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copycat
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crackdown
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crime
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crime scene
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crime wave
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despoil
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detective work
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disciplinary
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disorderly conduct
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DNA fingerprinting
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do time
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driving while intoxicated
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drug dealer
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evidence
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genocide
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grand theft
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high treason
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hijacker
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hijacking
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hitman
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hold up
phrasal verb
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home confinement
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homicide
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honour killing
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hoodlum
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hostage
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house arrest
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housebreaker
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housebreaking
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human smuggling
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human trafficking
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identity thief
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illegal
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illegally
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imprison
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imprisonment
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incarceration
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incriminate
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incrimination
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indecent exposure
noun
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infanticide
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informant
noun
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inmate
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innocent
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inside
adverb
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inside
adjective
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insider trading
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inspect
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inspection
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intruder
noun
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investigate
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investigation
noun
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investigator
noun
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involuntary manslaughter
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jailbreak
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jailer
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jailhouse
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kidnapping
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killer
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killing
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launder
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launderer
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libel
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lie detector
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lifer
noun
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life sentence
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noun
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lock-up
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lock up
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looter
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looting
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malfeasance
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manhunt
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manslaughter
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matricide
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minimum security prison
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misdemeanour
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missing person
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mobster
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modern slavery
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money launderer
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money laundering
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mugging
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mugshot
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murderer
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murderess
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non-citizen
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offence
noun
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offend
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offender
noun
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open-and-shut case
noun
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open prison
noun
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organized crime
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outlaw
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patricide
noun
c2
penalize
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penalty
noun
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penitentiary
noun
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people smuggling
noun
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people trafficking
noun
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perjure
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perjurer
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perjury
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perp
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perpetrate
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noun
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perpetrator
noun
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perp walk
noun
c2
person of interest
idiom
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pervert the course of justice
idiom
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petty larceny
noun
c2
phishing
noun
c1
photofit
noun
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pickpocket
noun
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pick somebody’s pocket
idiom
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pilferage
noun
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pilferer
noun
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pilfering
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pimp
noun
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pimp
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pinch
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pirate
noun
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pirate
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poacher
noun
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polygraph
noun
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possession
noun
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post-mortem
noun
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premeditated
adjective
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prison
noun
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prisoner
noun
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prisoner of conscience
noun
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prisoner of war
noun
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prison visitor
noun
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private detective
noun
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probation
noun
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probation officer
noun
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protection
noun
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punish
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punishable
adjective
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punishment
noun
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purloin
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pursue
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pursuit
noun
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pusher
noun
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question
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questioning
noun
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raid
noun
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raid
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raider
noun
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ransom
noun
c1
ransom
verb
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rape
noun
c1
rape
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rapist
noun
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record
noun
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noun
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regicide
noun
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remand centre
noun
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remission
noun
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remit
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report
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reprieve
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reprieve
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restraining order
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retribution
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adjective
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ring
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ringleader
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riot
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rioter
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riotous
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robber
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robbery
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run
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runner
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running
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rustler
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rustling
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sanction
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scalper
noun
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scam
noun
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scam
verb
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scammer
noun
c1
scene
noun
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scene-of-crime
adjective
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scot-free
adverb
c2
Scotland Yard
noun
c2
security risk
noun
c1
seize
verb
c1
sentence
noun
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sentence
verb
b2
serial killer
noun
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serious
adjective
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serve
verb
c1
shoot
verb
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shooting
noun
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shoplift
verb
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shoplifter
noun
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shoplifting
noun
b2
skim
verb
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slander
noun
c2
slander
verb
c2
slanderous
adjective
c2
smuggle
verb
c1
smuggler
noun
c1
smuggling
noun
c1
snatch
verb
c1
social engineering
noun
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solitary confinement
noun
c2
solve
verb
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Special Branch
noun
c2
speed
verb
b2
speeding
noun
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stab
verb
c1
stabbing
noun
c1
stake-out
noun
c2
stake out
phrasal verb
c2
stalk
verb
c2
stalker
noun
c2
stalking
noun
c2
statutory offence
noun
c2
statutory rape
noun
c2
steal
verb
a2
stick-up
noun
c2
strip search
noun
c2
strip-search
verb
c2
suicide
noun
c1
supergrass
noun
c2
supermax
noun
c2
surrender
verb
c1
surveillance
noun
c1
suspect
verb
b2
suspect
noun
b2
suspended sentence
noun
c1
suspicious
adjective
c1
swindle
verb
c2
swindle
noun
c2
swindler
noun
c2
swipe
verb
c2
tax evasion
noun
c2
term
noun
b2
terror
noun
c1
terrorism
noun
b2
terrorist
noun
b2
theft
noun
b2
thief
noun
a2
thievery
noun
c2
thug
noun
c2
thuggery
noun
c2
tip-off
noun
c2
tip off
phrasal verb
c2
tipster
noun
c2
tout
verb
c2
tout
noun
c2
trace
verb
b2
traffic
verb
b2
trafficker
noun
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trafficking
noun
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traitor
noun
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treason
noun
c2
treasonable
adjective
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trespass
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trespass
noun
c2
trespasser
noun
c2
uncover
verb
c1
undercover
adjective
c1
undercover
adverb
c1
underground
adjective
c2
under the counter
idiom
c2
under-the-counter
adjective
c2
unlawful killing
noun
c2
vagrancy
noun
c2
vagrant
noun
c2
vandal
noun
b2
vandalism
noun
b2
vandalize
verb
c1
vice
noun
c1
victim
noun
b1
vigilante
noun
c2
vigilantism
noun
c2
violence
noun
b2
violent
adjective
b1
voluntary manslaughter
noun
c2
walk free
idiom
c2
wanted
adjective
c2
war crime
noun
b2
war criminal
noun
b2
warden
noun
c2
warder
noun
c2
watch list
noun
c2
weapon
noun
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witness
noun
b2
witness
verb
b2
witness tampering
noun
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work release
noun
c2
wrong
noun
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youth custody
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