TOPIC 6: CRIMINALS

account

(n) a written or spoken description of an event (báo cáo, tường thuật

deposition

(n) a formal written statement made or used in a law court (lời cung khai)

statement

(n) something that you say or write officially (lời phát biểu)

bribery

(n) the crime of giving someone money or something else of value, often illegally, to persuade that person to do something you want (hối lộ)

alibi

(n) evidence that proves that a person was in another place at the time of a crime and so could not have committed it (bằng chứng ngoại phạm)

anonymous

(adj) not identified by name; of unknown origin or authorship. (nặc danh, giấu tên)

blackmail

(n) 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 (hăm dọa tống tiền)

smuggling

(n) the act or process of taking things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally (buôn lậu)

vandalism

(n) the crime of intentionally damaging property belonging to other people (sự phá hoại các công trình)

motive

(n) a reason for doing something (động cơ)

culprit

(n) someone who has done something wrong (thủ phạm)

raid

(v) to attack a place suddenly (đột kích)

custody

(n) the state of being kept in prison, especially while waiting to go to court for trial (sự giam giữ, tạm giạm)

fraud

(n) the crime of getting money by deceiving people (sự gian lận lừa lọc)

hijack

(v) to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle during a journey, especially using violence (chặn xe cộ

trafficker

(n) a person who buys and sells goods or people illegally (người buôn lậu)

scrap

(n) a small piece of something or a small amount of information. (mẩu thông tin, một chút)

stalking

(n) the crime of illegally following and watching someone over a period of time (lén lút theo dõi)

shoplifting

(n) the illegal act of taking goods from a shop without paying for them (việc trà trộn ăn cắp ở cửa hàng)

acquit

(v) to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime (trắng án)

verdict

(n) an official decision made in a court at the end of a trial (lời tuyên án)

jury

(n) a group of members of the public who listen to the facts of a case in a court and decide whether or notsomebody is guilty of a crime (ban bồi phẩm)

sue

(v) to make a claim against somebody in court about something that they have said or done to harm you (kiện)

assassin

(n) someone who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or in exchange for money
(sát thủ)

immunity

(n) official protection from legal action, for example, not being judged in a court or punished for a crime (sự được miễn)

arbitration

(n) the process of solving an argument between people by helping them to agree to an acceptable solution (sự phân giải)

abduction

(n) the act of making a person go somewhere with you, especially using threats or violence (sự bắt cóc)

assault

(n) a violent attack (sự hành hung, tấn công)

hooligan

(n) a violent person who fights or causes damage in public places (du côn, lưu manh)

manslaughter

(n) the crime of killing a person when the killer did not intend to do it or cannot be responsible for his or her actions (ngộ sát)