great crimes vocabulary

Question 1

beautiful things like paintings and drawings that someone has made

Answer 1

art

Question 2

to kill an important or famous person

Answer 2

assassinate

Question 3

a kind of hat that covers the head and face

Answer 3

balaclava

Question 4

a place where people stay in tents in holiday

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camp

Question 5

to catch somebody and keep them prisoner

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capture

Question 6

a crime that the police must investigate

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case

Question 7

a place where dead people are buried

Answer 7

cemetery

Question 8

(here) an agreement to buy or sell something in the future

Answer 8

contract

Question 9

the person whose job is to find the reason for a sudden or suspicious death

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coroner

Question 10

the place where trials happen; the people who hear the evidence and make decisions about crimes

Answer 10

court

Question 11

an open space surrounded by buildings

Answer 11

courtyard

Question 12

to end your marriage to somebody

Answer 12

divorce

Question 13

a round handle that opens a door

Answer 13

doorknob

Question 14

a kind of medicine given by a doctor; something that you take to make you feel excited, happy, strong…

Answer 14

drug

Question 15

information that is used in court to try to prove something

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evidence

Question 16

a copy of something that seems real but is not

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fake

Question 17

the mark that a finger makes when it touches something

Answer 17

fingerprint

Question 18

to make an ilegal copy of something

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forge

Question 19

a thin piece of wood or metal around the edge of a picture

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frame

Question 20

the crime of cheating somebody in order to get money from them

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fraud

Question 21

not being in prison; being able to do what you want

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freedom

Question 22

a room or building where you can see paintings…

Answer 22

gallery

Question 23

a group of criminals who work together

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gang

Question 24

something you wear to keep your hand warm or safe

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glove

Question 25

a group of people who control a country

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government

Question 26

having done something that is against the law

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guilty

Question 27

a pair of metal rings that hold a prisoner's wrists (muñeca) together

Answer 27

handcuffs

Question 28

to kill somebody by putting a rope round their neck and letting their body drop down

Answer 28

hang

Question 29

an investigation to find.out why somebody died

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inquest

Question 30

to give money to a business or bank in the hope of getting more money back

Answer 30

invest (n: investor)

Question 31

to try to find out about something

Answer 31

investigate

Question 32

a group of people who listen to evidence and decide if somebody is guilty of a crime

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jury

Question 33

to take somebody away and keep them as a prisoner, especially in order to get money for returning them

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kidnap

Question 34

a large vehicle for carrying heavy things by road

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lorry

Question 35

money that a business or bank loses

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losses

Question 36

somebody who belongs to a group or organization

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member

Question 37

a place where you can look at old or interesting things

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museum

Question 38

an official decision that somebody is not guilty of a crime

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pardon

Question 39

something that will make you very ill or kill you if you take it into your body

Answer 39

poison

Question 40

very strong; having a lot of control over poeple

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powerful

Question 41

the money that you make in business or by selling things

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profit

Question 42

the organization that tries to show that somebody is guilty of a crime (acusación)

Answer 42

prosecution

Question 43

a lawyer who works or the prosecution

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prosecutor

Question 44

a competition to see who can run, drive... the fastest

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race

Question 45

a plan for organizing something

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scheme

Question 46

(American) an officer who is responsible for law and order

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sheriff

Question 47

a very bad surprise

Answer 47

shock

Question 48

a light used on the railways to tell drivers to stop or go slower

Answer 48

signal

Question 49

a building in which horses are kept

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stable

Question 50

a part of a country with its own government

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state

Question 51

a shop

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store

Question 52

a gas that make your eyes fill with tears, used by police to control crowds

Answer 52

tear gas

Question 53

a kind of small house made of cloth, used when camping

Answer 53

tent

Question 54

a person who hurts or kills people, for example with bombs, to try and make the government do what they want

Answer 54

terrorist

Question 55

a person who buys and sells things as a job

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trader

Question 56

a vehicle that is open at the back, used for carrying things

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truck

Question 57

a kind of car or small lorry for carrying things

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van

Question 58

someone who suffers as the result of a crime

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victim

Question 59

a person who gives evidence in a court of law

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witness

Question 60

using violence to steal money or other things

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robbery

Question 61

delibery taking someone's life

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murder

Question 62

to put (a dead body) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony

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bury

Question 63

huella del pulgar

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thumbprint

Question 64

a structure of wood, metal, or rope having two side pieces between which a series of steps or rungs are set to provide a means of climbing up or down

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ladder (escalera)

Question 65

to be in debt to (adeudado)

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owed

Question 66

a movement of the hand, as in greeting (saludar con la mano)

Answer 66

wave

Question 67

a small piece of metal fired from a gun (bala)

Answer 67

bullet

Question 68

a wolflike, wild dog

Answer 68

dingo

Question 69

a small gummed rectangular label for sticking on a piece of mail, such as an envelope, as evidence that postage has been paid (sello)

Answer 69

stamp