Killing another person.
Murder
Stealing from a store.
Shoplifting
Very important
Vital
A person's freedom is taken away because they are being detained by an officer in relation to a crime.
Arrest
Being responsible for doing something bad or illegal
Guilty
To suddenly stop working, functioning
To crash
An examination in court to decide if somebody is guilty of a crime
A trial
Secret information that you give to someone
A tip-off
A process to find out who or what caused something
An investigation
Money someone receives for helping to find someone or something
A reward
Breaking and entering with the intent to commit a crime.
Burglary
Very happy
Delighted
What the jury uses to decide who to side with in a civil trial.
Evidence
To accuse someone of doing something bad or illegal
To charge
The person who presides over the court in all trials.
A judge
Holding another person against their will.
Kidnapping
A situation when everything is disorganized and confused
Chaos
To find something or someone you were looking for
To trace
Let something spread in a particular place
Released
Someone who is very clever
Brilliant
To destroy someones property
To vandalize
A situation when something stops moving or happening
Halt
Pieces of information that help someone in an investigation
Clues
A delayed punishment a person will only receive if they do something bad or illegal again during a certain period of time.
Suspended sentence
Someone who cheats other people usually with the goal to get money
A fraudster