Crime

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A portable gun (plural) (8)
  2. 5. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance (6)
  3. 8. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury (11)
  4. 12. Excessive use of drugs (14)
  5. 13. A proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress (12)

Down

  1. 1. An act punishable by law (5)
  2. 3. Habitual relapse into crime (10)
  3. 4. The state of being imprisoned (13)
  4. 6. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime (8)
  5. 7. An association of criminals (4)
  6. 9. A room in which a lawcourt sits (5)
  7. 10. Medicines or harmful substances people take (5)
  8. 11. The force of ___ and officers (6)