accomplice ： 同案
Any person who takes part in a crime.
參與犯罪的每個人。
adult business district ： 紅燈區
A neighborhood zoned for pornographic bookstores and movie theaters, striptease bars, etc.
劃定的街區，作為開設色情書店、影院、脫衣舞場等的場所。
agricrime ： 農業犯罪
Sort for agricultural crime. The theft of crops and /or farm equipment.
"agricultural crime"的縮寫詞，偷盜莊稼和/或農場設備的犯罪。
armed robbery ：武裝搶劫
The act of using a deadly weapon when raking or attempting to take property form another person or party.
奪取或試圖奪取他人或他方財物時使用致命武器的犯罪行為。
arrest warrant ： 逮捕證
A document that orders the arrest of an individual who has been accused with a crime.
對被指控犯罪的某人實施搜捕的文件。
arson ： 縱火
The crime of intentionally destroying property by the use of fire.
故意放火毀壞財產的犯罪。
assassin ： 暗殺
A murderer. A person who sets out to kill someone, esp. a prominent person.
謀殺者。密謀殺害他人，特別是一位杰出人物的兇手。
assault ： 襲擊
The act of attempting or threatening to harm another person.
試圖傷害或威脅要傷害他人的行為。
attack dog ： 攻擊犬
A canine dog that has been trained to attack burglars, etc.
一種經過訓練的狼犬，用來攻擊竊賊等。
back-alley butcher ： 卑鄙的屠夫
Slang for abortionist.
俚語，給人施行流產手術的人。
bail ： 保釋金
Money that is deposited with a court in order to secure the release of a defendant while awaiting trial.
存放在法庭的一定數量的保證金，以使被告在候審期間獲得釋放。
ballistics ： 彈道學
The science of firearms and the study of the motion of bullets.
研究火器及子彈運動的科學。
blackmail ： 敲詐，勒索
The act of threatening to reveal personal information, esp. sexual scandals, in order to extract money.
以揭露隱私特別是性丑聞為威脅手段以謀取錢財的行為。
black market ： 黑市
A market place where illegal or hard-to-get items are sold or where money is illegal exchanged.
非法或緊俏物資的銷售點，或者非法換匯的地方。
blood money ： 血腥錢
Money that is paid as retribution for injury, loss of life, vandalism, etc.
為他人受傷、喪命、損壞財產而付出的酬金。
body bag ： 裝尸袋
A heavy-duty bag that is used to contain a corpse.
一種結實的用來裝運尸體的袋子。
bomb squad ： 爆破小組
A team of police who are specially-trained to remove and deactivate bombs.
經專門訓練，從事排除和拆卸炸彈的一支警察隊伍。
bootlegging ： 販賣違禁品
The illegal distribution of items such as alcohol, drugs, firearms, etc.
非法銷售物品如酒類、毒品、槍支等。
break-in ： 非法闖入
It looks like you are the victim of a break-in.
看起來，你是入室盜竊的受害者。
bribery ： 行賄受賄
The act of offering, giving, or taking bribes.
贈送，提供，或接受賄金的行為。
bucket shop ： 投機商號
（Also called “telephone boiler room.”） An office that is used to promote worthless land or securities by mail or through telemarketing.
（也被稱為”電話交易所”）通過郵件或電話營銷來推銷荒地或垃圾證券的地點。
bug ： 竊聽
To use electronic listening devices to listen in on the conversations of others.
使用電子收聽裝置來偷聽他人的談話。
bum rap ： 錯捕
Steve served six months jail time on a bum rap.
史迪夫因錯捕而受了6個月的監禁。
burglary ： 入室盜竊
The act of breaking into a home, building, etc. with the intent to steal from it.
闖入民宅、建筑物等，企圖偷盜的行為。
car bangers ： 汽車竊賊
Thieves who steal form automobiles.
從汽車里偷東西的賊。
career criminal ： 職業罪犯
A person who makes a living from crime.
以犯罪為生的人。
child abuse ： 虐待兒童
The physical and verbal mistreatment of children.
對兒童進行身體上和言語上的虐待。
chop shop ： 地下拆車廠
A shop where criminals take apart stolen cars and sell the parts.
犯罪分子將所盜汽車拆成零件并銷售出去的窩點。
cocaine ： 可卡因
A powerful stimulant drug.
一種有強力興奮作用的毒品。
computer cleaner ： 消除財務信息的電腦黑客
A person who, for a price, clean computer files of unfavorable financial credit information of others.
將反映他人財物信用赤字的計算機文件抹去以獲取報酬的人員。
con artist ： 行騙高手
A person who is skilled at convincing others of believing in fraudulent schemes.
擅于蒙騙并使人進入騙局的人。
con game ： 騸局
Any fraudulent scheme
任何騙人的把戲。
convict ： 囚犯
A person found guilty of a felony and confined in a prison.
被判有重罪并羈于獄中的人。
counterfeit ： 偽造
To illegally reproduce a copy of money, postage stamps, bonds, etc.
非法印造錢幣、郵票、證券等。
credit-card fraud ： 信用卡欺詐
The attempted use of a credit to obtain goods or services with the intention of avoiding payment.
企圖使用信用卡獲取貨物或服務，并故意逃避付款。
crime of passion ： 激情犯罪；沖動犯罪
Murder that resulted form the infidelity of a lover； Murder committed in the heat of rage.
由于情人的不忠而導致的謀殺；暴怒驅使的殺人行為。
Crime rate ： 犯罪率
The number of reported crimes per specified number of the population.
每一定人數中發生的犯罪數量。
criminal ： 犯罪
A person who has violated a criminal law.
觸犯刑法的人。
date rape ： 約會強奸
A rape that is committed by a woman’s date.
由女性的約會對象實施的強奸。
deadly weapon ： 致命武器
Any object, or instrument that is capable of being used to kill.
任何可以用以殺人致命的物體、器具。
death penalty ：死刑
Punishment by death, that is imposed in a legal manner.
以合法的形式剝奪罪犯生命的一種懲罰。
death row ： 死囚牢房
A cell block reserved for convicts awaiting execution.
特別為等待處決的死刑犯設置的牢房。
defendant ： 被告
A person who has been charged with a crime
被指控犯有罪行的人。
domestic violence ： 家庭暴力
Violence toward a family member, including child abuse or wife beating.
對家庭成員施加的暴力，包括虐待兒童和毆打妻子。
drug abuse ： 吸毒
The excessive and compulsive use of drugs to the point of damaging one’s health.
強迫性過量使用毒品，以致損害身體。
drug king （czar） ： 毒梟
The person who controls the production, transportation and selling of drug in an area.
控制某一地區的毒品地區生產、運輸和銷售的頭號人物。
drunk driving ： 酒后駕駛
Driving while under the influence of alcohol.
在受酒精影響的狀態下開車。
edp crimes ： 電腦犯罪
Electronic data-processing crime； criminal offenses committed using computer technology.
在電子數據處理方面的犯罪；利用電腦技術進行的犯罪。
embezzlement ： 貪污
The illegal misappropriation of funds entrusted to one’s care.
將由自己保管的資金非法據為已有。
first-degree murder ： 一級謀殺案
Premeditated murder.
事先策劃好的謀殺。
forensic medicine ： 法醫學
The use of medicine in solving legal problems.
利用醫學解決法律問題。
forgery ：偽造
The act of creating a document, either written or printed, with the intent to defraud. Forgery also covers counterfeiting, or producing fake signatures, works of art, etc.
以欺騙為目的而仿制手寫或印刷文件的行為。偽造還包括制假錢幣、仿冒簽名和藝術品等。
gamble ： 賭博
To bet or wager money on games of chance, races, etc.
在概率類游戲或比賽中打賭或下注。
gang ： 黑幫
A group of people organized to achieve some common goal. Gangs are often involved in drugs, violence, money lending, prostitution, etc.
為達到某種共同目的而組織起來的一群人。黑幫常常涉嫌毒品、暴力、高利貸和賣淫等。
hijack ： 劫持
To seize control of an airplane, boat, automobile, etc.
強行控制飛機、船只、車輛等。
hit-and-run ：肇事逃逸
An automobile accident in which the driver fails to stop and identify himself or herself. The term “hit-and-run” may also be applied to such a driver.
指一起汽車事故中，肇事司機不停車，且不亮明自己身份。該詞也可以指肇事逃逸司機。
hold-up ： 持槍搶劫
The act of robbing someone at gunpoint.
持槍相威脅，搶奪他人財物的行為。
homcide ： 殺人，他殺
The act of killing someone.
殺死他人的行為。
hot wire ： （汽車）電啟動
To electrically start a vehicle without using an ignition key.
不用點火鑰匙而用電來發動汽車。
impulse crime ： 沖動犯罪
Crimes such as shoplifting, raping, vandalizing, etc. that are done on an impulse.
在沖動之下所犯的罪行，如商店扒竊、強奸、損壞公物等。
juvenile delinquency ： 青少年犯罪
Criminal behavior by adolescents and children.
少年和兒童的犯罪行為。
labor racketeering ： 工會詐騙
Corrupt practices and organized crime that involve organized labor.
涉及工會的腐敗行為和團伙犯罪。
larceny ： 偷盜
The stealing of another person’s property.
偷取別人財產的行為。
libel ： 文字誹謗
Written defamation.
以文字材料來詆毀他人名聲的行為。
Mafia ： 黑手黨
A secret society that originated in Italy in the 1860’s. The Mafia now widespread, and is focused on power and profit.
19世紀60年代起源于意大利的秘密團體。現在黑手黨勢力廣為分布，專門從事擴張勢力、牟取錢財。
mail fraud ： 郵政詐騙
The using of the mail system to defraud the public.
利用郵政系統詐騙公眾的行為。
manhunt ： 追捕
An organized search to catch a criminal or an escapee.
有組織的追蹤、捉拿囚犯、逃犯。
mass murderer ： 謀殺多人的兇手
A murderer who kills many people.
多條命案的謀殺者；連環殺手。
money laundering ： 洗錢
The act of concealing the source of funds for the purpose of tax evasion and fraud.
為達到逃稅和欺騙的目的而隱瞞資金來源的行為。
mule ： 挾帶毒品者，販運私貨的人
A person used to transport drugs or contraband from one place to another.
被用來從一地到另一地運送毒品或違禁品的人。
organized crime ： 集團犯罪
A term used to describe underworld societies such as the Mafia who deal in crimes such as gambling, narcotics, and prostitution.
黑手黨之類的黑社會組織所進行的犯罪，如賭博、販毒、賣淫等活動。
parole ： 假釋
A conditional release of an offender from confinement before the expiration of his or her sentence. The offender is usually placed under the guidance of a parole officer.
囚犯在服刑期滿前有條件地釋放出來，但必須置 于假釋官的督導之下。
penitentiary ： 監獄，勞改所
Lee is serving his sentence down at the penitentiary.
李正在監獄服刑。
perjury ： 偽證
The crime of willingly giving false information while under oath.
在法庭上立誓之后故意提供虛假證詞的犯罪行為。
pickpocket ： 扒手
A thief who is skilled in stealing items from other people’s pockets.
擅于從別人口袋里偷取物品的竊賊。
pilice brutality ： 警察暴力
The act of using excessive physical force by police or other law enforcement officers.
警察或其他執法人員過多使用體罰的行為。
police corruption ： 警察腐敗
The misuse of police power in return for favors of gain.
警察濫用權力以換取好處和利益。
pornoshop ： 色情商店
A shop or bookstore that sells pornographic materials.
出售色情物品的商店。
prison break ： 越獄
An escape from prison involving violence by one or more prisoners.
一個或多個囚犯使用暴力從監獄逃跑。
property crime ： 財產犯罪
Auto theft, burglary, larceny, etc.
偷汽車、入室盜竊、偷盜等。
serial killer ：系列命案的殺手，連環殺手
A murder who commits a series of killings, usually with distinct similarities in the murders.
制造多起命案的兇手，其作案手段通常有明顯相似之處。
sin tax ：罪孽稅
Tax that is imposed on cigarettes, liquor, gambling, etc.
對香煙、精、賭博等開征的稅收。
skid row ：貧民街，貧民窟
A rundown section of a city characterized by drunkards living on the street.
城市的破舊區域，常見到許多酒鬼露宿街頭。
slush fund ：賄金
Money that is used to bribe public politicians and other influential officials
用來賄賂知名政客或其他有影響力的官員的資金。
statutory rape ：法定強奸罪
Sexual intercourse with a female who has consented, but who is legally incapable of consent because she is underage.
與未成年女子發生的性行為，雖經其本人同意，但法律規定其尚未成年，不具備表達同意意愿的能力。
suicide pact ：自殺合約
An agreement between two or more persons to commit suicide together.
一起自殺的兩者或多者之間的協定。
suicide season ：自殺季節
The Christmas season when many lonely people feel isolated and take their own lives.
指圣誕節期間，許多人孤獨不堪而自殺。
tax evasion ：逃稅
The illegal attempt by a taxpayer to avoid paying his or her taxes.
納稅人企圖逃避納稅的非法行為。
vandalism ：故意毀壞
The defacement or destruction of public or private property.
損壞或破壞公私財產的行為。
vice squad ：警察緝捕隊
Plain clothes policeman who work undercover to detect crime.
隱蔽調查犯罪的便衣警察。
vigilante ：治安維持會
A person or group who takes the responsibility of a law enforcement officer into their won hands.
承擔執法人員維持治安責任的個人和群體。
war crime ：戰爭犯罪
Crimes that violate the customs and laws of war.
違犯戰爭法律和戰爭習慣的犯罪。
white-collar crime ：白領犯罪
Crimes committed by persons in businesses including expense-account padding, stealing office supplies, price-fixing, product fraud, etc.
公司職員的犯罪，包括虛報開支、偷盜辦公用品、私定價格、產品欺詐等。