My name is Rosalie Turgeon and I have been studying Police Technology for a year. This glossary contains a lot of words related to the Police Technology program. This selection of useful words will help during my Assignments and Final Exams. Having a list of them will be easier to find synonymous, diversify my vocabulary and make it more specific.
Alibi
noun
A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, especially a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
Example: She has an ALIBI for the whole of yesterday evening.
fr: Alibi
Arrest someone
verb
Legal apprehension or seizure of a person by authorized personnel (police) or via a warrant, restricting their liberty to take them into custody for a suspected crime.
Example: The authorities ARREST SOMEONE because he has committed a crime.
fr: Arrêtez quelqu'un
Breathalyzer
noun
A device used by police for measuring the amount of alcohol in a driver's breath.
Example: He was instrumental in the introduction of road safety initiatives such as compulsory seat belts and breathalyzers.
fr: Alcootest
Evidence
noun
The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
Example: The EVIDENCE shows that the suspect committed the crime.
fr: Preuve
Felony
noun
A crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
Example: He pleaded guilty to six FELONIES.
fr: Crime
Fingerprints
noun
An impression or mark made on a surface by a person's fingertip, especially as used for identifying individuals from the unique pattern of whorls and lines.
Example: The suspects have not given their FINGERPRINTS or samples during the investigation.
fr: Empreintes digitales
Guilty
Adjective
Culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
Example: Since he is not GUILTY neither is the company.
fr: Coupable
Handcuffs
noun
A pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoner's wrists.
Example: Losing control, Jack knocks Sarah unconscious, HANDCUFFS her and calls for help.
fr: Menottes
Housebreaking
noun
The action of breaking into a building, especially in daytime, to steal something or commit another crime.
Example: They stole the TV during the HOUSEBREAKING.
fr: Cambriolage
Investigation
noun
A thorough search for facts, especially those that are hidden or need to be sorted out in a complex situation.
Example: In their years of INVESTIGATION a new class of cells has been discovered.
fr: Enquête
Jail
noun
A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
Example: The man is going to JAIL for his crime.
fr: Prison
Offense
noun
A breach of a law or rule; an act that is illegal or unlawful.
Example: Homosexuality is still considered a criminal OFFENSE in certain country.
fr: Infraction
Reasonable grounds
noun
Having a set of facts, information, or circumstances that would lead an average, sensible person to believe a specific fact or action is true or justified.
Example: The officer has REASONABLE GROUNDS to suspect this woman.
fr: Motifs raisonnables
Shoplifting
noun
The criminal action of stealing goods from a store while pretending to be a customer.
Example: Several edible items were stolen during this SHOPLIFTING incident.
fr: Vol à l'étalage
To assault
verb
Make a physical attack on.
Example: He pleaded guilty to ASSAULTING a police officer.
fr: Agresser
To release someone
verb
Allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.
Example: An official confirmed the prisoners would be RELEASED.
fr: Relâcher quelqu'un
To suspect
verb
Have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof.
Example: For this reason, it is fair TO SUSPECT that the Vikings have reached archeology.
fr: Suspecter
Victim
noun
A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
Example: The penetration of an object/weapon into a VICTIM's eye causing blindness, as in the case in law.
fr: Victime
Weapon
noun
A thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage.
Example: Her possession of a WEAPON could lead a court to assume intent.
fr: Arme
Witness
noun
A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
Example: The WITNESS in this case would have been shocked.
