Crime vocabularies for IELTS writing

- punishment/castigation (uncountable)/chastisement (uncountable)/deterrent: hình phạt
- Capital punishment/Death penalty: tử hình
- Crime rate: tỉ lệ phạm tội “The reduction of the crime rate is the main goal for lawmakers.
- To commit a crime: phạm tội
- Prison sentence: Hình phạt tù
- A criminal record: 
- Loss of freedom: Mất tự do “Loss of freedom is a punishment that offenders have to face when they go to jail.”
- White-collar crime: Crimes committed by “office works”, for example, fraud.
- Be put on probation: Bị đặt dưới sự quản chế. “Sometimes first-time offenders are not imprisoned but are put on probation for a set period of time to ensure their good behaviour.”
- Social isolation: Cách ly khỏi xã hội
- A violent criminal
- Criminals/offenders/wrongdoers/lawbreakers/convicts/felon
- First-time offenders
- Motive for crime: Động cơ phạm tội. ” A desire for revenge on his wife is a motive for his crime as murder. “
- Turn to a career of crime: trở thành tội phạm
- To be imprisoned: Bị bỏ tù
- Easy money: tiền pham pháp
- Break the law/Engage in unlawful activities/illegal activities: làm điều phạm pháp
- To resort a crime: phạm tội vì bước đường cùng. “After losing all money from the game, the men resorted to crime to get easy money.”
- Soaring crime rates: tỉ lệ tội phạm gia tăng
- To re-offend: Tái phạm tội
- Rehabilitated prisoners: Tội phạm hòa lương
- To send sbd to prison/To put sbd in jail