B2 — upper-intermediateadmin30 words
Crime & police
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polìcija | police |
| policájac | police officer |
| polìcījskā stȁnica | police station (stanica alone means 'stop, station', so the full phrase is needed) |
| pòzvati polìciju | to call the police |
| prȉjava | application; report; registration |
| prijáviti krȁđu | to report a theft to the police — prijava here is a criminal report, not a job application or an address registration |
| krȁđa | theft |
| lópov | thief |
| izgùbio sam dokùmenta | 'I've lost my documents' — what you say at the counter; a woman says izgubila sam |
| prȍvala | break-in, burglary |
| pljȁčka | robbery — taking by force or threat, unlike krađa (theft) |
| prȅvara | scam |
| žȑtva | victim |
| svèdok | witness |
| dȁti ìzjavu | to give a statement (at the police); izjava is the statement itself |
| ȉstraga | investigation |
| osùmnjičenī | suspect (from sumnja — suspicion); the usual word in news reports |
| ùhapsiti | to arrest (perfective; imperfective hapsiti) |
| hȁpšēnje | arrest |
| prítvor | detention, custody |
| prȅkršāj | minor offence, infraction (a crime is krivično delo) |
| krìvično dȅlo | criminal offence — the serious category of act; a minor infraction (bad parking, speeding) is a different word in Serbian, prekršaj. Russian has no single-word split, Serbian always keeps the two apart |
| kȁzna | punishment; a fine (not a treasury) |
| nòvčanā kȁzna | fine, monetary penalty (kazna is both a fine and a punishment) |
| sȗd | court; judgement, opinion |
| prȅsuda | verdict, court ruling |
| advòkāt | lawyer; attorney |
| násīlje | violence (nasilje u porodici — domestic violence) |
| prétnja | threat (pretiti — to threaten) |
| nȅstala òsoba | missing person (nestati — to go missing) |
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