 [countable] charge an official statement made by the police saying that they...

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 charge

[countable] an official statement made by the police saying that they believe someone may be guilty of a crime

COLLOCATIONS on a charge (of something) bring/press charges (=state officially that someone is guilty of a crime) face charges (=be accused of a crime) drop the charges (=decide to stop making charges) deny a charge admit a charge plead guilty to a charge be released without charge be cleared/acquitted of a charge (=when someone is officially not guilty at the end of a trial) be convicted of a charge (=when someone is found guilty at the end of a trial) charge against

He was found guilty of all six charges against him.

Phillips was arrested on drug charges.

The following morning, he was arrested on a charge of burglary.

Young appeared in court on a murder charge. charge of

Higgins is facing a charge of armed robbery.

As it was his first offence, the store agreed not to press charges.

Police dropped the charges against him because of insufficient evidence.

Nine people have pleaded guilty to various charges.

Green was cleared of all charges against him.

[ C ]

LEGAL a formal police statement saying that someone is accused of a crime

The 19-year-old will be appearing in court on Thursday where she will face

criminal charges.

He has been arrested on a charge of murder.

The police brought a charge of theft against him.

The police have had to drop (= stop) charges against her because they couldn't find any evidence.

He claimed he had been arrested on a trumped up (= false) charge.

 Aussie / ˈ ɒ z.i/ / ˈ ɑː .zi/ adjective , noun [ C ]

INFORMAL

Australian, or an Australian person

con‧vict

[transitive]

(v) to prove or officially announce that someone is guilty of a crime after a

TRIAL

in a law court [≠ acquit] convict somebody of something

She was convicted of shoplifting. convict somebody on something

He was convicted on fraud charges. a convicted murderer

(n) someone who has been proved to be guilty of a crime and sent to prison: an escaped convict

tip-off

[countable]

1 informal a secret warning or piece of information, especially one given to the police about illegal activities:

The arrests came after a tip-off from a member of the public.

al‧leg‧ed‧ly

[sentence adverb] formal used when reporting something that people say is true, although it has not been proved: a sports car, allegedly stolen in Manchester

 line

[countable] a track that a train travels along:

We were delayed because of a problem further along the line.

When you get to central London, take the Victoria Line to Finsbury Park. railway line BrE; railroad line American English

The trail follows a disused railroad line along the edge of the valley. line /la ɪ n/ noun COMPANY

12. [ C ] a company that transports people or goods a shipping line

 jail

COLLOCATIONS in jail go to jail put somebody in jail send somebody to jail be/get thrown in jail (=be put in jail) spend time/3 months/6 years etc in jail release somebody from jail get out of jail jail sentence (= punishment of time in jail) jail term (=amount of time spent in jail)

He's been in jail for three months already.

They're going to jail for embezzlement and fraud.

The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country.

Drunks were thrown in jail for a few days.

Griffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman.

More than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence.

He's serving a 7-year jail sentence.

 fall into fall into sth phrasal verb CONDITION

2. to gradually get into a particular condition, especially to get into a bad condition as a result of not being taken care of

Over the years the house had fallen into disrepair.

The old school fell into disuse (= people stopped using it) .

o‧rig‧i‧nal‧ly

in the beginning, before other things happened or before things changed:

The family originally came from France.

The building was originally used as a prison.

We originally intended to stay for just a few days.

[sentence adverb]

Originally, we had planned a tour of Scotland but we didn't go in the end.

blaze

1

FIRE

a) [countable usually singular] a big dangerous fire - used especially in news reports [↪ ablaze] :

It took almost 100 firemen to bring the blaze under control. fight/tackle/control a blaze

Helicopters were used to help fight the blaze. house/factory/barn etc blaze a huge chemical factory blaze b) [singular] a fire burning with strong bright flames:

I lit the fire and soon had a cheerful blaze going.

e‧vac‧u‧ate

1 [transitive] to send people away from a dangerous place to a safe place evacuate somebody from/to something

Several families were evacuated from their homes.

During the war he was evacuated to Scotland.

2 [intransitive and transitive] to empty a place by making all the people leave:

Police evacuated the area.

The order was given to evacuate.

 GMT

Greenwich, England has been the home of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) since

1884. GMT is sometimes called Greenwich Meridian Time because it is measured from the Greenwich Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory in

Greenwich. Greenwich is the place from where all time zones are measured.

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/what-is-gmt.htm

 rule out rule something/somebody ↔ out phrasal verb

1 to decide that something is not possible or suitable:

The police have ruled out suicide.

She has refused to rule out the possibility of singing again.

2 to make it impossible for something to happen:

The mountainous terrain rules out most forms of agriculture.

3 to state that someone will not be able to take part in a sports event rule something/somebody ↔ out of

He has been ruled out of the match with a knee injury. rule sth or sb out phrasal verb [ M ] to decide or state that something is impossible or will not happen, or that something or someone is not suitable

The police haven't yet ruled out murder.

I won't rule out a June election.

The police have not ruled him out as a suspect. rule sth out phrasal verb [ M ] to prevent something from happening

This recent wave of terrorism has ruled out any chance of peace talks.

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