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Key Words Unit 8 A

This document contains a list of key words related to crimes and their definitions. It includes words like murder, arrest, fine, commit a crime, prisoner, burglar, mugger, pickpocket, thief, scam, caution, life sentence, robbery, and victim. The definitions provide the pronunciation and meaning of each word in the context of criminal acts and the justice system.

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Key Words Unit 8 A

This document contains a list of key words related to crimes and their definitions. It includes words like murder, arrest, fine, commit a crime, prisoner, burglar, mugger, pickpocket, thief, scam, caution, life sentence, robbery, and victim. The definitions provide the pronunciation and meaning of each word in the context of criminal acts and the justice system.

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Word Unit No Page Definition PoS Example CEF IPA

Key words Unit 8

murder - to kill someone intentionally and illegally/ ˈmɜː.də/


break in - to get into a building or car using force, usually to steal something /breɪk ˈɪn/
arrest - If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime which they
might have committed /əˈrest/
fine -an amount of money you have to pay as a punishment for not obeying a rule or law /faɪn/
commit a crime- to do something illegal phrase /kəˌmɪt ə ˈkraɪm//
go to prison - to go to and stay in a place where criminals are kept as a punishment /ˌgəʊ tə ˈprɪz.ən/
murderer - someone who has committed murder /ˈmɜː.dər.ə/
get caught- to be found and taken by the police /get ˈkɔːt/
prisoner - a person who is kept in prison as a punishment noun Some of the prisoners escaped. / ˈprɪz.ən.ə/
get into trouble - to be punished because you have done something wrong phrase /ˌget ɪn.tə ˈtrʌb.l/ ̩
explain - to make something clear or easy to understand by giving reasons for it or details about it /ɪkˈspleɪn/
encourage - to make someone or something more likely to do something, /ɪnˈkʌr.ɪdʒ/
demand - to ask for something in a forceful way /dɪˈmɑːnd/
persuade - to make someone agree to do something by talking to them a lot about /pəˈsweɪd/
invite - to suggest that people can do something /ɪnˈvaɪt/
recommend - to advise someone that something should be done /ˌrek.əˈmend/
claim - to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other peoplemight not believe
it /kleɪm/
refuse -to say that you will not do or accept something /rɪˈu ːz/
agree - to say you will do something that someone asks you to /əˈgriː/
burglar - a person who illegally enters buildings and steals things / ˈbɜː.glə/
con man - a person who deceives people by making them believe something false or making them give
money away/ˈkɒn ˌmæn/
mugger - a person who attacks people in order to steal their money. /ˈmʌg.ə/
pickpocket - a thief who steals things out of pockets or bags, especially in a crowd /ˈpɪkˌpɒk.ɪt/
robber - someone who steals things. /ˈrɒb.ə/
shoplifter - someone who steals things from shops /ˈʃɒpˌlɪft.ə/
thief - someone who steals things /θiːf/
scam - an illegal plan for making money a modern day con. /skæm/
con - a trick to get someone's money or make them do what you want them to do /kɒn/
community service - work that is useful to society, done as a punishment by people whose crimes are not very
serious /kəˌmjuː.nə. ˈsɜː.vɪs/
prison sentence - an amount of time that a criminal must spend in prison. /ˈprɪz.ən ˌsen.təns/
caution - a warning from the police /ˈkɔː.ʃən/
death penalty - the punishment of being killed /ˈdeθ ˌpen.əl.ti/
life sentence - the punishment of being put in prison for the rest of your life /ˌlaɪf ˈsen.təns/
robbery - the action or crime of stealing something /ˈrɒb.ər.i/
theft - the action or crime of stealing something /θeft/
witness - a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident /ˈwɪt.nəs/
justice - the system of laws which judges and punishes people /ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
embezzlement - the crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or belongs to an organisation or business you
work for /ɪmˈbez.əl.mənt/
help yourself - to take something without asking /ˌhelp jɔːˈself/
gang - a group of criminals who work together /gæŋ/
nearby - not far away /ˌnɪəˈbaɪ/
all over the place - in or to many different places /ɔːl ˈəʊ.və ðə ˌpleɪs/
retail store - a large shop /ˈriː.teɪl ˌstɔː/
track down - to find something or someone after looking for them in a lot of different places / træk ˈdaʊn/
victim - someone who has suffered the effects of violence, illness or bad luck /ˈvɪk.tɪm/
apology - something you say or write to say that you are sorry about something you have done /əˈpɒl.ə.dʒi/
mortgage - an amount of money you borrow in order to buy a house or apartment /ˈmɔː.gɪdʒ/
auction - a sale in which things are sold to the person who offers the most money/ ˈɔːk.ʃən/
bargain - something that is on sale for less than its usual price or its real value /ˈbɑː.gɪn/
deter - to make someone less likely to do something dɪˈtɜː
resident - someone who lives in a particular place ˈrez.ɪ.dənt

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