Hi, my name is Sandrine Bigras and I'm 18 years old. Right now, I'm studying to become a police officer because it's my dream job. I create this glossary for all my future colleagues and me to help us with the meaning of police words. Also, it will help me during some situations, in my future job, to understand better. This glossary will help to know the word related to police in English and French. All the words in the glossary I created will be related to police words and also some Police Technology words. During this glossary, I used many sources. For example, I used Cambridge Dictionary, myvocabulary.com, google translate, and Wikipedia. All these websites help me build this glossary for all of you. Have fun looking at it!
(Also, I wasn't able to put picture, I don't know why)
accused
noun
A person or people who may be guilty of a crime and who are being judged in a court of law.
Example: The ACCUSED were all found guilty.
fr: accusé/accusée
alibi
noun
Proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, especially the fact or statement that they were in another place at the time it happened.
Example: You’re late again – what’s your ALIBI this time?
fr: alibi
arrest
verb
If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed.
Example: He was ARRESTED when customs officers found drugs in his bag.
fr: arrêter (arrestation)
case
noun
A problem, a series of events, or a person being dealt with by police, doctors, lawyers, etc.
Example: The detective on the CASE (= responsible for solving it) has been suspended from duty.
fr: cas
confession
noun
The act of admitting that you have done something wrong or illegal.
Example: He made a full CONFESSION to the police.
fr: confession
cop
noun
A police officer.
Example: Quick, run - there's a COP coming!
fr: policier
court
noun
A place where trials and other legal cases happen, or the people present in such a place, especially the officials and those deciding if someone is guilty.
Example: He's due to appear in COURT again on Monday.
fr: tribunal
crime
noun
An illegal act.
Example: He has admitted committing several CRIMES, including fraud.
fr: crime
criminal
noun
Someone who commits a crime.
Example: A dangerous/violent CRIMINAL.
fr: criminel/criminelle
eviction
noun
The act of forcing someone to leave somewhere, especially their home.
Example: After falling behind with his mortgage payments he now faces EVICTION from his home.
fr: expulsion
evidence
noun
One or more reasons for believing that something is or is not true.
Example: The police have found no EVIDENCE of a terrorist link with the murder.
fr: preuve
gun
noun
A weapon that bullets or shells (= explosive containers) are fired from.
Example: You could hear the noise of GUNS firing in the distance.
fr: pistolet
homicide
noun
The crime of killing a person; murder.
Example: He was convicted of HOMICIDE.
fr: homicide
justice
noun
The system of laws in a country that judges and punishes people.
Example: The police are doing all they can to bring those responsible for the bombing to JUSTICE.
fr: justice
law
noun
A rule made by a government that states how people may and may not behave in society and in business, and that often orders particular punishments if they do not obey, or a system of such rules.
Example: We have a LAW in this state that drivers must wear seatbelts.
fr: loi
murder
verb
To commit the crime of intentionally killing a person.
Example: In the last year, terrorists have MURDERED several local journalists.
fr: meurtre
prison
noun
A building where criminals are forced to live as a punishment.
Example: He's spent a lot of time in PRISON.
fr: prison
suspect
noun
A person believed to have committed a crime or done something wrong, or something believed to have caused something bad.
Example: Police have issued a photograph of the SUSPECT.
fr: suspect/suspecte
victim
noun
Someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness or chance.
Example: She claimed to have been a VICTIM of child abuse.
fr: victime
weapon
noun
Any object used in fighting or war, such as a gun or a bomb, or something used against someone.
Example: The youths were dragged from their car and searched for WEAPONS.