about (= carelessly changed) so much that it was scarcely recognizable.
to get into someone else’s computer system without permission in order to find out information or do something illegal:
hack verb (INFORMATION)
-hack a computer / He claimed they had spied on him and tried to hack his computer.
-Computer hacking has become widespread over the last decade.
-hack into / A programmer had managed to hack into some top-secret government data.
the crime of using force or threats to take control of an aircraft, ship, car, etc., or an occasion when this happens:
the act of taking control of or using something that does not belong to you for your own advantage, or an occasion when this happens:
hijacking / secuestro / robo / apropiación
noun
-The attacks included the hijacking of four planes.
-The government adopted new measures to prevent hijackings.
-The public won’t stand for the hijacking of its public offices by corrupt politicians.
-I had recently fixed a browser hijacking issue.
