Investigation Basics
Dasar-dasar Investigasi| investigator | penyelidik |
| authorities | pihak berwenang |
| suspect | tersangka |
| witness | saksi |
| bystander | pengamat |
| lead | petunjuk |
| evidence | bukti |
| clue | petunjuk |
| scene of the crime | tempat kejadian perkara |
| to investigate | menyelidiki |
| to solve | memecahkan |
Suspicion immediately fell on the boyfriend.
Kecurigaan langsung tertuju pada pacarnya.The suspect fits the description provided by the eyewitnesses.
Tersangka sesuai dengan deskripsi yang diberikan oleh saksi mata.The suspect is armed and dangerous.
Tersangka bersenjata dan berbahaya.The investigators are pursuing a promising lead.
Para penyelidik sedang mengejar petunjuk yang menjanjikan.
Somebody tipped off the police.
Seseorang memberi tahu polisi.The case went unsolved for many years. The break came when the killer started to write taunting letters to the police.
Kasus ini tidak terpecahkan selama bertahun-tahun. Terobosan datang ketika si pembunuh mulai menulis surat-surat ejekan kepada polisi.Case closed! We solved the mystery.
Kasus ditutup! Kami memecahkan misteri itu.We had to connect the dots to solve this case.
Kami harus menghubungkan titik-titik untuk memecahkan kasus ini.The detectives finally cracked the case.
Para detektif akhirnya memecahkan kasus ini.
Evidence Gathering
Pengumpulan Bukti| search warrant | surat perintah penggeledahan |
| crime lab | laboratorium kejahatan |
| forensics | forensik |
| ballistics | balistik |
| autopsy | otopsi |
| coroner | koroner |
| cold case | kasus dingin |
| DNA evidence | bukti DNA |
| missing person | orang hilang |
Dust for fingerprints.
Debu untuk sidik jari.Searching the house didn't turn up anything.
Penggeledahan rumah tidak membuahkan hasil apa pun.
Surveillance
Pengawasan| undercover | menyamar |
| undercover agent | agen rahasia |
| undercover operation | operasi penyamaran |
| to tail | membuntuti |
The undercover agent infiltrated the drug ring.
Agen rahasia itu menyusup ke jaringan narkoba.The detectives staked out the home of the suspected drug dealer.
Para detektif mengintai rumah tersangka pengedar narkoba.They tried to tail us but we managed to lose them in the botanical garden.
Mereka mencoba membuntuti kami tetapi kami berhasil melepaskan diri dari mereka di kebun raya.
Identification
Identifikasi| lineup | barisan |
| snitch informal | informan |
| informant | informan |
| to identify | mengidentifikasi |
| to incriminate | memberatkan |
| to accuse | menuduh |
The investigators found incriminating evidence against him in the basement.
Para penyelidik menemukan bukti yang memberatkan dirinya di ruang bawah tanah.The witness IDed the suspect. We've got our man.
Saksi mengidentifikasi tersangka. Kami menangkap orang kami.
I've been framed. It wasn't me.
Saya dijebak. Bukan saya.They say he's a snitch — that's why he's still walking around free.
Mereka bilang dia informan — itulah sebabnya dia masih bebas berkeliaran.
Questioning
Interogasi| alias | alias |
| interrogation | interogasi |
| confession | pengakuan |
| alibi | alibi |
| to interrogate | menginterogasi |
| to confess | mengaku |
| to detain | menahan |
You're wanted by the police for questioning.
Anda dicari oleh polisi untuk diinterogasi.The suspect was detained for questioning.
Tersangka ditahan untuk diinterogasi.The suspect has many aliases.
Tersangka memiliki banyak alias.The suspect was interrogated by the police.
Tersangka diinterogasi oleh polisi.
Where were you last night?
Di mana Anda tadi malam?His alibi checks out.
Alibinya terbukti.He failed the lie detector test.
Dia gagal dalam tes pendeteksi kebohongan.She took the rap for him.
Dia menanggung kesalahan untuknya.
Arrest
Penangkapan| warrant | surat perintah |
| arrest warrant | surat perintah penangkapan |
| mugshot | foto tersangka |
| to arrest | menangkap |
| to apprehend | menangkap |
| to release | melepaskan |
The officers arrested him for public intoxication.
Para petugas menangkapnya karena mabuk di tempat umum.You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
Anda ditahan. Anda berhak untuk tetap diam. Apa pun yang Anda katakan dapat dan akan digunakan untuk melawan Anda di pengadilan.We've got a warrant for your arrest.
Kami memiliki surat perintah penangkapan untuk Anda.What's the charge?
Apa tuduhannya?
attempted murder and resisting arrest.
percobaan pembunuhan dan melawan penangkapan.I turned myself in. I couldn't live with a murder on my conscience.
Saya menyerahkan diri. Saya tidak bisa hidup dengan pembunuhan di hati nurani saya.The suspect gave us the slip.
Tersangka berhasil lolos dari kami.Due to the lack of evidence, he was released.
Karena kurangnya bukti, dia dibebaskan.