Unit 4. Crime and punishment Crimes against people and property
aggravated assault |
физ.насилие при отягч. обстоят-вах |
the crime of physically attacking another person which results in serious bodily harm and/or is made with a deadly or dangerous weapon |
arson |
поджог |
intentionally starting a fire in order to damage/destroy smth, esp. a building |
assault |
нападение |
a violent attack |
assault related to robbery |
разбойн. нападение = armed assault |
a violent attack, when a criminal is equipped with or supported by arms, armour, etc. |
battery |
побои, оскорбление действием |
the unlawful and unwanted touching or striking of one person by another, with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact. |
blackmail |
шантаж |
еxtortion of money or something else of value from a person by the threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information. |
burglary |
кража со взломом |
the crime of illegally entering a building and stealing things |
criminal damage |
нанесение ущерба |
serious damage that is against the law |
car theft |
угон автомобиля |
the unlawful taking/stealing of a car |
chance medley
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непредум-е убий-во в ходе возникшей драки |
a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense |
deception |
жульничество |
making someone believe something that is not true, the act of deceiving someone |
domestic violence |
насил-е на быт.почве |
situation in which someone you live with attacks you and tries to hurt you |
intentional homicide under aggravating circumstances |
= first-degree murder |
умышленное убийство при отягощающих'' обстоятельствах |
fraud, swindling |
мошенничество |
the crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people |
grand theft |
кража в крупных размерах |
larceny of property having a value greater than some amount |
harassment |
травля, притеснение |
persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress. |
homicide |
убийство |
the crime of killing a person; murder |
housebreaking |
грабеж со взломом |
the act of forcefully entering someone's house in order to commit a crime |
intentional homicide |
предумыш-е убийство |
= first-degree murder, deliberate murder, premeditated murder |
joyriding |
поездка на авто без разреш. владельца |
driving fast and dangerously for pleasure, especially in a stolen vehicle |
justifiable homicide |
убийство при смягчающих вину обст-вах |
a killing without evil or criminal intent, for which there can be no blame, such as self-defense to protect oneself or to protect another, or the shooting by a law enforcement officer in fulfilling his/her duties. |
kidnapping |
похищать человека с целью выкупа |
abduction, act of stealing/ taking away/seizing (someone) by force usually in order to keep the person as a prisoner and demand money (demand for ransom) for returning the person |
larceny, theft, stealing |
воровство |
the crime of taking the goods of another person without permission (usually secretly), with the intent of keeping them. |
manslaughter |
непредум-е убийство |
killing someone unintentionally or without having planned to do it |
mugging |
хулиганск. нападение |
an act of attacking someone and stealing their money |
murder |
убийство |
the crime of intentionally killing a person |
petty offence
|
мелкое правонарушение |
a minor crime and for which the punishment is usually just a small fine or short term of imprisonment |
petty lanceny /theft |
мелкая кража/вор-во = pilfering, filching |
small items that were stolen
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pickpocketing |
карманная кража |
stealing things out of people's pockets or bags, especially in a crowd |
rape |
изнасилование |
to force someone to have sex when he or she is unwilling |
robbery |
грабеж |
the crime of stealing from somewhere or someone |
second-degree murder |
= voluntary manslaughter |
умышленное убийство при смягчающих обстоятельствах
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shoplifhing |
кража из магазина |
the illegal act of taking goods from a shop without paying for them |
slander |
клевета |
a false, spoken statement about someone which damages that person's reputation |
slaughter |
массовое убийство |
the killing of large numbers of people; the killing of animals for their meat, or the killing of large numbers of animals in a cruel manner |
trespassing |
посягательство |
the crime of going on someone's land without permission |
vandalism |
вандализм |
the crime of intentionally damaging property belonging to other people |
violent crime
|
особо тяжкое преступление |
a crime in which the offender uses or threatens to use violent force upon the victim, it includes crimes committed with weapons |