make a formal statement about sth to a public organization

to try harder to prevent an illegal activity and deal more severely with those who are caught doing it

to decide and state officially in court that somebody is not guilty of a crime

send sb away from a court to wait for their trial which will take part at a later date

order sb not to do sth, go somewhere, etc., esp. officially

to take, send or bring goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, etc.

an official who acts as a judge in trials involving minor offences

money that sb agrees to pay so that he is allowed to go free until the trial

making it appear that money made from illegal activities was legally earned, or avoiding taxes

an illegal act

the crime of entering a building illegally and stealing things from it

prison

the person in a trial who is accused of committing a crime, or who is being sued by another person

the state of being in prison while awaiting trial

a large number or amount of something, esp. in a brief time

a formal request to a court or to someone in authority for a judgment or a decision to be changed

to do sth wrong or illegal

A gun that can be carried

to limit or control something

having no useful purpose; pointless

not saying that you are sorry about something, even in situations in which other people might expect you to

a scientist who carries out scientific tests used by the police when trying to solve a crime

shared by two or more people

a round piece of glass with a handle, used to make objects or print look bigger

the method of finding the particular pattern of genes in an individual person, particularly to identify sb or find out if sb has committed a crime

one of the many thin threads that form natural materials, such as wood and cotton, and body tissue such as muscle

very different from each other, contradicting

not supporting one person or group more than another

rapidly grow or increase in number

a very small piece of something

an object, a piece of evidence or some information that helps the police solve a crime

extremely small

that is heated to a very high temperature so that it becomes liquid

a picture printed on cardboard or wood, that has been cut up into a lot of small pieces of different shapes that you have to fit together again

to put a raised design or piece of writing on paper, leather, etc.

A thin wire inside the glass bulb of a light bulb, which heats up to glow and provide light.

behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or conventional ways of doing things

very well designed and easy to use so that it is impossible to use it wrongly

to tell sb with force what they should or should not do

a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair etc

reduce the number of possibilities