day 116crime

crime

Talk about crime, scams and the law in a calm, practical way, and use passive and 당하다 verbs (붙잡히다, 빼앗기다, 사기를 당하다).

today’s words

• 단속 dansok · crackdown, enforcement, control
• 달아나다 daranada · to run away, to flee
• 당하다 danghada · to suffer, to fall victim to
• 도난 donan · theft (loss by theft)
• 도망 domang · escape, flight
• 도망치다 domangchida · to run away, to flee
• 때리다 ttaerida · to hit, to beat
• 마약 mayak · drug (narcotic)
• 면하다 myeonhada · to avoid, to escape (blame)
• 범인 beomin · culprit, offender
• 법률 beomnyul · law (statute)
• 법원 beobwon · court (of law)
• 법적 beopjeok · legal
• 부정 bujeong · dishonesty, fraud (unfair)
• 불가 bulga · not allowed, impossible
• 불법 bulbeop · illegal, unlawful
• 붙잡히다 butjapida · to be caught, to be arrested
• 빼앗기다 ppaeatgida · to be robbed of, to have (it) taken
• 빼앗다 ppaeatda · to take away, to seize
• 사기 sagi · fraud, scam
• 수사 susa · investigation (by police)
• 위반 wiban · violation, breach

sentences

• 범인이 경찰에게 붙잡혔어요. · The culprit was caught by the police.
• 길에서 가방을 빼앗길 뻔했어요. · I almost had my bag snatched in the street.
• 많은 사람이 전화 사기를 당했어요. · Many people fell victim to phone scams.
• 이 일은 불법이라서 법적인 책임이 있어요. · This is illegal, so there is legal responsibility.
• 경찰이 도난 사건을 수사하고 있어요. · The police are investigating the theft case.