Crime words

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• arson (Mordbrand) The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.
• assault (överfall) A physical attack.
• assassination (lönnmord) To murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons..
• bigamy (bigami) Committed by any person who shall contract a second or subsequent marriage before the former marriage has been legally dissolved.
• blackmail (utpressning) The act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met
• bomb attack (bombattack) An attack or attacks on a place or area using bombs.
• bribery (bestickning) The giving or offering of a bribe.
• burglary (inbrott) Illegal entry of a building with intent to commit a crime, especially theft.
• drug dealing (droghandel) Drug dealing is an individual or group who sells or supply's controlled drugs/substance of any type or quantity.
• embezzlement (förskingring) theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.
• felony (grov förbrytelse) A crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour.
• forgery (förfalskning) The action of forging a copy or imitation of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.
• fraud (bedrägeri) Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
• hijacking (kapning) An act of unlawfully seizing an aircraft, vehicle, or ship while in transit.
• hooliganism (huliganism) Violent or rowdy behaviour by young troublemakers, typically in a gang.
• housebreaking (inbrott) The action of breaking into a building, especially in daytime, to commit a crime. In 1968 it was replaced as a statutory crime (in England and Wales only) by burglary.
• kidnapping (kidnappning) The criminal offense consisting of the unlawful taking and carrying away of a person by force or fraud or the unlawful seizure and detention of a person against his will.
• looting (plundring) Steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot.
• mansalughter (dråp) The crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or in circumstances not amounting to murder.
• mugging (rån) An act of attacking and robbing someone in a public place.
• murder (mord) To kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice.
• pickpocketing (fickstöld) The action of stealing from a person's pockets.
• robbery (rån) The act or practice of robbing specifically : larceny from the person or presence of another by violence or threat.
• shoplifting (snatteri) The action of stealing goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer.
• smuggling (smuggling) The illegal movement of goods into or out of a country.
• spy (spionera) The act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangible benefit
• terrorism (terrorism) The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
• theft (stöld) The action or crime of stealing.
• vandalism (vandalism) Action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.
• fencing (häleri) Selling stolen goods.

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