Filologia angielska - słownictwo

The police stated that the escaped prisoners were now on the run.

You can't escape the long arm of the law - if you commit a crime, they'll catch you in the end.

I wouldn't trust Jones if I were you, he's light-fingered and has a habit of stealing things!

Hopkins has been accused of aiding and abetting Jones in committing the robbery by saying when the manager was away.

You won't get Jones to admit that Hopkins helped him though - they're as thick as thieves, of course.

You mean, Jones won't turn queen's evidence and say in court that Hopkins helped him?

Well, that was quite a surprise - when Jones pointed the finger at Hopkins!

I don't know, I suppose it was not such a surprise that Jones decided not to carry the can!

The police have declared that they will leave no stone unturned in their attempt to catch the crooks who robbed the bank.

The police knew that sb was going to rob the bank as sb had tipped them the wink.

Apparently the thieves had been casing the joint for ages before finally burgling it.

Criminals, like spies, are quite often in cahoots with one another.

The criminals made a last ditch attempt to open the safe by blowing it up, but unfortunately they blew up its contents as well!

Al beats his kids for even the smallest ~

For that felony he may be sentenced to death.

Houses were wrecked and ransacked by wandering groups of guerrillas.

The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.

Mr. Jackson was awarded record damages against his partners for slander.

The architect was sued for criminal ~

The kidnappers were demanding a ~ of $ 30,000.

The criminals were arrested when then tried to pay with ~.

Whose responsibility is it to serve a ~ on Mr. Brown?

Some of the government staff were definitely involved in ~

We tried persuasion, ~ and threats.

Public defenders are often times underpaid and overworked.

We will appeal to the judge in the morning.

The jury took nine days to decide his guilt.

That prosecutor wants to put that man in prison.

How long will this trial last?

The amount of evidence against the woman led to her rapid conviction.

The thief was convicted and sent to prison.

The judge sentenced me to life imprisonment.

It was hard for the public to understand why the jury acquitted the gang of thugs.

The crime scene was covered in blood.

The crime was too big to be done without the help of an accomplice.

She was sentenced to an extra two years in jail for perjury.

The crime was committed while the prisoner was out on parole.