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question		réponse
to act on a tip-off commencer à apprendre		police using outside information
break out of prison/jail commencer à apprendre		to escape prison
to be convicted of a crime commencer à apprendre		to be found guilty
cordon off commencer à apprendre		place a barrier that prevent people from leaving/entering
be fined for committing a crime commencer à apprendre		to have to pay certain amount for the crime you made
be found (not) guilty commencer à apprendre		to be in the court where judge/jury decide
get away with sth commencer à apprendre		not have been caught after doing something bad
to hold sth sb up commencer à apprendre		to rob using weapon
an inquiry into (noun) commencer à apprendre		an official investigation
let sb off with a fine/caution commencer à apprendre		to be given lighter punishment usually payment
make off with sth commencer à apprendre		to steal and escape with
to be on the loose commencer à apprendre		to have escaped prison and not been captured by authority
to be on the run commencer à apprendre		to be trying to escape/ hide from police
be on trial for committing a crime commencer à apprendre		to be in court, where people will decide what will happen to you
plead (not) guilty to the charges commencer à apprendre		to say in court if you are guilty or not for the crime you are being convicted for
be released from prison commencer à apprendre		to be officially let out of prison
to rule out commencer à apprendre		to say sth is not possible
to be sentenced to number of years in prison commencer à apprendre		to be convicted to x years
to stand up (in court) commencer à apprendre		to be accepted as true
testify against sb commencer à apprendre		say sth against person in court
tip sb off commencer à apprendre		to give useful information for crime
to track sb/sth down commencer à apprendre		deduction to find sth/sb
alibi commencer à apprendre		story that provides that sb is not guilty
appeal commencer à apprendre		convicted person can ask for seeing a judge again to redo the case
blackmail commencer à apprendre		threatening sb to reveal secret or sth embarrassing unless they give sth like money
a brush with a law commencer à apprendre		dealing with police for minor crime
a cache of commencer à apprendre		a number of explosieven/ guns that were hidden
a criminal record commencer à apprendre		a criminal history of a person
drop the charges against sb commencer à apprendre		drop the case against sb
to fit a description commencer à apprendre		to look exactly like described criminal
to hand down a sentence commencer à apprendre		judge announces in court the sentence
to handle sb defense commencer à apprendre		to defend sb in court
a hardened criminal commencer à apprendre		criminal that will never most likely abide the law
a law-abiding citizen commencer à apprendre		person who doesn’t break law
not a shred of evidence commencer à apprendre		completely no evidence
to pass a sentence commencer à apprendre		judge decides and tells what sentence convict will get
to place sb under arrest commencer à apprendre		to arrest sb

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