This glossary will help you understand the words related to the police profession.
accelerant
noun
A substance used to aid the spread of fire.
Example: The dog is trained to indicate the presence of any fire accelerant.
fr: accélérateur
accused
noun
A person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime.
Example: And during the trial process the examination for marks, as already described, often was simply an expression of local sentiment concerning the innocence or guilt of the ACCUSED.
fr: accusé
autopsy
noun
A postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease.
Example: Another aim is to avoid an AUTOPSY once dies.
fr: autopsie
badge
noun
A distinctive emblem worn as a mark of office, membership, achievement, licensed employment, etc.
Example: That X is a BADGE of commitment.
fr: badge
bailiff
noun
An official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc.
Example: He refused his consent to the election of Quiney as BAILIFF in 1592.
fr: huissier
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
noun
Canada's primary national intelligence service responsible for collecting, analyzing, reporting and disseminating intelligence on threats to Canada's national security.
Example: He was hired by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
fr: service canadien du renseignement de sécurité
community policing
noun
The system of allocating police officers to particular areas so that they become familiar with the local inhabitants.
Example: The Key has so little true crime that most of our law enforcement is done by the unsworn deputies of the COMMUNITY POLICING unit.
fr: police communautaire
delinquency
noun
Minor crime, especially that committed by young people.
Example: Evaluation of a Social Contextual Model of DELINQUENCY: A Cross Study Replication.
fr: délinquance
discretionary power
noun
A powder that police office have that allows them to remain silence.
Example: It was held that the local education authority had a statutory duty to consider educational needs; considering additional criteria would downgrade this statutory duty to a DISCRETIONARY POWER.
fr: pouvoir discrétionnaire
exhibit
noun
An object or collection of objects on public display in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.
Example: Indeed, Mina is a faithful wife to her husband and she EXHIBIT's a desire to nurture and comfort the men in the novel.
fr: exposition
fine
noun
A sum of money exacted as a penality by a court of law or other authority.
Example: She paid her fine.
fr: bien
hideout
noun
A hiding place, especially one used by someone who has broken the law.
Example: We made our hideout under the bushes.
fr: cachette
hooliganism
noun
Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others.
Example: The government has threatened to crack down on hooliganism during the World Cup finals.
fr: vandalisme
indict
noun
Formally accuse of or charge with a serious crime.
Example: He was indicted on drug charges at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
fr: accuser
innocent bystander
noun
A guiltless witness of a crime.
Example: Many innocent bystanders were injured by the explosion.
fr: spectateur innocent
kettle
noun
Confine a group of demonstrators to a small area, as a method of crowd control during a demonstration.
Example: The police formed a kettle with the groups.
fr: nasse
Miranda warning
noun
A warning given by police to criminal suspects in police custody, informing them of their right to silence.
Example: The policeman pronounced the Miranda warning.
fr: avertissement de Miranda
nightstick
noun
A police officer's club or billy.
Example: He used his nightstick.
fr: matraque
oath
A solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behavior.
Example: Corruption of the OATH.
fr: serment
remand
noun
To place a defendant on bail or in custody, especially when trial is adjourned.
Example: She is responsible for the instruction of investigation, which is usually carried out by the police, including extended REMAND and other coercive measures, and naturally prosecution.
