Tema doce - El crimen y la justicia
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EICMARBELLA on January 26, 2012
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102 terms
Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 acoger a un refugiado | to admit a refugee |
| acribillar a tiros | to riddle (someone) with bullets |
| acusar | to charge |
| agente (m) antidisturbio | riot police |
| atentado (m) terrorista | terrorist attack |
| atraco | mugging |
| bienestar social | social welfare |
| blanquear capital | to launder money |
| cabeza de turco | scapegoat |
| camello | drug-pusher |
| cárcel | prison |
| cartera | wallet |
| carterista | pickpocket |
| celda | cell |
| censura | censorship |
| centro psiquiátrico | psychiatric hospital |
| chantajear | to blackmail |
| choque cultural | culture shock |
| coche bomba | car bomb |
| código de circulación | Highway code |
| comisaría de policía | police station |
| comunicado de prensa | press release |
| condena | sentence |
| control de alcoholemia | breath test |
| crimen | crime |
| dar una paliza a | to beat someone up |
| declarar culpable | to convict |
| delincuente | criminal |
| delito | crime |
| denunciar | to report |
| deportar | to deport |
| desarraigado | uprooted |
| despenalizar | to decriminalize |
| desvalijar | to ransack |
| detener | to arrest |
| dinero negro | undeclared money |
| discriminación racial | racial discrimination |
| drogarse | to take drugs |
| drogodependiente | drug-dependent |
| endurecer la ley | to toughen the law |
| esposar | to handcuff |
| estar enganchado | to be hooked |
| estar (en libertad) baja fianza | to be out on bail |
| estar en libertad condicional | to be released on parole |
| estar en paro | to be unemployed |
| frontera | border |
| fuerzas de seguridad | security forces |
| gamberro | thug |
| huella dactilar | fingerprint |
| hurto | non-violent theft |
| ilegal | illegal immigrant |
| impune | unpunished |
| indemnización | compensation |
| infracción | offence |
| inmigrante ilegal | illegal immigrant |
| integración | integration |
| ir de paisano | to wear civilian clothes |
| juicio | trial |
| ladrón | thief |
| lazos familiares | family ties |
| libertad de prensa | freedom of the press |
| libre circulación | freedom of movement |
| limpieza étnica | ethnic cleansing |
| llegar a las manos | to come to blows |
| malversación | embezzlement |
| manifestación | demonstration |
| marginar | to marginalise |
| matón | bully |
| multa | fine |
| narcotráfico | drug trafficking |
| ola de inmigración | wave of immigration |
| pasar de contrabando | to smuggle |
| pedir asilo político | to seek political asylum |
| pedir la ciudadanía | to apply for citizenship |
| permiso de residencia | residence permit |
| permiso de trabajo | work permit |
| permitir | to allow |
| persona sin techo | homeless person |
| primera plana | front page |
| prohibir | to forbid |
| promulgar una ley | to pass a law |
| proyecto de ley | bill |
| punto de vista | viewpoint |
| reglamento | regulation |
| rehén | hostage |
| secuestrar | to kidnap |
| seguridad ciudadana | public safety |
| sembrar el pánico | to spread panic |
| ser víctima de SIDA | to be a victim of aids |
| sobornar | to bribe |
| sobredosis | overdose |
| tirón | bag snatch |
| Tribunal Supremo | high court |
| vagabundo/a | tramp |
| violación | rape |
| violar la ley | to break the law |
| zona de barrios bajos | slum area |
| Quien hace la ley hace la trampa | Every law has a loophole |
| visado de estudiante/turista | student /tourtist visa |
| libertad de expresión | freedom of speech |
| conceder asilo político | to grant political asylum |
| conceder la ciudadanía | to grant citizenship |
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