Crime
Punishment
Criminals
General category
Idioms
100

Crime of intentionally setting fire to property to cause damage or destruction.

Arson

100

A monetary penalty imposed for breaking a law or regulation.

Fine

100

A person who breaks into houses to steal

Burglar

100

The highest judicial court in a country or state.

Supreme Court

100

Break the law

 To do something illegal or against the rules/laws.

200

Secret movement of goods or people across borders to avoid laws or taxes.

Smuggling

200

A legal punishment requiring a person to remain at home instead of going to jail.

House arrest

200

A person who treats another person or animal with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly.

Abuser

200

A set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

Constitution

200

 Armed to the teeth

Carrying or possessing a lot of weapons or firearms.

300

The act of taking someone away by force or deception, often against their will.

Abduction

300

When a criminal has to go to prison, the judge gives him/her a....

SENTENCE

300

A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.

Hacker

300

A rule defining correct procedure or behaviour

Law

300

Doing time

To be a prisoner, to do a prison sentence

Example: Jack had done time on some occasions.  

400

An attack on someone that causes physical harm or threatens them with violence.

Assualt

400

A court decision that delays serving time in prison, allowing the offender to stay free under certain conditions.

Suspended sentence

400

A person who transports things illegally into a country

Smuggler

400

 A lawyer, especially one who can act for somebody in court.

Attorney

400

 Do a runner

 To run away without paying for a good or service

500

The deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular group of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, or religion.

Genocide

500

 Confiscation of any property, money, or assets without consideration or compensation in return

Forfeiture

500

A person who damages property on purpose

Vandal

500

A document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.

Criminal Code

500

 Stool pigeon

 Informant (a criminal or government spy who secretly gives information about other criminals to the police)