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Crime Classification & Vocabulary

The document classifies crimes into six main groups: 1) drug related crimes such as drug trafficking and dealing of drugs and alcohol; 2) violent crimes including rape, murder, and terrorism; 3) commercial crimes like forgery of official documents; 4) property crimes such as arson and robbery; 5) traffic offenses like speeding and running red lights; and 6) other offenses including prostitution, illegal gambling, and adultery. It then provides examples of serious crimes like rape and murder, and non-serious crimes including traffic offenses.

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Crime Classification & Vocabulary

The document classifies crimes into six main groups: 1) drug related crimes such as drug trafficking and dealing of drugs and alcohol; 2) violent crimes including rape, murder, and terrorism; 3) commercial crimes like forgery of official documents; 4) property crimes such as arson and robbery; 5) traffic offenses like speeding and running red lights; and 6) other offenses including prostitution, illegal gambling, and adultery. It then provides examples of serious crimes like rape and murder, and non-serious crimes including traffic offenses.

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For example, a crime like assault, battery, or rape tends to injure another person’s body, so it can be

classified as a “crime against the person.” If a crime tends to injure a person by depriving him or her of
property or by damaging property, it can be classified as a “crime against property.”

crime against the person:

Assault , battery, or rape tends

crime against property:

assault, battery, damaging property

Classification of Crimes into Six Groups

Drug Related Crimes:

Drug Trafficking\dealing

Alcohol Drinking\dealing

Violent Crimes:

Rape

Murder

Robbery with Firearms

Terrorism

Kidnapping

Sexual Harassment

Employee Abuse

President Abuse

Commercial Crimes:

Official Document Forgery

Currency Forgery

Official Seal Forgery

Official Stamp Forgery

Bribery

Property Crimes:

Arson

Robbery without Firearms

Intentional Killing Peoples

Traffic Offences:
Speeding

Signal Jump

Running a Red Light

Other Offences:

Employing Illegal Worker

Prostitution

Illegal Gambling

Begging

Adultery

Homosexuality

Examples of Serious and Non-serious Crimes:

Serious Crimes:
Crime Vocabulary Word List (565)

A) Abuse, Accessory, Accomplice, Accused, Accuser, Activists, Adversary, Affect, AFIS,


Against, Agency, Aggravated assault, Alarm, Alcohol, Alert, Alias, Alibi, Alienate,
Allegation, Ammunition, APB, Appeal, Armed, Arraignment, Arrest, Arsenal, Arson,
Art forgery, Assailant, Assault, Attack, Authority, Autopsy
B) Background check, Backup, Bail, Ballistics, Battery, Beat, Behavior, Behind bars,
Belligerence, Big house, Blackmail, Bloodstain, Bombing, Brawl, Breach, Break-in,
Breaking and entering, Bribery, Brutality, Bullying, Burden of proof, Burglary,
Bystander
C) Capture, Case, Caution, Chase, Cheat, Civil, Claim, Coercion, Collusion, Combat,
Commission, Commit, Complaint, Complication, Conduct, Confession, Connection,
Conspiracy, Contact, Contacts, Contempt, Control, Controversial, Conviction, Cops,
Coroner, Corruption, Counsel, Counterfeit, Court, Credit theft, Crime, Criminal,
Criminal justice system, Criminology, Cuffs, Custody
D) Damage, Danger, Dangerous, Dark side, Data base, Deadly, Deal, Dealings, Death,
Deed, Defendant, Defense, Deliberate, Delinquency, Democratic, Denial, Department,
Deputy, Detail, Detain, Detection, Detective, Deter, Determination, Deviant, Direct,
Discovery, Dismember, Disobedience, Disorderly, Dispatch, Disregard, Disruption,
District attorney, DNA, Documentation, Documents, Domestic, Dossier, Drill, Drugs,
Duty
E) Educate, Education, Effect, Elusive, Embezzle, Emergency, Enable, Encumber, Enforce,
Entail, Equality, Escape, Ethical, Evasive, Eviction, Evidence, Evil, Examination,
Execute, Exonerate, Expert, Explosives, Expunge, Extort, Extradition, Extreme
F) Failure, Fairness, Family, Fatality, Fault, FBI, Federal, Felony, Ferocity, Fight, Fighting,
Fine, Fingerprint, Firebombing, First-degree, Flee, Footprints, Forbidden, Force,
Forensics, Forgery, Formal charge, Frantic, Fraud, Freedom, Full-scale, Fundamental,
Furtive
G) Good guys, Gory, Government, Grief, Grievance, Guarantee, Guard, Guilty, Gun,
Gunrunning
H) Hand-to-hand, Handcuffs, Handle, Harassment, Harm, Harmful, Headquarters, Heinous,
Helicopter, Help, Helpful, High-powered rifle, High-profile, Hijack, Hire, Holding cell,
Holster, Homicide, Honesty, Honor, Hostage, Hot-line, Humanity
I) Identification, Illegal, Immoral, Immunity, Impeach, Impression, Imprison, Improper,
Incarceration, Incompetent, Incriminating, Indictment, Influence, Informant, Information,
Initiative, Injury, Inmate, Innocence, Innocent, Inquest, Instruct, Integrity, Intelligence,
Interests, Interference, International, Interpol, Interpretation, Interrogate, Interrogate,
Interstate, Intervention, Interview, Intrastate, Intruder, Invasive, Investigate,
Investigation, Irregular, Irresponsible, Issue
J) Jail, John Doe, Judge, Judgment, Judicial, Judiciary, Jurisdiction, Jury, Justice, Juvenile
K) Kidnapping, Kill, Killer, Kin
L) Laboratory, Larceny, Law, Law-abiding, Lawfully, Lawsuit, Lawyer, Leaks, Lease,
Legal, Legislation, Legitimate, Lethal, Libel, Liberty, License, Lie detector, Lien,
Lieutenant, Limits, Long hours, Lowlife, Loyalty, Lynch
M) Mace, Maintain, Majority, Malice, Malpractice, Manacled, Manslaughter, Marshal,
Mayhem, Metal detector, Minor, Minority, Miscreant, Misdemeanor, Missing person,
Mission, Model, Money laundering, Moratorium, Motorist, Murder, Murderer
N) National, Negligent, Negotiable, Negotiate, Neighborhood, Network, Nine-one-one,
Notation, Notification, Nuisance
O) Oath, Obey, Obligation, Offender, Offense, Officer, Official, On-going, Open case,
Opinion, Opportunity, Order, Organize, Ownership
P) Partner, Partnership, Pathology, Patrol, Pattern, Pedestrian, Peeping Tom, Penalize,
Penalty, Perjury, Perpetrator, Petition, Petty theft, Phony, Plainclothes officer, Plea,
Plead, Police, Policy, Power, Precedent, Precinct, Preliminary findings, Prevention,
Principle, Prior, Prison, Private, Probable cause, Probation, Probation officer, Procedure,
Professional, Profile, Prohibit, Proof, Property, Prosecute, Prosecutor, Prostitution,
Protection, Protocol, Provision, Public, Punishment
Q) Quake, Qualification, Quality, Quantify, Quantity, Quarrel, Quell, Question, Quickly,
Quirk, Quiver
R) Radar, Raid, Rank, Rap sheet, Rape, Reason, Reckless endangerment, Record, Recovery,
Recruit, Redress, Reduction, Refute, Register, Regulations, Reinforcement, Reject,
Release, Repeal, Reported, Reports, Reprobate, Reputation, Requirement, Resist,
Responsibility, Restitution, Restraining order, Restriction, Revenge, Rights, Riot,
Robbery, Rogue, Rough, Rules, Rulings
S) Sabotage, Safeguard, Sanction, Scene, Sealed record, Search and rescue team, Secret,
Seize, Seizure, Selection, Sentence, Sergeant, Serial killer, Seriousness, Services, Sex
crimes, Shackles, Sheriff, Shooting, Shyster, Sighting, Situation, Skillful, Slander,
Slashing, Slaying, Smuggling, Sorrow, Speculation, Spying, Squad, Stabbing, Stalking,
Statute, Statute of limitation, Stigma, Stipulation, Subdue, Subpoena, Successful,
Summons, Supervise, Suppress, Surveillance, Survivor, Suspect, Suspected, Suspicion,
Suspicious, Sworn, System
T) Tactic, Task force, Terrorism, Testify, Testimony, Theft, Threatening, Three-strikes law,
Thwart, Tire-slashing, Torture, Toxicology, Trace, Traffic, Trafficking, Tragedy,
Transfer, Trauma, Treatment, Trespass, Trial, Trooper, Trust
U) Unacceptable, Unauthorized, Unclaimed, Unconstitutional, Undercover, Underpaid,
Understaffed, Unexpected, Unharmed, Uniform, Unintentional, Unit, Unjust, Unknown,
Unlawful, Unsolved, Uphold
V) Vagrancy, Vandalism, Viable, Vice, Victim, Victimize, Victory, Vigilance, Vigilante,
Violate, Violation, Violence, Volunteer, Vow, Voyeurism, Vulnerable
W) Wanted poster, Ward, Warning, Warped, Warrant, Watch, Weapon, Will, Wiretap,
Wisdom, Witness, Worse, Wrong
X)
Y) Youth
Z) Zeal, Zealous

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