1 to carefully examine the facts of a situation, an event, a crime, etc. to find out the truth about it or how it happened: investigate

2 to enter a building illegally, usually using force, and steal from it:  burgle

3 a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it to other people: witness

4 the process of detecting something: detection

5 a person who examines a situation such as an accident or a crime to find out the truth: investigator

6 activities that involve breaking the law: crime

7 a person who takes goods into or out of a country illegally: smuggler

8 a person who commits a crime: criminal

9 to discover or notice something, especially something thatis not easy to see, hear, etc.: detect

10 the crime of entering a building illegally and stealing things from it: burglary

11 the crime of killing somebody deliberately: murder

12 a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to examine crimes and catch criminals: detective

13 a person who steals something from another person or place: thief

14 to kill somebody deliberately and illegally: to murder

15 the crime of stealing goods from a shop/store by deliberately leaving without paying for them: shoplifting

16 to see something happen (typically a crime or an accident): to witness

17 to kill somebody by squeezing or pressing on their throat and neck: to strangle

18 an official examination of the facts about a situation, crime, etc.: investigation

19 the crime of taking, sending or bringing goods secretly and illegally into or out of a country: smuggling

20 a person who has killed somebody deliberately and illegally: murderer

21 to steal goods from a shop/store by deliberately leaving without paying for them: to shoplift

22 the act of killing somebody by squeezing their throat tightly; the state of being killed in this way: strangulation

23 a person who steals goods from a shop/store by deliberately leaving without paying for them: shoplifter

24 a person who enters a building illegally in order to steal: burglar

25 to take, send or bring goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, etc.: to smuggle

26 to steal something from another person or place: to thieve

27 a person who kills somebody by squeezing their throat tightly: strangler

28 the crime of stealing something from a person or place: theft