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1
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beautiful things like paintings and drawings that someone has made

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art

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to kill an important or famous person

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assassinate

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a kind of hat that covers the head and face

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balaclava

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a place where people stay in tents in holiday

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camp

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to catch somebody and keep them prisoner

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capture

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a crime that the police must investigate

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case

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a place where dead people are buried

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cemetery

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(here) an agreement to buy or sell something in the future

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contract

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the person whose job is to find the reason for a sudden or suspicious death

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coroner

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the place where trials happen; the people who hear the evidence and make decisions about crimes

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court

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an open space surrounded by buildings

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courtyard

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12
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to end your marriage to somebody

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divorce

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a round handle that opens a door

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doorknob

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a kind of medicine given by a doctor; something that you take to make you feel excited, happy, strong…

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drug

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15
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information that is used in court to try to prove something

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evidence

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16
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a copy of something that seems real but is not

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fake

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the mark that a finger makes when it touches something

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fingerprint

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18
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to make an ilegal copy of something

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forge

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19
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a thin piece of wood or metal around the edge of a picture

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frame

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20
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the crime of cheating somebody in order to get money from them

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fraud

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21
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not being in prison; being able to do what you want

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freedom

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a room or building where you can see paintings…

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gallery

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a group of criminals who work together

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gang

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something you wear to keep your hand warm or safe

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glove

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a group of people who control a country

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government

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26
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having done something that is against the law

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guilty

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a pair of metal rings that hold a prisoner’s wrists (muñeca) together

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handcuffs

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to kill somebody by putting a rope round their neck and letting their body drop down

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hang

29
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an investigation to find.out why somebody died

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inquest

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to give money to a business or bank in the hope of getting more money back

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invest (n: investor)

31
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to try to find out about something

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investigate

32
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a group of people who listen to evidence and decide if somebody is guilty of a crime

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jury

33
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to take somebody away and keep them as a prisoner, especially in order to get money for returning them

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kidnap

34
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a large vehicle for carrying heavy things by road

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lorry

35
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money that a business or bank loses

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losses

36
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somebody who belongs to a group or organization

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member

37
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a place where you can look at old or interesting things

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museum

38
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an official decision that somebody is not guilty of a crime

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pardon

39
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something that will make you very ill or kill you if you take it into your body

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poison

40
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very strong; having a lot of control over poeple

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powerful

41
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the money that you make in business or by selling things

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profit

42
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the organization that tries to show that somebody is guilty of a crime (acusación)

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prosecution

43
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a lawyer who works or the prosecution

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prosecutor

44
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a competition to see who can run, drive… the fastest

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race

45
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a plan for organizing something

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scheme

46
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(American) an officer who is responsible for law and order

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sheriff

47
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a very bad surprise

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shock

48
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a light used on the railways to tell drivers to stop or go slower

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signal

49
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a building in which horses are kept

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stable

50
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a part of a country with its own government

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state

51
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a shop

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store

52
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a gas that make your eyes fill with tears, used by police to control crowds

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tear gas

53
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a kind of small house made of cloth, used when camping

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tent

54
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a person who hurts or kills people, for example with bombs, to try and make the government do what they want

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terrorist

55
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a person who buys and sells things as a job

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trader

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a vehicle that is open at the back, used for carrying things

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truck

57
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a kind of car or small lorry for carrying things

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van

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someone who suffers as the result of a crime

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victim

59
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a person who gives evidence in a court of law

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witness

60
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using violence to steal money or other things

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robbery

61
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delibery taking someone’s life

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murder

62
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to put (a dead body) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony

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bury

63
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huella del pulgar

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thumbprint

64
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a structure of wood, metal, or rope having two side pieces between which a series of steps or rungs are set to provide a means of climbing up or down

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ladder (escalera)

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to be in debt to (adeudado)

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owed

66
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a movement of the hand, as in greeting (saludar con la mano)

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wave

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a small piece of metal fired from a gun (bala)

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bullet

68
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a wolflike, wild dog

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dingo

69
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a small gummed rectangular label for sticking on a piece of mail, such as an envelope, as evidence that postage has been paid (sello)

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stamp

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