| innocence |
If someone proves their innocence, they show that they are not to blame for some crime or some other bad thing that happened. They show that they didn't do it. Innocence is being free from guilt or blame. |
| judge |
A judge is a lawyer with a lot of knowledge and experience. A judge is the person who is in control in a court of law. A judge's job is to hear what is presented in the court and make decisions about what is right or wrong according to the law. Sometimes a judge decides if a person is guilty of a crime or not guilty. A judge also decides how people will be punished if they did something wrong. [1/6 definitions] |
| jury |
A jury is a group of people in a court of law who listen to the facts of a case and decide if a person is guilty or not guilty of a crime. |
| manslaughter |
the crime of killing a person without planning or meaning to do so. |
| murder |
Murder is the crime of killing of a person. [1/2 definitions] |
| mystery |
a book, play or other piece of fiction about a crime that is puzzling. [1/2 definitions] |
| offense |
the act of breaking a law or rule or doing something wrong; crime; sin. [1/3 definitions] |
| pardon |
an official act that frees a person from punishment for a crime. [2/4 definitions] |
| perjury |
the crime of telling a lie in a court after promising under oath to tell the truth. |
| police |
The police are a group of people who have the job of protecting you from crime and making people obey laws. [1/2 definitions] |
| police officer |
Police officers are men and women who have the job of protecting people from crime and making people obey laws. |
| police station |
A police station is a place where police officers do a lot of their work. If people want to report a crime, they go to the police station to talk to police officers, or they call the police station on the telephone. Sometimes a police station has a jail where people who might have done something bad are kept for a time. |
| prisoner |
a person who is held in a jail or prison while on trial or after being sentenced for a crime. [1/2 definitions] |
| probe |
the act of looking for facts showing a crime was committed or a law was broken. [1/4 definitions] |
| roundup |
a gathering together of individuals by the police, esp. ones suspected of a crime. [1/3 definitions] |
| sentence |
a punishment for a particular crime decided and declared in a court of law. [1/3 definitions] |
| smuggle |
When people smuggle something, they bring it out of one country and into another country in a way that is not legal. People smuggle in order to make money from selling the things they bring in. Smuggling is a crime. |
| suspect |
to believe the guilt of without knowing all the facts. [2/3 definitions] |
| theft |
Theft is an act of stealing something. Theft is a kind of crime. |
| trial |
A trial is a process in which a court decides if someone is guilty of a crime or not. When there is a trial, it means that there is a judge and a jury who listen to a person's case. There is also one lawyer who defends the person and another lawyer who tries to show that the person is guilty. The jury listens to the evidence and then makes a decision. [1/3 definitions] |
| try |
When someone is tried, it means that they are put on trial in a court of law. When someone is put on trial, it means that there is evidence that this person might be guilty of a crime. It is the purpose of the court to decide if the person is guilty or innocent. [1/5 definitions] |