Capital punishment = punishment by death, as ordered by a legal system

White-collar crime = crime in which an office worker or someone in business

illegally takes money from their employer or the people they deal with in
their business
Carjacking = the crime of stealing a car while someone is in it by using
physical force or threats
Looting = the activity of stealing from shops during a violent event
Felony = serious crime that can be punished by one or more years in
prison
Petty crime = a type of crime that is not considered serious when
compared with some other crimes
Speeding = driving faster than is allowed in a particular area
Drink-driving =the act of driving a vehicle after drinking too much alcohol
Trespass on smth = to go onto someone's land or enter their building
without permission
Arson = the crime of intentionally starting a fire in order to damage or
destroy something, especially a building
Loitering = the offence of waiting in a place, looking as if you are going to
do something illegal
Culprit = someone who has done something wrong
Wrongdoer (formal) = a person who does something bad or illegal
Delinquent = a person, usually young, who behaves in a way that is illegal
or not acceptable to most people. Juvenile delinquent
Accomplice = a person who helps someone else to commit a crime or to do
something morally wrong
Crook (informal) = a very dishonest person, especially a criminal or a
cheat

Criminal record = an official record of crimes that a person has committed. They fired him
when they found out he had a criminal record.
Bring to justice
Protest innocence
miscarriage of justice = when the law has been carried out wrongly
obstructing the course of justice = preventing the law being put into action
put/let smb on probation

parole = permission for a prisoner to be released before their period in prison is finished,
with the agreement that they will behave well. He's been released on parole.
C1:
Release = when someone is allowed to leave prison, etc. Her early release from
prison led to a demonstration.
Smuggling = the crime of taking goods or people into or out of a country
illegally

C2:
Plead = to make a statement of what you believe to be true, especially in
support of something or someone or when someone has been accused in a
law court. Plead guilty / innocent
Convict = to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a
crime.
Conviction = when someone is officially found to be guilty of a particular crime. He

has a long record of previous convictions for similar offences.

Acquit = to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a
particular crime
Acquittal = the decision of a court that someone is not guilty
Fraud = the crime of getting money by deceiving people
Uphold justice/the law etc = to support. Police officers are expected to uphold
the law.
Press charges = to complain officially about someone in a court of law. The family
decided not to press charges against him.
Stand trial = If someone stands trial, they appear in a law court where people
decide if they are guilty of a crime. to stand trial for murder
To serve a sentence = to be in prison for a period of time. Williams, 42, is serving a
four-year jail sentence.
Custody = when someone is kept in prison, usually while they are waiting for a trial
in court. He is being held in custody in Los Angeles charged with assault. He was
taken into custody by Mexican authorities.
Prosecute = to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a court of law, or
(of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of
that crime. Shoplifters will be prosecuted.