| A | B |
|---|
| a propósito | on purpose |
| (para) dentro de (diez) horas/días/años/etc... | in (ten) hrs/days/yrs/etc... |
| pretender + "infinitivo" | to try + "infinitive" |
| el/la asesino/a | murderer, killer, assasin |
| el asesinato | murder, killing, assasination |
| asesinar | to murder, to kill, to assasinate |
| el atraco | holdup |
| atracar | to hold up, to rob, to mug |
| el atraco | mugging |
| el castigo | punishment |
| castigar | to punish |
| el/la carcelero/a | jailer, warden |
| la cárcel | jail, prison |
| encarcelar | to encarcerate |
| el/la condenado/a | convict |
| la condena | conviction |
| condenar (a alguine) a (10) meses/años de prison | to condemn/convict (someone) to (10) months/years of prison |
| el/la delincuente | criminal |
| la delincuencia | delinquency |
| el/la drogadicto/a | drug addict |
| la droga | drug |
| drogarse | to take drugs, to get high |
| la legalización | legalization |
| legalizar | to legalize |
| el/la narcotraficante | person who traffics drugs? |
| el narcotráfico | drug-trafficking |
| traficar en drogas | to traffic drugs (smuggle?) |
| el/la pandillero/a | gang member |
| la pandilla | gang |
| la prohibición | prohibition |
| prohibir | to prohibit |
| el rescate | ransom |
| rescatar | to rescue |
| el robo | robbery |
| robar | to rob |
| el/la secuestrador/a | kidnapper; hijacker |
| el secuestro | kidnapping; hijacking |
| secuestrar | to kidnap; to hijack |
| el/la sentenciado/a | one who has been sentenced |
| la sentencia | sentence |
| sentenciar | to sentence |
| el soborno | bribe |
| sobornar | to bribe |
| el/la suicida | one who suicide(d) |
| el suicidio | suicide |
| suicidarse | to suicide (to kill oneself) |
| el/la terrorista | terrorist |
| el terrorismo | terrorism |
| el/la violador/a | rapist |
| la violación | rape |
| violar (a alguien) | to rape (someone) |
| la addicción | addiction |
| la cadena perpertua | life sentence |
| el cartel (de drogas) | (drug) cartel |
| consumir drogas | to use drugs |
| el delito | offense |
| el delito | crime |
| detener | arrest |
| el homicidio | homicide |
| el ladrón/ la ladrona | thief |
| la libertad condicional | parole |
| la pena de muerte/pena capital | death penalty |
| el/la preso/a | prisoner |
| el/la ratero/a | pickpocket |
| la sobredosis | drug overdose |
| el toque de queda | curfew |
| la víctima (f) | victim (always fem) |
| la violencia | violence |
| materse (a alguien) | to kill (someone) |
| aunque | even if |
| aunque | even though |
| aunque | although |
| como | as |
| como | how |
| como | any way |
| donde | where |
| donde | wherever |
| acabar | to finish |
| terminar | to finish |
| caer | to fall |
| descomponer | to break down |
| olvidar | to gorget |
| perder | to lose |
| quedar | to leave behind |
| quemar | to burn |
| romper | to break |
