Evidence that proves that a person was in another place at the time of a crime and so could not have committed it
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B
The crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell somebody else a secret about them
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C
The place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc. are judged
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D
The punishment of being killed that is used in some countries for very serious crimes
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The facts, signs or objects that make you believe that something is true
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(UNCOUNT) the crime of copying money, documents, etc. in order to cheat people. (COUNT) something, for example a document, piece of paper money, etc., that has been copied in order to cheat people
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G
The murder of a whole race or group of people
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H
The state of being a prisoner in your own house rather than in a prison
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The act of putting somebody in a prison or another place from which they cannot escape; the state of being there
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J
A person in a court who has the authority to decide how criminals should be punished or to make legal decisions
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K
The crime of taking somebody away illegally and keeping them as a prisoner, especially in order to get money or something else for returning them
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L
A formal examination of evidence in court by a judge and often a jury, to decide if somebody accused of a crime is guilty or not
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M
The crime of killing somebody deliberately
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N
A formal written or spoken statement saying what you know to be true, usually in court
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O
To be fired; to explode (2)
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P
A system that allows a person who has committed a crime not to go to prison if they behave well and if they see an official.
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R
To force somebody to have sex with you when they do not want to by threatening them or using violence
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S
To make a claim against somebody in court about something that they have said or done to harm you. // To formally ask for something, especially in court.
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To avoid doing anything wrong or illegal. (Idiom)
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U
Do something illegally. (Idiom)
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V
A decision that is made by a jury in court, stating if somebody is considered guilty of a crime or not
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W
An object such as a knife, gun, bomb, etc. that is used for fighting or attacking somebody
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X
An act intended to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially something unpleasant
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Y
A group of members of the public who listen to the facts of a case in a court and decide whether or not somebody is guilty of a crime
