🚨 CRIME VOCABULARY | Words & phrases you need to know

hello and welcome to today's lesson thank you guys so much for joining me i have i think this i think it's a very useful lesson because i think this is something that when it comes to entertainment people might hear a lot of these words so in general what we're talking about today is like will crime and punishment vocabulary so i've kind of separated this lesson into three different parts kind of the the first part at the beginning would be more related to like when when maybe a crime happens and then i have some vocabulary related more to law enforcement and then finally like once you get into the courtroom so like i said if you are somebody who likes watching tv shows that have like crime or mystery these are actually words that i think you will hear quite often so this is very useful useful vocabulary that i think it's it's good to know so the way i'm going to present this is like a little bit like a quiz because i want you to participate and see if you can write your answers in the chat even if you're watching this later i would like you to write your answers in the comments i i just want to hear from you and what i'm going to do um i'll probably end up going through this a bit quickly so here's the first one that i have for you and this is just asking like well what are the three basic classifications of criminal offenses and i know this can be a little bit challenging but i think when i show you the answer hopefully that you are familiar with some of these words now the other thing i will say is that this lesson because i'm from the united states some of the information that i'm giving you is going to be specific to the united states again these are things that you might hear in a movie or tv show so any any guesses about the three basic classifications of a criminal offense what do you think now i'll go ahead and show you the answer and then we're going to kind of get into it because i think when you see these words hopefully you recognize some of them so in general we're talking about like it goes from like number one which is the least severe to number three which is the most severe so the first one would be like um an infraction if there is an infraction it's kind of just like a minor offense so an infraction might just be something like um maybe jaywalking or you get a speeding ticket something like that that would be an infraction a misdemeanor would be something a little more serious perhaps a misdemeanor could be like you you steal clothes from a store and then a felony that is going to be the most severe type of criminal offense which would include things like murder so these in general are the three basic classifications but also these are good words to know let's move in to the next part which is these are all types of crimes so what i'm doing right here is i'm describing the crime to you and i want you to tell me the word what is the word that is this type of crime so the first one is the crime of intentionally starting a fire in order to damage or destroy something what do we call that crime so i have several of these for you where i'm talking about types of crimes again this is vocabulary that you may come across especially in in tv shows or movies all right what do you think write your answers in the chat even if you're watching this later write your answers uh write your answers in the comments i just love hearing from you and especially if this is your first time here please let me know tell me your name tell me where you're from so if we're talking about i think one of the the key words in this one is fire all right you see you hear that word fire and if you're talking about a crime you may be talking about arson all right arson is the crime of of starting a fire you're trying to damage some property destroy something and you might commit arson all right the next one um all right mom got it excellent the next one is giving money or granting favors to influence another person's decisions or their behavior so what what would you call that okay this again is a crime but this is also something that you i mean you could use in other contexts as well you could do this with your your friends or your family members you're trying to again you're you you may be doing giving favors in order to influence their their decision or their behavior it is called excellent um vishwa sleepwalker adele bribery we're talking about bribery again this this is uh this is a crime yes uh the next one excellent you guys got that one this um is talking is just killing a killing another person on purpose the act of murder there is one word it kind of it it means this and this definitely is a word that i think you will hear in movies and tv shows the people that are trying to solve these murders they may work in this department and maybe this department has the name yes salim you got it so once i get the answer i'm just going to give it to you all uh takayo perfect homicide so you like i said in a movie or tv show you might hear somebody say like oh i work in homicide and that means they work in this department where they're trying to perhaps solve murders and find out what happened so if you say there there was a homicide they're talking about there was a murder the next one is just simply stealing something from a store okay so if this is if this is what you do whether you're stealing like clothes or electronics you're taking it from a store then you are doing this what is it that you are doing what is the word and again this is a crime this is probably more of a misdemeanor um kind of a middle crime theft yes uh but the word the actual crime excellent we're talking about shoplifting all right stealing something from a store is going for shoplifting then we have stealing large amounts of money that you are often responsible for and typically people would do this like over a period of time um okay so this is probably a crime that might happen more in the context of like a company a business and somebody is responsible for a large amount of money and if they're stealing it typically over a longer period of time what is that call you it is a noun i think often times people will use this word as a verb you'll you'll you'll likely hear it as a verb most of the time i think all right excellent good job uh yashar adele victor um we're talking about embezzlement so embezzlement is the noun this is a crime i said often you might hear it as a verb like to embezzle like somebody was embezzling money then we have moving right along okay this is a good one lying in court while under oath all right what what crime is that and this yeah if you are in court and you are called upon to give testimony and talk about something you before you before you start talking you have to you have to take an oath that you're going to tell the truth and if it comes back that you were lying well then you could well you could be in trouble because that is a crime and that crime has a specific name what is it called if you're lying in court while under oath anybody know it's a felony oh muffin got it victor yes sleepwalker perjury all right and i think people might hear you might use this with the verb to commit somebody committed perjury all right and basically they were in that case they were caught lying when you commit perjury so perjury is the crime very good you guys rock that one the next one uh okay so those were all types of crimes now i want to get into other vocabulary and the way i've done this is like with person a person b uh oh wait a second oh no i gave you guys the answer i skipped ahead all right so maybe if you saw that still bear with me and we'll talk our way through this so this is the situation person a saw someone rob a store and describe the thief to the police the police then picked up person b so what might you call these people all right person a would be what and person b would be what what would you call these people again this is vocabulary related to crime but these are these are all people that you would uh that you would be describing so we're not talking about types of crimes we're talking about people okay so i showed you guys the answer the key word when you think of person a would be saw okay so you're talking about somebody seeing something which means they would be exactly sleepwalker a witness and then the police picked up person b so when i say pick up this is a phrasal verb that means well they they maybe they arrested this person they want to ask them questions and they arrested this person because they would think that person b is the suspect okay so person a is a witness they saw the crime person b is the suspect it's the person that they believe committed the crime all right now i have a couple more for you i'm not going to give you the the answers uh to begin with this one so now i've i've kind of continued the situation a witness saw someone rob a store and described the thief to the police the police then picked up a suspect all right the police believe the suspect may have received help from person c however the suspect tells the police he cannot be the thief because he was with person d at that time all right what might you call person c and person d okay what do you guys think uh again so we talked about a witness a suspect and these other two names again these are the names of um well this is vocabulary that would talk about people and these people have a specific meaning that goes with it i said a witness is a person who sees the crime suspect is the person you think maybe committed the crime person c if somebody receives help from somebody else exactly person c is an accomplice and the suspect says well no no it couldn't be with me it couldn't be me i was with person d person d would be their alibi so again these are other words to describe people an accomplice is somebody who may help you commit a crime and an alibi would be the person would be like well i didn't do it you can talk to this person i was with them this other person is your alibi it's the person who can say yes the this per they could not commit the crime because they were with me they would be the alibi all right so now let's uh let's get back into the that was all talking about like the cro types of crimes and um some of those uh other people now let's talk about a little bit more with law enforcement all right so here uh just just some general questions all right police will try to arrest the criminals all right now thinking about vocabulary thinking about synonyms that you may hear in this context talking about um crime and stuff like that what's another word for arrest all right what do you think what's another word for arrest so we could take this word and put it in for a rest and it has the the same meaning police will try to arrest the criminals all right um see some words like uh capture bust take into custody sure the word that i was looking for um is apprehend to apprehend is to kind of to to well it is to to capture somebody and typically like we'll bring them in for for questioning so to arrest to apprehend i think again apprehend is another common verb that you will hear in this context talking about that um let's uh look at the next one police need to obtain a in order to enter and search a premises what is it that police would need to get again these are this is a i'll actually give you a hint this is a phrase all right so it's two words so this phrase again is very common um i think the this is something you will hear all the time you're watching a movie or tv show i really hope that none of you have to actually deal with this vocabulary in real life i hope that you don't have to uh have trouble with the police or law enforcement uh so yes exactly yashar and tien victor we're talking about a warrant specifically i think you could say a search warrant was was i mentioned it's a phrase um so police need to obtain a search warrant in order to enter and search a premises a premises is just talking about some area maybe a building and you need a warrant but specifically like a search warrant so that you can enter and look around uh the next one this is where i said i think it this is more specific to the united states so after placing a suspect under arrest the officer the police officer will say you you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law you have the right to an attorney if you cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed for you okay so when the officer is saying that they're basically telling the person what what is that called that that whole phrase when people say that um it's again i'm sure just hearing me reading this you me it may sound familiar if you've listened to it already in a tv show or movie um all right so you don't have says rights but what what specific rights are we talking about so they are they are a person's rights but this phrase in particular has a specific name to it um so rights would be kind of vague but what specifically are these rights all right uh the answer and if you don't know this this is uh this is good your miranda rights so typically this would be called a miranda warning the police are giving a miranda warning and they're telling this to the suspect but the the suspect has these rights that they can they can stay silent and they have the right to an attorney that is their rights and that is their miranda rights it's called miranda because this was an old case i think a long time ago that went to court and i don't think the police were doing this at that time and ever since then police will always use this and they'll say this phrase and therefore it's called somebody's miranda rights then we have this one this is just a random word um i think miranda was the name of a person too like i said this was a case that i believe went to the supreme court and they rule down that yes police have to tell suspects this information this is their miranda rights the someone who takes the law into their own hands is referred to as a what all right what would you call that person who they're maybe they don't call the police they are going to try to solve the problem they're going to take the law into their own hands not something that i would recommend but you might refer to this person as a and to give you one further hint to think of like a word that might be associated with uh someone else think of batman i think batman has been used to people would describe batman as a what they take the law into their own hands uh nilla fur excellent that was good um marius we're talking about a vigilante so a vigilante is somebody who well yeah they don't call the police they try to take the um the law into their own hands you also may hear it used with the word justice and when somebody does that they might say oh well that's vigilante justice that saying that it's not right that people should not be doing this then we have this one this is an acronym okay a dui is a common misdemeanor in the united states what does dui stand for so as i mentioned this is a pretty common it's a it's a common misdemeanor so it's a common acronym that people will use if they've been in this situation maybe um you know somebody has gotten one before and you get a dui what does what does this stand for it's what does this acronym stand for so i don't want to give you too many hints with this one because i feel like uh i feel like it'll make it too easy uh pablo you nailed it perfect we're talking about a dui stands for driving under the influence driving under the influence and in general when you say influence you'd be talking about some kind of substance so it could be drugs or alcohol most of the time it's alcohol related and you get a dui and that's basically it's used in conversation most people are not going to say driving i i i got a ticket driving under the influence most people would say i got a dui they would just say i got a dui so let's now talk about some let's so we started out with talking about some crimes and then law enforcement now let's move into the courtroom all right so we're kind of following that process so here's more vocabulary that would be related to the courtroom this is i tried to make it a little easier i'm giving you um multiple choice now a um is in order for someone to appear in court what is it a a plea b a subpoena or c a warrant which one of those is an order that would compel a person to appear in court and they would get a what what would you call it all right so you guys i think most of you i think most of you are probably familiar with this again it's a very common word it's a subpoena the answer is b excellent i think a lot of you got that one a subpoena is in order for someone to appear in court so then we have okay this one hopefully hopefully is not too difficult because there's only two choices the lawyer against the accused is called the what so basically if you're talking about a courtroom you have well two sides all right and you have a judge a course who is going to possibly make a decision and you have two sides which means you have two lawyers one is a prosecutor and one is the defense all right so we're talking about the lawyer against the accused is called the excellent uh all right perfect uh muhammad pablo kareem angela yashar dave i just trying to throw out some names good job vionette jane uh angela bakir mohammed jim we we're talking about the prosecutor the answer is a the lawyer against the accused is the prosecutor so i think a lot of these tv shows and movies they happen they take place in the courtroom and again this is a word that you're going to hear very often you're talking about a specific lawyer the prosecutor this one is more again specific to the united states in court if someone refuses to answer questions because the answers might be harmful to them or might show that they have committed a crime then they are pleading the what all right is the answer a fourth b fifth or c sixth okay what do you think all right what are you going to plead and this is i've given you the situation um i've given you the situation what are they going to plead the fourth the fifth or the sixth i noticed that some of you had already uh mentioned this in one of the previous questions excellent the answer is b yes you are going to plead the fifth and again i so told you that this is more specific to the united states to plead the fifth which is your right not to incriminate yourself then we have okay a lawyer might say that unsubstantiated information or rumor is what okay we're running through these what do you think unsubstantiated information or rumor is that circumstantial is it extenuating is it hearsay or is it proof what do you guys think you guys are i don't know maybe it's uh much easier to be doing the multiple choice uh so we'll see hopefully this one's a little more challenging what do you think a b c or d so maybe this one could be a little more challenging but if you're talking about unsubstantiated information which basically means that you you cannot verify if this information is true which essentially means it's kind of a rumor or you could say in the court of law you would maybe the lawyer would say this is hearsay so hearsay is just referring to unsubstantiated information or rumor hearsay good word to know uh all right so i wanted to review we went through 20 of them um these are the the words that we talked about we talked started with those classifications talked about those people and then those types of crimes if you are a member or patron i will put um i'm gonna put these uh these notes up on there for you guys so here we talked about law enforcement and then the courtroom again this is great vocabulary to know especially if you like you end up watching movies or tv shows in which a crime is committed i think there are many shows out there that are crime related and these are words that you're going to hear quite often because they involve the police they involve criminals and they involve the courtroom as well so as i mentioned if you guys like what we do want to show us some love you can sponsor or support us with a youtube membership or join patreon there are links down below in the description and i just want to thank you guys for joining me i like with all of these lessons my the ultimate goal is i hope that you learned something new if you did learn something new please hit that like button let me know um it tells me that uh maybe i should do some more lessons like this in the future so if you learn some new words and phrases please hit that like button write to me in the comments i love hearing from you and i just hope that uh you guys join uh enjoy the rest of your weekend so thank you guys um muffin sleepwalker uh muhammad i'm sorry you showed up late it's gonna get posted you'll be able to watch take the whole quiz and learn all these words uh angela yashar luca uh alex rod good to see you uh manmon alex uh oh it's a little hard okay that's good i then a lot of these hopefully these words and phrases were new because like i said this is pretty common stuff if you're watching those shows and movies i i wasn't just pulling like random words that you'll never hear um thank you rod i appreciate that congrats on the 400 thousand yes that's a that was a good milestone for the channel uh takayo good to see you glad you enjoyed the lesson necklace uh teacher nay jane abdul rasheed hustina demos ariane sorry if i mispronounced names nilafar bakir mohammed angela thank you guys enjoy the rest of your weekend and i will see you next

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Published: Sat Sep 25 2021