English Vocabulary Booster - CRIME

I get mugged twice a year // The mugged man even had to ask them to call the police // He got mugged coming home from work // He and his girlfriend were mugged seven years ago

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If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them. /// The family were then held at gunpoint in the kitchen. // He was being forced into the car, probably at gunpoint.

Just then we could hear the first distant wailing from the house. // When the bus started moving again, the baby began to wail. // When they heard the police sirens wailing, the run away.

A group of thugs attacked me in the alley // This thug is not the brain of the operation // Police take quick care of common thugs like him

And how much punishment would I get if I get caught?

We had eleven cases of shoplifting last week. // A boy was caught shoplifting this afternoon.

They had no right to look at his juvie file. // "Did you help Brian the first time, when he escaped from juvie?" // I don't want her to send me to Juvie!

He received a five-year prison sentence. // I was sentenced to 5 years in prison

Another possibility is that the court could impose a community service order. // On appeal, this was reduced to a 120-hour community service order.

A night like this, well, it does put things into perspective. // This will help put things into perspective. // War tends to put things into perspective.

I would like to report a hit and run incident. // Being involved in a hit and run accident is traumatic.

He was stopped by the police and asked to pull over. // I pulled over to call her.

She was stopped for speeding. // Some said that speeding had become an endemic problem in the neighborhood. // "I told him his speeding made me nervous," Amy said.

He got a fine for speeding. // Slow down or you will get a speeding ticket.