Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 0218 v.05
Weapons
- weapon / arm / armament |n| a device used with intent to inflict damage or harm to living beings, structures, or systems.
- "These companies fuel demand for legal firearms, as they must purchase weapons for their agents."
- "The primary destination of these weapons is bands specialised in robbing banks, armoured cars and land cargo transport (highway robbery)."
- shotgun |n| a firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.
- pistol |n| a firearm that is held and fired with one hand.
- stun gun |n| a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock.
- baton / nightstick / truncheon |n| a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
- tear gas |n| a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them, used in dispersing crowds.
Bracelets
- bracelets |n| are two metal rings which are joined together and can be locked round someone's wrists, usually by the police during an arrest.
- handcuffs 1 |n| a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle.
- handcuffs 2 |n| a pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoner's wrists.
- "The police put handcuffs on the suspect."
Body Protectors
- bulletproof vest |n| a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet.
- body armour |n| |UK| body armor |US| armour that protects the wearer's whole body.
- "Police put on body armour before confronting the rioters."
- helmet |n| a head covering of hard material, such as leather, metal, or plastic, worn by football players, firefighters, construction workers, motorcyclists, and others to protect the head.
- shield |n| armor carried on the arm to intercept blows.
Comunications
- two way radio |n| a radio that can both transmit and receive (a transceiver), unlike a broadcast receiver which only receives content. A two-way radio (transceiver) allows the operator to have a conversation with other similar radios operating on the same radio frequency (channel). These are available in mobile, stationary base and hand-held portable configurations. Hand-held radios are often called walkie-talkies, handie-talkies, or just hand-helds.
- cell magick |n| a cell phone tracker.
- cell phone tracker |n| a device that can reverse or locate cell phone numbers.
Monitoring and Surveillance
- binoculars |n| an optical instrument with a lens for each eye, used for viewing distant objects.
- bug |n| a hide little microphone.
- DTMF mic / spy GSM microphone |n| a device that transmit sounds to a cell phone.
- sound activated spy audio device |n| a michommphone that is activated by sound and is able to record or transmit the sound around.
- squad car / cruiser |US| |n| a police patrol car.
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