A glossary of 15 words linked to Police Technology
acquit
It is to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime.
Example: The jury acquitted him.
en: Acquitter
addiction
noun
It is an inability to stop doing or using something, especially something harmful.
Example: His addiction began with prescription drugs.
en: addiction
convicted
adjective
It is having officially been found guilty of a crime in a law court.
Example: He has twice been convicted of robbery.
en: condamné
felony
noun
It is a serious crime that can be punished by one or more years in prison.
Example: He was convicted of a felony.
en: acte criminel
misdemeanor
noun
It is a crime considered to be one of the less serious types of crime.
Example: He was convicted in court on a misdemeanor charge.
en: Infraction sommaire
mitigate
verb
It is to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad ; LAW : (mitigating circumstances) : It's situations that are not an excuse for a crime, but that a court of law may consider to be important enough to reduce the blame or punishment of the accused person.
Example: The judge said that there were no mitigating circumstances that would result in a lesser punishment.
en: atténuer
pardon
noun
It is an occasion when someone who has committed a crime is officially forgiven.
Example: He had actively sought a pardon from the crown.
en: pardon
parole
noun
It is a permission for a prisoner to be released before their period in prison is finished, with the agreement that they will behave well.
Example: He's been released on parole.
en: Liberté conditionelle
peddling
verb
It means to sell things.
Example: These products are generally peddled from door to door.
en: colportage
plead
verb
It's to give an official answer to an accusation in a law court.
Example: They pleaded guilty to price-fixing and paid a $45 million fine.
en: plaider
probation
noun
Consists in a period of time when a criminal must behave well and not commit any more crimes in order to avoid being sent to prison.
Example: He was fined and given two years' probation.
en: Probation
rehabilitation
noun
Consists in the process of returning to a healthy or good way of life, or the process of helping someone to do this after they have been in prison, been very ill, etc.
Example: After his arrest in 2011, he got himself into a rehabilitation process to get over his heroin addiction.
en: réhabilitation
segregate
verb
It is to keep one thing separate from another.
Example: The psychiatric section is segregated from the rest of the prison.
en: ségréger
sentence
noun
Consists in a punishment given by a judge in court to a person or organization after they have been found guilty of doing something wrong.
Example: This offence carries a prison sentence.
en: sentence
welfare
noun
It is help given especially by the state or an organization.
Example: Your taxes pay for welfare benefits such as unemployment and sickness pay.