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Vocabulary: crime and criminality - English lesson
Since it is impossible to close our eyes on the violence which is all around us,
this test has already dealt with the 'neutral' words about the phenomenon.
This lesson will study the most serious forms of violence, reaching horror and even the unbearable.
Simply because it's necessary to be able to express oneself about every topic with precise and 'right' words, so as to fight, if possible, against these horrible
events, here are words to know.
I) CRIME:
Young offenders: juvenile delinquency.
A crime/ a criminal |
To commit a crime |
A crime wave |
Serious/ petty crime |
An offence/ a criminal offence |
An offender/ a delinquent |
A juvenile offender |
delinquency |
A hardened criminal |
A recidivist/ a habitual offender |
- Crime prevention
- It's illegal!/ it's against the law!/ That's breaking the law!
- A breach of the law
- A motoring offence
A gangster |
An armed robber/ a gunman |
Organised crime: professional criminals part of a secret organisation |
An outlaw |
A racket/ a racketeer |
An accomplice |
The underworld: the criminal world of gangs and organised crime |
An informer/ a grass/ a snitch |
II) CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSONS:
An attack on somebody/ an assault// To attack/ to assault somebody |
A mugging/ to mug somebody |
An attacker/ an aggressor/ an assailant |
To murder/ a murderer |
To assassinate/ an assassin |
A murder attempt |
A serial killer |
Is it a shooting or an ambush?
A homicide/ a manslaughter |
To shoot at somebody/ to shoot somebody/ a shooting |
Premeditated |
To batter somebody/ a battered child/ A child batterer |
To rape somebody/ a rape/ a rapist |
A kidnapping/ an abduction |
To kidnap somebody/ to abduct somebody// a kidnapper/ an abductor |
A ransom |
To blackmail/ a blackmailer |
- The scene of the crime
- The murder weapon
- To poison somebody/ poisoning/ a poisoner
- To claim responsibility for an attack
- A terrorrist attack
- A bomb attack/ a bombing
An act of terrorrism |
In retaliation |
A bomb scare |
A letter bomb |
To plant a bomb |
To hijack a plane/ a hijacker |
A hostage/ to take somebody hostage |
A hostage taking |
An ambush/ to ambush |
A plot/ to plot against somebody |
A conspiracy/ to conspire against |
A slander/ to slander/ slanderous |
A libel/ to libel/ libellous |
An anonymous letter |
Horrible deeds... Horrible words... You might need them anyway... Sorry!

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