CRIME VOCABULARY

Vocabulary Reference

casecrime that needs to be solved

suspectspeople who the police think may have carried out a crime

investigation(here) process of asking questions, finding out facts and looking at them in order to solve a crime

evidencefacts that show that something is true or (here) someone has carried out a crime

thiefperson who steals something


faketo pretend; to make people believe something which isn’t true

hit someone over the headto hit someone’s head

set something alight - ARSONto make something burn


to convictto officially decide that someone is guilty of a crime

incentivea reason to do something

threatenedpromise to do something bad to someone

draggedpulled something along the ground