Spanish about Police & Crime – Vocabulary and Phrases

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Hi! In this post we are going to learn some words and phrases you can use when dealing with the police in Spanish, or talking in general about police and crime. 👮‍♀️🚔

We will start with some phrases, and then provide a couple of vocabulary lists with relevant words.

Enjoy ! 🙂

Contents

Phrases
Vocabulary: People
Vocabulary about crime
Vocabulary about the police

Phrases

Buenos días, señor agente.
Good morning, officer.
Quiero poner una denuncia.
I want to file a complaint / report.
¿Dónde está la comisaría?
Where is the police station?
Un hombre me ha robado la cartera.
A man has stolen my wallet.
Un ladrón ha entrado en mi casa y me ha robado dinero y muchos objetos de valor.
A thief broke into my house and stole money and many valuables.
Por favor, vengan a la calle ____.
Please, come to ____ street.
¡Detengan al ladrón!
Stop/arrest the thief!
He perdido a mi mascota.
I have lost my pet.
La policía está investigando, pero aún no hay resultados.
The police is investigating, but there are no results yet.
Han detenido al asesino.
They have arrested the murderer.

Vocabulary: People

El policía	police officer
El agente de policía	police officer
El comisario	police superintendent, commissioner
El detective privado	private detective
El criminal	criminal
El delincuente	criminal
El ladrón	thief, robber, burglar
El intruso	intruder
El asesino	murderer
El acosador	stalker
El violador	rapist
El agresor	attacker
El sospechoso	suspect
La víctima	victim
El testigo	witness

Vocabulary about crime

Substantives

El crimen	crime
El delito	crime
El robo	theft, robbery, burglary
El robo a mano armada	armed robbery
El acoso	harassment, stalking
El acoso sexual	sexual harassment
La agresión	assault
El asesinato	murder
El homicidio	homicide
La violación	rape

Verbs

Cometer un crimen	to commit a crime
Cometer un delito	to commit a crime
Robar	to steal, to rob
Acosar	to harass
Asesinar	to murder
Matar	to kill
Violar	to rape

Vocabulary about the police

Substantives about police

La policía	police
La comisaría	police station
El coche de policía	police car
Las esposas	handcuffs
El interrogatorio	interrogation
La investigación	investigation
La pista	clue
La pistola	gun
La placa	badge
La porra	nightstick, baton

Verbs about police

Detener	to detain, arrest
Disparar	to shoot
Esposar	to handcuff
Interrogar	to interrogate
Investigar	to investigate
Patrullar	to patrol
Perseguir	to chase