Find the English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations; memorize them.

1. произвести арест

2. вне всяких обоснованных сомнений

3. доказать наличие умысла

4. осудить за совершение преднамеренного/непреднамеренного убийства

5. осудить за кражу

6. предать кого-либо правосудию

7. оказывать поддержку полиции

8. стать законопослушным

9. удерживать кого-либо от преступной деятельности.

Read and translate the text.

Arson: purposely setting fire to a house or another building or vehicle.

Assault: Threatening to do, or trying to do, or actually doing bodily harm to another person.

Blackmail: Demanding money from somebody in return for not revealing secret or unpleasant information about them.

Bribery: Giving or receiving a reward for a dishonest action, such as a policeman accepting money form someone who has committed a crime, so that the person will not be prosecuted.

Burglary: Entering the premises of another person with intent to commit a crime within; or having entered the premises of another, then committing a crime.

Disorderly conduct: Behaving in such a way that the quiet and comfort of other people is disturbed or their sense of what is right and decent is offended.

Forgery: Signing another person’s name, or changing something that is written on a receipt or a document. This is done by a dishonest person in order to get something that is his or hers or to win some other advantage.

Fraud, also known as Theft by Fraud: Cheating another person out of something he or she owns.

Hijacking: Seizing control of a vehicle, especially an aircraft, in order to force it to go to a new destination or demand something from a government in return for the safety of its passengers and crew.

Joy Riding: Going for a ride in a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission. This is a crime even if the vehicle is returned.

Kidnapping: Taking away a child or a person and keeping him/her by force (usually asking for money to be paid before he/she is released).

Larceny/Stealing/Theft: Taking something that belongs to another person without that person’s consent. Larceny is the term used for theft in the United States.

Mugging: Attacking somebody (e.g. in a dark street, a lift, an empty corridor…) violently and robbing.

Murder: Intentionally or recklessly killing another human being. Homicide simply means killing a human being. Manslaughter is killing a human being without malice. It is not murder, according to the law, to kill someone accidentally or in self-defense, or to kill an enemy of one’s country in time of war.

Perjury: Telling a lie after swearing to tell the truth, usually in a court of law.

Pick pocketing: Stealing money or things from people’s pockets or bags in public places.

Rape: Unlawful sexual intercourse with a female, by force or without consent.

Robbery: taking something away from another person by force, or frightening tht person into letting it be taken.

Shoplifting: Stealing from a shop by hiding things in a bag or in the clothes.

Grammar Exercises