English Unit 14 And 15

Front 1

to act on a tip-off

Back 1

auf Grund von Hinweisen / Tipps handeln

if the police act on a tip off, they use information they have been given to try to prevent a crime or seize a criminal/illegal goods

Front 2

to break out of prison / jail

Back 2

aus dem Gefängnis ausbrechen

to escape from prison

Front 3

to be convicted of a crime

Back 3

wegen eines Verbrechens verurteilt werden

to be found guilty in a court of law of a crime you have been accused of committing

Front 4

to cordon ( an area/ building ) off

Back 4

etwas absperren

to place a barrier around an area or building so as to prevent people leaving or entering

Front 5

to be fined for (committing) a crime

Back 5

mit einer Geldstrafe belegt werden, gebüsst werden

to have to pay a certain amount of money as punishment for committing a crime

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to be found (not) guilty

Back 6

für etwas (nicht) schuldig gesprochen werden

to be in a court of law where a judge or jury decide that sb committed / did not commit the crime they have been accused of

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to get away with smth.

Back 7

mit etwas ungestraft davon kommen

to do sth wrong or illegal and not be punished for it

Front 8

to hold (sb/sth) up

Back 8

jemanden/ etwas überfallen

Front 9

an inquiry into (+noun)

Back 9

Ermittlung, Untersuchung

an official investigation

Front 10

to let smbd. off (with a fine/ caution, etc.)

Back 10

jemanden davonkommen lassen

to be given a lighter punishment (a fine/ caution) than you deserve

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to make off with smth.

Back 11

sich mit etwas davonmachen

to steal and escape with sth

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to be on the loose

Back 12

frei herum laufen

to have escaped from prison and not been captured by the authority

Front 13

to be on the run

Back 13

auf der Flucht sein

to be trying to escape or hide from the police

Front 14

to be on the trial for (committing) a crime

Back 14

wegen eines Verbrechens angeklagt sein

to be in a court of law, where a judge and/or jury are deciding whether you are guilty of a crime

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to plead (not) guilty (to the charges)

Back 15

sich (nicht) schuldig bekennen

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to be released from prison

Back 16

aus dem Gefängnis entlassen werden

to be set free from prison

Front 17

to rule out (the possibility of) smth.

Back 17

etwas ausschliessen

to say that sth is not possible

Front 18

to be sentenced to (a number of years in prison)

Back 18

zu etwas verurteilt sein

is a judge sentences sb he or she states in court what their punishment is going to be

Front 19

to stand up (in court)

Back 19

gerichtlich anerkannt werden

to be accepted as true or satisfactory when it is carefully examined in court

Front 20

to testify against sb

Back 20

gegen jemanden aussagen

to provide the court with information that shows that sb is guilty of the crime that they have been accused of committing

Front 21

to tip (smbd.) off

Back 21

jemandem einen Wink/Tipp geben

to tell the police where and when a crime will be committed or where a criminal or illegal, stolen goods can be found

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to track (smbd./ smth.) down

Back 22

jemanden aufspüren

to look for and find

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an alibi

Back 23

Alibi

a person or story which proves that sb was not in a place when a crime was committed

Front 24

watertight alibi

Back 24

hieb- und stichfestes Alibi

alibi that is impossible to disprove

Front 25

an appeal

Back 25

Berufung ( Rechtsbeschwerde)

a request to a court asking for a previous decision to be changed

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to appeal

Back 26

Berufung einlegen

Front 27

to blackmail

blackmail

Back 27

erpressen

Erpressung

threatening to reveal a secret about sb unless they do sth the other person wants

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a brush with the law

Back 28

(kleiner) Konflikt mit dem Gesetz

dealings with the police for a very minor crime

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a cache of

Back 29

Lager, geheimer Vorrat

a hidden number of, used for explosives, weapons, etc.

Front 30

a criminal record

Back 30

Strafregister

a list of crimes which sb has been found guilty of, which is kept by the police

Front 31

to drop the charges against smbd.

Back 31

die Anklage gegen jemanden fallen lassen

(police) to decide that sb did not commit the crime that they are charged with

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to fit a description

Back 32

zu einer Beschreibung passen

to look exactly like sb (a criminal) that has been described

Front 33

to be found (not) guilty of

Back 33

als (nicht) schuldig befunden werden

a judge decides that sb did (not) commit the crime that they have been charged with

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to hand down a sentence

Back 34

ein Urteil verkünden

(a judge) a announce in a court of law what sentence a criminal will receive

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to handle smdb.'s defence

Back 35

jemandes Verteidigung übernehmen

(a lawyer) to defend sb in a court of law

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a hardened criminal

Back 36

erfahrener Krimineller, Schwerverbrecher

an experienced criminal who is unlikely to ever abide by the law

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a law-abiding citizen

Back 37

gesetztreuer Bürger

a person who does not break the law

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not a shred of evidence

Back 38

(es gibt) nicht die Spur eines Beweises

not a single piece of evidence

Front 39

to pass sentence

Back 39

ein Urteil verkünden

(a judge) to tell a court what punishment a convicted person will receive

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to place smbd. under arrest

Back 40

jemanden festnehmen

(formal, police language) to arrest sb

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plain-clothes (policeman)

Back 41

a policeman who does not wear a uniform

Front 42

to plead guilty

Back 42

sich schuldig bekennen

to say (in a court of law) that you are guilty of a crime that you have been charged with

Front 43

to be in/taken into police custody

Back 43

in Gewahrsam genommen werden

arrested and kept in prison while waiting to go to court

Front 44

to press charges against smbd.

Back 44

jemanden anzeigen

to make an official accusation against sb, which has to be decided in a court of law

Front 45

a previous conviction for ...

Back 45

vorhergehende Verurteilung wegen...

to have previously been found guilty of a crime in a court of law

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protection money

Back 46

Schutzgeld

money paid to sb who threatens to hurt of blackmail the other person

Front 47

to be quashed

to quash a verdict

Back 47

aufgehoben, verworfen werden

ein Urteil aufheben

to be rejected for an appeal/ a decision

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to raid (a place)

Back 48

eine Razzia durchführen/ überfallen

if the police raid a place they arrive without waring and search it because they believe that a criminal or sth illegal is hidden there

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to reach a verdict

Back 49

ein Urteil fällen

to decide in a court of law whether sb is guilty or not guilty of a crime

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to be released on bail

Back 50

auf Kaution freigelassen werden

sb who is waiting to go on trial does not have to wait in prison because a large sum of money has been paid as a guarantee that they will not run away

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a spate of ...

Back 51

eine Serie von...

a spate of robberies/ break-ins/attacks/etc is a series of these things that follow each other, often in the same area, over a short period of time

Front 52

to stand trail

Back 52

sich einer strafrechtlichen Verhandlung stellen

to go to a court of law and be judged

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to trace the whereabouts of smbd.

Back 53

den Verbleib von jemandem verfolgen

(police language) / (formal) to look for sb