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Arson |
Setting fire to a building, cars or property ON purpose |
Just like in Fast & Furious when the bad guy started a fire to kill Obrian's family |
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Theft |
Stealing, in general / Thief, who steals |
In Mexico this rate has risen mainly in the number of cars |
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Abduction / Kidnapping |
Taking someone away by force, demanding money for their safe return |
Mochaorejas is very famous for this crime |
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Burglary |
Breaking into a house to steal |
Just like two men in "home alone" tried to do it |
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Robbery |
Stealing large amounts of money with violence from, banks, stores... |
Make it to a big bank is the dream of any criminal |
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Pickpocketing |
Stealing wallets, money, etc from people pockets in crowed places |
Happens a lot in concerts, in the underground or tube |
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Shoplifting |
Stealing something from a store |
Oxxo stores suffer of this crime very often |
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Mugging |
Attacking someone with a plan to rob them |
Just like a Jessy in the bus stop |
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Murder |
Killing someone on purpose |
Just like the women of Juarez city |
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Manslaughter |
Killing someone by accident |
Just like in Zombieland with Bill Murray |
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Assault |
Attacking someone physically |
Just like Ross taught UNAGI after the Rachel & Phoebe' class |
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Smuggling |
Taking things secretly in or out of a place, country, jail, etc. |
Just like Bridget Jones 2 in the airport |
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Blackmail |
Someone demands money not to tell their secrets |
Just like |
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Bribery |
Pay money to influence another person's decisions or behaviors and get benefits |
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Hijacking |
Taking control of a plane, train, vehicle etc by force, |
Just like in fast & furious 1 with the trucks |
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To commute |
To change the punishment to a less severe one |
Just like Karla Tucker' exercise, from death penalty to life in prison |
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Bombing |
Detonating an explosive device with a plan of harming |
Just like in V for Vendetta film |
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Forgery |
Illegally copying documents, money, etc to cheat people |
Just like fake bills in Mexico |
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Plagiarism |
Copying something without acknowledging the writer |
In most of the universities is forbidden |
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Identity theft |
Using someone else's personal info for one's own gain |
In the elections several votes/IDs could be like this in Mexico |
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Treason |
Betraying one's country by helping its enemies |
The case of Edward Snowden given top-secret-US info |
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Be expelled |
To cut off from membership or relations / force out or away |
Happen in the school / college when you do something really bad |
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Be evicted |
Expelling to someone, especially a tenant (who is rented a house) from land, building, etc |
Just like Cirilo's situation |
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Fine |
A sum of money imposed as a penalty for an offense |
Just like parking over the pavement |
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Foster care |
The raising or supervision of foster children for short time |
Generally government or social-service agencies do this job |
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To cope |
To deal with / to manage |
Just like in Chapala is very difficult the neighborhood |
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Plea |
Begging request, an appeal |
Ask to the professors when you fail the final test & looks badly |
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Harassment |
Abuse against a group or individual based on identity or ideological beliefs / disturbing |
Pestering / annoyance / badgering |
