Vocabulario de Crimen y Delitos

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CRIME DEFINITION CRIMINAL

taking someone away by force, demanding


abduction
money for their safe return
setting fire to a building, cars or property on
arson arsonist
purpose
assassination killing a famous person or public figure assassin
assault attacking someone physically assailant
marrying someone when you are already
bigamy bigamist
married to another person
threatening to reveal someone’s secrets if a
blackmail blackmailer*
lot of money is not paid
detonating an explosive device with the plan
bombing bomber
of harming people or property
giving money or granting favors to influence
bribery briber*
another person’s decisions or behavior
breaking into a house in order to steal
burglary burglar
something
treating a child badly in a physical,
child abuse child abuser
emotional, or sexual way
behaving illegally and dishonestly;
corruption
especially those in power
doing something illegal that can be
crime criminal
punished by law
cyber
doing something illegal over the Internet or
cybercrime criminal
a computer system
hacker**
domestic violence behaving violently inside the home
drunk driving driving with too much alcohol in your blood drunk driver
stealing large amounts of money that you
embezzlement are responsible for, often over a period of embezzler
time
spying, to obtain political or military
espionage spy
information
illegally copying documents, money, etc. to
forgery forger
cheat people
getting money from people by cheating con artist
fraud
them fraud
killing on purpose a large number of people,
genocide
especially from a particular group or area
taking control of a plane, train etc by force,
hijacking hijacker
often to meet political demands
not stopping to help a person hurt in an
hit and run
accident caused by you
homicide killing another person on purpose
being violent or aggressive on purpose;
hooliganism hooligan
often used to describe youth
using someone else’s personal information
identity theft
for one’s own gain
taking someone away by force, often
kidnapping kidnapper
demanding money for their safe return
damaging someone’s reputation by writing
libel
lies about them
looting taking things illegally and by force, during a looter
riot, war, etc.

killing someone without legal process, often


lynching
by hanging, often by an angry mob
manslaughter killing someone by accident
mugging attacking someone with a plan to rob them mugger
murder killing someone on purpose murderer
perjury lying in court, while under oath
stealing wallets, money, etc. from people’s
pickpocketing pickpocketer
pockets in crowded places
pilfering stealing small quantities of goods over time
poaching hunting illegally poacher
rape forcing someone to have sex rapist
riot causing a noisy, violent public disturbance rioter
stealing large amounts of money with force
robbery robber
or violence from a bank, store, etc.
shoplifting stealing something from a store shoplifter
damaging someone’s reputation by
slander
speaking lies about them
taking things secretly in or out of a place,
smuggling smuggler
country, jail, etc.
speeding driving above the speed limit
using violence, threats, or fear, usually for
terrorism terrorist
political purposes
theft stealing, in general thief
trading something illegal like drugs, people,
trafficking
etc.
betraying one’s country by helping its
treason traitor
enemies
entering another person’s area; hurting
trespassing trespasser
people/damaging property through force
destroying private or public property
vandalism vandal
purposely
secretly watching naked people or sexual
voyeurism voyeur
acts & getting sexually excited

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