English Vocabulary Booster - CRIME

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mugged
I get mugged twice a year // The mugged man even had to ask them to call the police // He got mugged coming home from work // He and his girlfriend were mugged seven years ago
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okradziony, napadnięty
napadać (zaatakować i obrabować kogoś w miejscu publicznym)
be held at gunpoint
If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them. /// The family were then held at gunpoint in the kitchen. // He was being forced into the car, probably at gunpoint.
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być trzymanym na celowniku
wail
Just then we could hear the first distant wailing from the house. // When the bus started moving again, the baby began to wail. // When they heard the police sirens wailing, the run away.
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wyć, wydawać długie, wysokie dźwięki (np. syrena alarmowa)
thug (violence involved)
A group of thugs attacked me in the alley // This thug is not the brain of the operation // Police take quick care of common thugs like him
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bandyta, zbir, rzezimieszek, zakapior
get caught
And how much punishment would I get if I get caught?
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zostać przyłapanym
shoplifting (without violence)
We had eleven cases of shoplifting last week. // A boy was caught shoplifting this afternoon.
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kradzież w sklepie (bez przemocy)
juvie (detention center for young people)
They had no right to look at his juvie file. // "Did you help Brian the first time, when he escaped from juvie?" // I don't want her to send me to Juvie!
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poprawczak (ośrodek zatrzymań dla nieletnich)
get sentenced to
He received a five-year prison sentence. // I was sentenced to 5 years in prison
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dostać wyrok na
community service order
Another possibility is that the court could impose a community service order. // On appeal, this was reduced to a 120-hour community service order.
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nakaz wykonania pracy społecznej
put things into perspective
A night like this, well, it does put things into perspective. // This will help put things into perspective. // War tends to put things into perspective.
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spojrzeć na coś w szerszym kontekście
hit and run (you don't stop and help the victim)
I would like to report a hit and run incident. // Being involved in a hit and run accident is traumatic.
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ucieczka z miejsca wypadku
pull over
He was stopped by the police and asked to pull over. // I pulled over to call her.
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zjeżdżać na bok, zatrzymywać się na poboczu
speeding
She was stopped for speeding. // Some said that speeding had become an endemic problem in the neighborhood. // "I told him his speeding made me nervous," Amy said.
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przekroczenie dozwolonej prędkości
get a ticket
He got a fine for speeding. // Slow down or you will get a speeding ticket.
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dostać mandat

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