I am Justine Tremblay, I have been in TP for 1 year. my glossary will be for my teacher. This glossary is being made to learn more about police vocabulary. It has 20 terms and resources like Wikipedia and Wikimedia were used. The methods used to find the words is Nicholas Walker's Actively Engaged Online book and a dictionary.
A snitch
Verb or noun
Inform on someone.
An informer.
Example: She felt like a fifth-grader who had snitched on a classmate.
fr: Un mouchard
Alibi
noun or a verb
A defense of having been somewhere other than at the scene of a crime at the time the crime was committed.
Example: My sick grandmother was my alibi for missing school.
Forget it Adam, she had an ALIBI She didn't kill Gary Jackson.
fr: Alibi
Autopsy
noun or a verb
A postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease.
Example: After the patient's death, Broca performed an AUTOPSY which showed a lesion to the lower area of linguistics.
fr: Autopsie
baton
noun
A baton (also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal. It is carried as a compliance tool and defensive weapon[1] by law-enforcement officers, correctional staff, security guards and military personnel.
Example: Marshals of France were among the most prominent holders of batons, but until the 18th century they were not the only ones.
fr: un bâton
criminal
noun
a person who has committed a crime.
Example: The contradictory nature of Britain's foreign policy was also exposed with evidence that authorities maintained a steady dialogue with the IRA they publicly branded CRIMINAL 'godfathers,' terrorists, or even Marxists.
fr: criminel(le)
detective
noun
a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes.
Example: A common factor of crime and thrillers is to create a serial with a DETECTIVE or a main character.
fr: détective
drug
noun
a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
Example: This type of DRUG is often mixed with other substances known as diluents or adulterants.
fr: médicament ou drogue
firearm
noun
a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.
Example: Swabbing is also used to trace FIREARM residues, however most commonly used for smeared material evidence such as blood.
fr: arme à feu
gun
noun
a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise.
Example: Its application can stretch from the influence of a friend, (A) on her friend, (B), in raising an issue from the newspaper she's reading, which B had not previously considered, to the coercive force of a labour camp worker with a GUN, (A) to get a prisoner, (B) to work faster.
fr: un pistolet ou fusil
gunshot wound
noun
A gunshot wound (GSW) is a penetrating injury caused by a projectile (e.g. a bullet) from a gun (typically firearm or air gun).
Example: Frantically, he searches the tiny church, and finds Emma, slumped in a chair in the Vestry, with a GUNSHOT WOUND to her head, and her wedding ring finger missing.
fr: blessure par balle
hooliganism
noun
violent or rowdy behavior by young troublemakers, typically in a gang.
Example: ty than young women. There is also a difference in the types of crime committed by the two groups. Boys are more likely to engage in petty theft, vandalism, football HOOLIGANISM, mugging and riot behaviour.
fr: vandalisme
hostage
noun
A person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition.
Example: The outcome is ten Aces of heart cards. While the HOSTAGE is surprised, the kidnapper explains that philosophy.
fr: otage
inmate
noun
The meaning of INMATE is any of a group occupying a single place of residence; especially : a person confined (as in a prison or hospital).
Example: Two inmates managed to escape during the riot.
fr: détenu(e)
investigation
noun
the action of investigating something or someone; formal or systematic examination or research.
"he is under investigation for receiving illicit funds"
Example: Recent INVESTIGATION into Black Band disease has found that one of the main organisms in the band is a filamentous cyanobacterium known as Phormidium corallyticum .
fr: enquête
killer
noun
a person or thing that kills.
Example: The arrival of yet another ring finger, once again female, and Jack interviewing potential suspect after potential suspect, initiating more school reunions than Jack could have imagined, it becomes more essential to wrap up this case as quickly as possible, as there is a general feeling that Birmingham has a serial KILLER on its hands, one with an unhealthy preoccupation with marriage.
fr: tueur
motive
noun or adjetive
Noun: A reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious.
Adj: Causing or being the reason for something.
Example: Their motive in running away was to avoid being punished.
fr: un motif
prison
noun
a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial.
Example: He went to PRISON for 5 years
fr: prison
radar
noun
a system for detecting the presence, direction, distance, and speed of aircraft, ships, and other objects, by sending out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected off the object back to the source.
Example: A British company supplying specialised RADAR equipment to the Ministry of Defence is in the process of initiating an Enterprise IT Architecture project.
I was flashed by a RADAR yesterday.
fr: radar
Robbery
noun.
The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.
Example: If however, they committed the two acts simultaneously, and were subsequently convicted of ROBBERY, their maximum sentence would be life.
fr: Vol
suspect
noun
a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense.
Example: I suggest that this failure to take a holistic approach to guaranteeing sufficient enforcement of safeguards throughout the process leaves the possibility for arbitrary determination of a SUSPECT's guilt by the police, thus treating them as criminals and undermining the criminal justice system.
