on 30-May-2020 (Sat)

Question

assault (n)

Answer

[a physical attack on someone]

Question

badge (n)

Answer

[symbol or emblem worn on a police uniform or carried by detectives to show they are policeman]

Question

baton (n)

Answer

[a short stick carried by a policeman and used as a weapon]

Question

briefing (n)

Answer

[a meeting where officers receive information and updates]

Question

book (v)

Answer

[to charge someone with an offence]

Question

bullet-proof (adj)

Answer

[can stop or is resist bullets, e.g. bullet-proof glass]

Question

civilian (n)

Answer

[a person who does not work in law enforcement or for the military]

Question

custody (n)

Answer

[when you are detained in a cell by police, they hold you in custody]

Question

customs (n)

Answer

[government department that collects taxes on imports and prevents illegal imports]

Question

defuse (v)

Answer

[to make a bomb safe so that it cannot explode]

Question

enforce (v)

Answer

[to make people obey something]

Question

escort (v)

Answer

[to go with or accompany someone somewher]

Question

fight (n)

Answer

[an argument or dispute when people attack each other physically]

Question

handcuffs (n)

Answer

[a pair of metal rings locked around someone’s wrists to restrain them]

Question

hostage (n)

Answer

[someone who is held as a prisoner by a person or group until they receive money or meet specific demands]

Question

illegal (adj)

Answer

[against the law]

Question

injury (n)

Answer

[physical damage to the body]

Question

investigate (v)

Answer

[to carry out an official enquiry to find out something about someone]

Question

kidnapping (n)

Answer

[to abduct or take someone by force and hold them prisoner; usually for money]

Question

kit (n)

Answer

[special clothing and equipment]

Question

monitor (v)

Answer

[to check something regularly]

Question

offender (n)

Answer

[person who breaks a law]

Question

partner (n)

Answer

[person you work with closely, usually as a pair]

Question

patrol (n) r

Answer

[a regular tour (on foot or by car) made by a law enforcement office]

Question

police (v)

Answer

[to make sure that law and order are maintained]

Question

promotion (n)

Answer

[a move to a more senior rank or position]

Question

rank (n)

Answer

[an official title in law enforcement and the military that shows your position e.g. constable, sergeant, superintendent]

Question

report to (v)

Answer

[to be under someone’s authority; usually a senior officer]

Question

rota (n)

Answer

[a list of people’s names that gives the order in which they should carry out their duties]

Question

shift (n)

Answer

[a period of working time over a 24- hour period, e.g. day shift, night shif]

Question

statement (n)

Answer

[an account of the facts relating to a crime or case]

Question

taser (n)

Answer

[a non-lethal weapon that transmits electronic pulses used to incapacitate someone]

Question

bonnet (n)

Answer

[the cover over the engine of a vehicle (US = hood)]

Question

bonnet (n) the cover over the engine of a vehicle (US = hood)

Answer

[default - edit me]

Question

boot (n)

Answer

[the luggage compartment of a vehicle (usually at the back of the vehicle) (US = trunk]

Question

expiry (n)

Answer

[ time or date when something is no longer valid]

Question

fine (n)

Answer

[sum of money paid as a punishment for breaking a law]

Question

insurance (n)

Answer

[ financial protection offered to a customer by a company against loss, damage, etc in return for a payment premium]

Question

overtake (v)

Answer

[to pass a vehicle driving in the same direction]

Question

penalty (n)

Answer

[official punishment for an offence or crime]

Question

signature (n)

Answer

[your name, written by hand, on official documents, at the end of letters, on cheques, etc]

Question

beggar (n)

Answer

[a person in the street who asks strangers for money]

Question

community policing (n)

Answer

[policing that integrates officers into the local community to reduce crime and to establish good relations with residents]

Question

confiscate (v)

Answer

[to take something away with authority]

Question

crime prevention (n)

Answer

[trying to stop crime from happening]

Question

deal with (v)

Answer

[to take action to solve a problem or to help someone]

Question

disorder (n)

Answer

[a public disturbance or breach of the peace]

Question

dump (v)

Answer

[to illegally throw away or abandon rubbish or unwanted objects]

Question

emergency (n)

Answer

[a sudden problem or critical event that you have to deal with urgently]

Question

house-to-house enquiries

Answer

[going from one house to another to ask people questions to help in a case (also called door-to-door enquiries)]

Question

uniformed presence (n)

Answer

[visible numbers of police in uniform on the streets]

Question

unstable (adj)

Answer

[lacking or not having emotional or psychological control]

Question

vandalize (v)

Answer

[to destroy or damage property]

Question

abdomen (n)

Answer

[surface of the body around the stomach]

Question

bandage (n)

Answer

[a long strip of cloth used to cover a wound or injury]

Question

bruise (n)

Answer

[a mark on the body where the skin is discoloured as the result of a fall or a blow (US = contusion]

Question

domestic abuse (n)

Answer

[any incidents of violent behaviour in a family or a relationship]

Question

fracture (n)

Answer

[a break in a bone]

Question

on suspicion of

Answer

[as a suspect]

Question

pull out (v)

Answer

[to drive a vehicle away from the side of the road]

Question

skid (v)

Answer

[to slide dangerously (and usually unintentionally and uncontrollably) across a road]

Question

accomplice (n)

Answer

[ someone who helps someone else to commit a crime]

Question

appeal (v)

Answer

[to make an urgent request to someone for something]

Question

burglar (n)

Answer

[someone who enters a property illegally with the intention of stealing something]

Question

exploit (v)

Answer

[to take advantage of something for personal gain]

Question

hotspot (n)

Answer

[place of potential unrest or criminal activity]

Question

intruder (n)

Answer

[someone who enters a property without permission usually in order to commit a crime]

Question

joyriding (n)

Answer

[stealing a vehicle and driving it at high speed]

Question

leaflet (n)

Answer

[a small sheet of paper used as part of an advertising or awareness campaign and which is distributed free of charge]

Question

legitimate (adj)

Answer

[legal]

Question

loophole (n)

Answer

[a gap in the law which gives people a means of avoiding it]

Question

motion detector lighting (n)

Answer

[external lighting with a sensor which switches itself on whenever movement is detected]

Question

opportunistic (adj)

Answer

[taking advantage of opportunities]

Question

shoplifting (n)

Answer

[stealing something from a shop]

Question

recover (v)

Answer

[to get something back that was lost edit me]

Question

at take down (the details) (v)

Answer

[to write (the details) down to make a note of them]

Question

theft (n)

Answer

[the stealing of someone’s property]

Question

trafficking (n)

Answer

[trading in illegal goods such as stolen cars, drugs or weapon]

Question

counselling (n)

Answer

[meetings to talk over problems with a psychologist or other professional]

Question

declare (v)

Answer

[to inform customs authorities about goods or income that you have to pay tax on]

Question

derive (v)

Answer

[to come from a source]

Question

dilate (v)

Answer

[to expand or become wide]

Question

forgery (n) copying something illegally so that it looks authentic and intending to make financial gain from it

Answer

[default - edit me]

Question

impair (v)

Answer

[to lessen the quality of something]

Question

pull up (v)

Answer

[(of a vehicle) to arrive and stop at a place]

Question

pupil (n)

Answer

[the dark centre of the human eye surrounded by the iris]

Question

slur (v)

Answer

[ to speak indistinctly so that what is said cannot be understood]

Question

to frisk (v)

Answer

[to search someone quickly by feeling their body through their clothe]

Question

mounted police (n)

Answer

[police riding horses]

Question

plain-clothes (adj)

Answer

[not in uniform]

Question

tear gas (n)

Answer

[chemicals in the form of a gas that by irritate and hurt the eyes]

Question

water cannon (n)

Answer

[a large device that shoots a high pressure stream of water and is often used to disperse rioter]

Question

caution (n)

Answer

[a legal warning given instead of a penalty]

Question

clarification (n)

Answer

[making something clearer by explaining in more detail]

Question

evaluate (v)

Answer

[to examine and judge something]

Question

fidget (v)

Answer

[to move in a nervous, absent- minded or uneasy way]

Question

line-up (n)

Answer

[another word for an identification parade where a group of people are shown to a witness to see whether they can identify the person who allegedly committed a crime]

Question

reverse order (n)

Answer

[backwards, moving from the most recent to the most distant]

Question

sober (adj)

Answer

[not drunk]

Question

contaminated (adj)

Answer

[unclean or impure after coming into contact with harmful substance]

Question

crime-scene tape (n)

Answer

[brightly-coloured tape used by law enforcement officers to secure an area]

Question

fibre (n)

Answer

[a thin thread (US spelling = fiber)]

Question

forensic (adj)

Answer

[crime-solving]

Question

implicate (v)

Answer

[ to show that someone plated a part in or was connected with something (e.g., a crime)]

Question

layout (n)

Answer

[the way individual items or part have been arranged]

Question

lift card (n)

Answer

[a piece of card used for taking fingerprints]

Question

magnifying glass (n)

Answer

[a convex lens in a frame (usually a round frame with a handle) that makes objects viewed through it appear larger]

Question

perpetrator (n)

Answer

[person responsible for committing a crime or doing something that’s morally wrong]

Question

profiling (n)

Answer

[criminal investigation analysis and classification of someone based on personal information]

Question

esidue (n)

Answer

[something that has been left behind, e.g. gunshot residue on someone’s hand which shows they have fired a weapon]

Question

saliva (n)

Answer

[the clear liquid in the human mouth]

Question

semen (n)

Answer

[the thick white fluid containing sperm which a male ejaculates]

Question

sketch (v)

Answer

[a quick, rough drawing of something that doesn’t contain a lot of detail]

Question

stud (n)

Answer

[a metal knob that is raised slightly from a surface e.g. a tongue or nose stud]

Question

stocky (adj)

Answer

[having a broad, strong-looking physique]

Question

smear slide (n)

Answer

[a small glass plate on which a fluid is spread and used for viewing under a microscope]

Question

tag (v)

Answer

[to label]

Question

toxicology (n)

Answer

[scientific study of poisons]

Question

trace (n)

Answer

[a tiny amount of something]

Question

tweezers (n)

Answer

[a small metal tool with two slightly-curved arms joined at one end it is used for extracting or holding small objects (e.g. eyebrow hair, stamps)]

Question

vomit (n)

Answer

[stomach contents when a person has been sick or thrown up]

Question

abscond (v)

Answer

[to go away suddenly and secretly because you have done something wrong]

Question

wrong acquitted (adj)

Answer

[declared innocent in a court of a law]

Question

adulterer (n)

Answer

[a person who has sex with someone who is married (and who is not their wife or husband)]

Question

breach (v)

Answer

[to break a law]

Question

community service (n)

Answer

[unpaid work by a convicted offender that is beneficial to the community done as an alternative imprisonment]

Question

mugshot (n)

Answer

[photograph of a suspected criminal’s face or profile which has been taken by the police]

Question

plead (v)

Answer

[to answer ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ in a court of law]

Question

plea (n)

Answer

[the defendant’s answer to a charge in a court of law]

Question

restorative justice (n)

Answer

[community payback work used as an alternative punishment to sentencing someone to prison]

Question

suspended sentence (n)

Answer

[a prison sentence that does not take place immediately and on condition that the offender does not commit any further crimes during the period of their sentence (usually 6 months – 2 years)]

Question

wig (n)

Answer

[a covering of false hair worn on the head by judge]

Question

serial-killer (n)

Answer

[a person who murders a number of people in a similar way over a period of time]