Crime and the law (zakon, zatvor, ubojica)

The words of every krimić

Croatian television runs on crime drama, and so does everyday news vocabulary. zakon is the law: Svatko mora poštovati zakon. zatvor is prison: Lopov je poslan u zatvor. — a passive you can now parse.

The people

ubojica is a murderer — note the -a ending on a masculine noun, like kolega: Policija traži ubojicu. agent is an agent, secret or otherwise: Tajni agent živi u hotelu.

The verbs

pucati is to shoot: Netko je pucao u banci! uhvatiti is to catch: Policajci su uhvatili lopova. krasti is to steal (imperfective — ukrasti is its perfective): Ne smiješ krasti.

The weapon

pištolj is a pistol: Pištolj je nađen pod mostom.

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