IDIOMS_PHRASALS_CRIME
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to discourage someone
to put off
to start spending less due to having less money than before; cut one's expenditure; live more frugally
to tighten your belt
a person who deliberately set fire to property
an arsonist
shortly speaking , in short
in a nutshell
to help sb. regain consciousness
to bring round
to lower your head ( in order not to get hit)
to duck
to extinguish ( fire, candle, flames..)
to put out
to cause sth. to happen
to bring about
the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money is lodged to guarantee their appearance in court
a bail
to advance a meeting or rearrange it to earlier date
to bring forward
a legal arrangement in which a person who has been found guilty of a crime is not sentenced to jail but may be imprisoned at a future time if he or she commits another crime during a specified period
( 3 words)
a suspended prison sentence
to investigate and examine the matter, problem...
to look into
to behave in a silly and noisy way; to act in a lively or boisterous way; fool about
to horse around
a bad situation or habit that, after it has started, is likely to get very much worse
on a slippery slope
a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court
jury
to be in a state - look horrible, untidy, dirty a real mess
to look like something the cat dragged in
an act of attacking and robbing someone in a public place
mugging
the act of dishonestly taking something that belongs to someone else and keeping it; stealing - usually secretly and without violence
theft
the execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense
capital punishment
to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble
to be toast
to admire, adore sb.
to look up to
to be suspected of having done something wrong
to be under a cloud
to read something quickly - for the main point
to look through
to tease someone; to deal lightly with someone's emotions - not to take him/her seriously; also to consider or think about an idea or plan.
to toy with
to humiliate, speak impolitely or rudely to , insult and offend
to put down