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Punishment Vocabulary
to be accused
To be charged with a crime or offence
to be acquitted
To be found not-guilty of committing a crime
to be arrested
To be held by the police on the charge of committing a crime
to be charged
To be accused with a crime or offence
to be convicted
To be found guilty of committing a crime
to be fined
To pay money for committing a crime
to be on probation
To be found guilty of committing a crime but not inside a jail
to be released
To leave jail
to be released on bail
To be released from the police temporarily until due in court on trial in exchange for money
to be released on parole
To be released early from jail due to good behaviour or agreed conditions
to be sentenced
To be given an amount of time inside a jail
to be taken to court
To go inside a courtroom and hear the charges against you and defend them
to be under house arrest
To be a prisoner in your own home, not in a jail
to do community service
To volunteer your time to the local community, usually as a punishment for committing a crime
to get a licence revoked
To have a vehicle licence taken away from you
to get a life sentence
To go to jail for the rest of your life
to get a suspended sentence
To be found guilty of committing a minor crime but a jail sentence is not completed and the defendant can continue their life on probation
to get a traffic ticket
A piece of paper that tells you a car isn’t parked correctly or you are speeding
to get the death penalty
To be executed