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Crime and Law
Glossary
Abduction: taking someone against their will
Arson: Setting fire to a property
Assault: a physical attack
Burglary: illegal entry to s building with an intent to commit a crime
Child abuse: maltreatment of a child
Drug trafficking: importing illegal drugs
False imprisonment: imprisoning a person against their will
Fraud: Deception for personal or financial gain.
Hacking: unauthorized access to data in a computer system
Hijacking: illegally getting control of an aircraft or vehicle
Human trafficking: illegally transporting people, usually for slave labor or commercial sexual
exploitation
Legislation: A law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament.
Deter: to make someone less enthusiastic about doing something by threatening bad results if they do
it.
Offender: Someone who is guilty of a crime.
Punish: To cause someone who has done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer, by hurting
them, forcing them to pay money, sending them to prison, etc.
Prevention: When you stop something from happening or stop someone from doing something.
Commit: To do something illegal or something that is considered wrong.
Criminal: A person who commits a crime.
Probation: A period of time when a criminal must behave well and not commit any more crimes in order
to avoid being sent to prison.
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