CRIME AND JUSTICE
Revision
Task 1. Translate the following words and word combinations into Russian.
1. kidnapping - pohischenie liudey s tseliu polucheniya vikupa
2. mayhem - nanesenie uvechia
3. Juvenile delinquent - maloletniy prestupnik
4. accessory - souchastnik
5. involuntary manslaughter – neumishlennoe ubiystvo
6. blackmail - shantazh
7. bigamy - dvubrachie, bigamiya
8. to foil a robbery - pomeshat ogrableniyu
9. to jump bail - bezhat ot pravosudia
10. subpoena - vizov v sud, povestka o yavke v sud
11. majority verdict – verdict, vinesenniy resheniem bolshinstva prisiaznih
12. Acquittal - opravdanie
13. Community service - obschestvennie raboty (vid nakazania)
14. Indictment - ofitsialnoe obvinenie
15. Count - punkt obvineniya
16. to pack a piece
17. to plead not-guilty - priznat sebia nevinovnim
18. Behind bars - za reshetkoi
19. Embezzlement - rastrata, hischenie
20. Legal eagle – umniy advocat
Task 2. Insert the necessary prepositions. Translate the phrases into Russian.
| 1. to grass on smb – donosit v politsiyu na kogo-to | 2. assault on smb – napadenie, iznasilovanie | 3. sued for diverce – podat na razvod |
| 4. to break out of jail – sbezhat s tiurmi | 5. to keep an eye on smb – nabliudat za kem-to | 6. take … a good look |
| 7. to be convicted of smth – bit osuzdionnim za | 8. to plead guilty of some charges – priznat sebia vinovnim po nekotorim obvineniam | 9. to release on bail – otpustit pod zalog |
| 10. to break into a house – proniknut v dom | 11. homicide in the line of duty – ubiystvo pri ispolnenii sluzhebnih obiazannostey | 12. to be at law – sobliudat zakon |
| 13. to stand trial on charges of smth – predstat pered sudom po obvineniyu v | 14. to indict smb for smth – predyavliat of its obvinenie v chem.-to | 15. to blame smth on smb - vozlozhit vinu na kogo-to za chto-to |
| 16. to arraign smb on charges of – priblekat kogo-to k sudu po obvineniyu v chem.-libo | 17. to charge smb with smth – obvinit kogo-to v chem..-to | 18. party to a suit – odna iz storon v sudebnom razbiratelstve |
| 19. to put smb on probation – naznachit ispitatelniy srok | 20. to sentence smb to smth – bit prigovorennim k chemu-to |
Task 3. Translate the following words and expressions into English. Find synonyms to them.
| 1. рецидивист (2) Repeated criminal | 2. арестовывать (2) To arrest To seize To take into custody | 3. допрашивать свидетелей (2) To interrogate witnesses To question witnesses |
| 4. смягчающие обстоятельства (2) Extenuating circumstances Mitigating circumstances | 5. предумышленное убийство (2) Premeditated murder High-degree murder | 6. преступник (4) Law breaker Culprit Convict Criminal |
| 7. ответчик (2) defendant | 8. смягчить наказание (2) To commute a sentence To lessen a sentence | 9. мягкий приговор (2) Light sentence Lenient sentence |
| 10. уголовное преступление (2) Criminal offence Public wrong | 11. адвокат (2) Lower Attorney Solicitor Barrister | 12. соблюдать закон (2) To obey law To abide law |
| 13. уклонение от уплаты налогов незаконными методами (2) money laundering tax evasion cheating | 14. эвтаназия (2) mercy killing euthanasia lethal injection | 15. кража (4) Robbery Larceny Theft Burglary |
| 16. мелкая кража (2) Shoplifting Misdemeanor | 17. отбывать срок наказания (2) To serve a term To do time | 18. вооруженное нападение (2) Armed attack armed hold-up |
| 19. свидетельские показания (2) Testimony Evidence | 20. смертная казнь (2) Death sentence Death punishment Capital punishment |
Task 4. Give definitions to the following words and word combinations.
1. Majority verdict - when decision is taken by more than a half of a jury.
2. Burglary blackspot
3. Have-a-go hero - a person who does something special and brave. For example, who foils a robbery.
4. Litigant - a party of the law case.
5. Drive-by - an attack when offenders usually do not leave their car and commit a crime within it.
6. Allegation - an affirmation (usually which is not proven)
7. Plea bargaining - negotiations between prosecutor and a law breaker about a bargain (usually pleading guilty)
8. Aggravating circumstances - evidence or testimony that makes a crime more severe.
9. Hung jury
10. To catch smb red-handed – to have an unanswerable evidence of guilty of a suspect.
11. Libel - a slander (usually in a written form) that will do harm to the person or organization about which this slander was written.
12. Medical malpractice - a doctor’s fault that can lead to the death of the patient usually caused by its negligence.
13. Long firm - a company that is set with the purpose of the fraud.
14. Identity theft - to pretend to be another person using his name.
15. haul
Task 5. Translate the following words and word combinations into English.
| 1. оправдывать – to clear, to acquit | 2. кража со взломом – burglary | 3. нанесение увечий - mayhem |
| 4. заключенный – convict, prisoner | 5. стукач – grass | 6. уйти ни с чем – to go away empty-handed |
| 7. вымогательство – extortion | 8. убийство при исполнении служебных обязанностей - homicide in the line of duty | 9. тяжкое уголовное преступление – felony |
| 10. шпионаж – espionage | 11. прокурор – prosecutor, attorney | 12. сторона в суд. Процессе – party to a suit |
| 13. малолетний преступник – juvenile delinquent | 14. повестка в суд – subpoena | 15. присяжные – jury |
| 16. растрата, хищение –embezzlement | 17. залог – bail | 18. соучастник (2) – accomplice, accessory |
| 19. контрабанда – smuggling | 20. выписать ордер на обыск – to serve a warrant on smb | 21. вымогательство – extortion |
| 22. истец – plaintiff | 23. председательствующий судья – presiding judge | 24. жулик, мошенник – swindler |
| 25. проводить перекрестный допрос – to cross-examine | 26. условное досрочное освобождение – parole | 27. отменить приговор – to reverse the verdict |
| 28. пожизненное заключение – life imprisonment | 29. общественные работы – community service | 30. расстрел – shooting |
| 31.удовлетворить апелляционную жалобу – to uphold an appeal | 32. помиловать – to grant a pardon | 33. карманная кража – pickpocketing |
| 34. угон автомобиля – carjacking | 35. совершать акт вандализма – to vandalize, to commit the act of vandalism |