Word lists · B2
Law and justice
Spanish words for “law and justice”, most frequent first.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 935 | el / la juez | noun · mf | judge | A2 |
| 954 | la justicia | noun · f | justice; the justice system, the courts | A2 |
| 973 | el juicio | noun · m | trial; judgement, good sense | A2 |
| 1126 | el / la testigo | noun · mf | witness | A2 |
| 1212 | el tribunal | noun · m | court (of law) | B1 |
| 1434 | el / la fiscal | noun · mf | prosecutor | B1 |
| 1487 | criminal | adjective | criminal | B1 |
| 1487 | el / la criminal | noun · mf | criminal | B1 |
| 1535 | el jurado | noun · m | jury; juror, judge (in a contest) | B1 |
| 1567 | culpable | adjective | guilty; guilty (feeling) | B1 |
| 1576 | el acusado | noun · m | accused, defendant | B1 |
| 1606 | acusar | verb | to accuse; to show, to betray (signs) | B1 |
| 1637 | la audiencia | noun · f | audience (TV, radio); hearing (court) | B1 |
| 1652 | sospechoso | adjective | suspicious | B1 |
| 1652 | el sospechoso | noun · m | suspect | B1 |
| 1801 | la demanda | noun · f | demand (economics); lawsuit | B1 |
| 1853 | el delito | noun · m | crime, offence | B1 |
| 1993 | ilegal | adjective | illegal | B1 |
| 2067 | el antecedente | noun · m | background, precedent; record (antecedentes) | B1 |
| 2145 | el procedimiento | noun · m | procedure, process; legal proceedings | B1 |
| 2189 | el asalto | noun · m | robbery, hold-up; assault, attack | B1 |
| 2270 | juzgar | verb | to judge, to try (in court); to judge, to form an opinion of | B1 |
| 2280 | violar | verb | to violate, to break (a law, a right) | B1 |
| 2292 | la posesión | noun · f | possession, belongings; possession (having), taking office | B1 |
| 2345 | la violación | noun · f | violation, breach | B1 |
| 2406 | la acusación | noun · f | accusation; charge, prosecution | B1 |
| 2430 | la vigilancia | noun · f | surveillance, monitoring | B1 |
| 2433 | el rescate | noun · m | rescue; ransom | B1 |
| 2474 | el homicidio | noun · m | homicide, killing | B1 |
| 2506 | la celda | noun · f | cell (prison); cell (in a table or battery) | B2 |
| 2528 | el arresto | noun · m | arrest, detention | B2 |
| 2542 | el testimonio | noun · m | testimony, statement | B2 |
| 2627 | judicial | adjective | judicial, court | B2 |
| 2667 | la sentencia | noun · f | ruling, sentence; saying, maxim | B2 |
| 2865 | denunciar | verb | to report, to denounce | B2 |
| 2905 | el testamento | noun · m | will, testament | B2 |
| 2951 | el juzgado | noun · m | court | B2 |
| 3030 | la condena | noun · f | sentence, conviction; condemnation | B2 |
| 3039 | la custodia | noun · f | custody; safekeeping | B2 |
| 3091 | el secuestro | noun · m | kidnapping, hijacking | B2 |
| 3129 | penal | adjective | criminal, penal | B2 |
| 3212 | el fallo | noun · m | mistake, failure; ruling, verdict | B2 |
| 3259 | condenar | verb | to sentence, to convict; to condemn | B2 |
| 3331 | forense | adjective | forensic | B2 |
| 3368 | la denuncia | noun · f | report, complaint (to the police) | B2 |
| 3403 | la confesión | noun · f | confession | B2 |
| 3426 | demandar | verb | to sue; to demand | B2 |
| 3580 | el fraude | noun · m | fraud | B2 |
| 3605 | la detención | noun · f | arrest, detention; stopping, halt | B2 |
| 3657 | la comisaría | noun · f | police station | B2 |
| 3717 | encarcelar | verb | to imprison | B2 |
| 3872 | recurrir | verb | to resort to; to appeal | B2 |
| 3954 | legítimo | adjective | legitimate | B2 |
| 3981 | la jurisdicción | noun · f | jurisdiction | B2 |
| 3994 | el / la delincuente | noun · mf | criminal, offender | B2 |
| 4078 | la multa | noun · f | fine | C1 |
| 4084 | asaltar | verb | to rob, to mug; to assail (doubts) | C1 |
| 4146 | la agresión | noun · f | aggression, assault | C1 |
| 4174 | dictar | verb | to dictate; to pass, to deliver (a ruling, a class) | C1 |
| 4279 | el atentado | noun · m | attack; outrage, offence | C1 |
| 4390 | acosar | verb | to harass; to hound | C1 |
| 4449 | testificar | verb | to testify | C1 |
| 4553 | alegar | verb | to claim, to allege | C1 |
| 4624 | la acta | noun · f | minutes, record; certificate, official record | C1 |
| 4684 | la fiscalía | noun · f | prosecutor's office | C1 |
| 4705 | el precedente | noun · m | precedent | C1 |
| 4714 | obligatorio | adjective | compulsory, mandatory | C1 |
| 4716 | interponer | verb | to lodge, to file (an appeal); to place between (interponerse) | C1 |
| 4730 | legalmente | adverb | legally | C1 |
| 4755 | el / la cómplice | noun · mf | accomplice | C1 |
| 4861 | el interrogatorio | noun · m | interrogation, questioning | C1 |
| 4899 | infiltrar | verb | to infiltrate; to seep in (infiltrarse) | C1 |
| 4940 | el / la bandido | noun · mf | bandit, outlaw | C1 |
| 4999 | el / la fugitivo | noun · mf | fugitive | C1 |
| 5040 | el consentimiento | noun · m | consent | C1 |
| 5090 | la fianza | noun · f | bail; deposit (rental) | C1 |
| 5095 | el reglamento | noun · m | regulations, rules | C1 |
| 5100 | la autopsia | noun · f | autopsy | C1 |
| 5115 | el / la traficante | noun · mf | dealer, trafficker | C1 |
| 5257 | la instancia | noun · f | level, authority; formal application | C1 |
| 5261 | el / la alguacil | noun · mf | bailiff, constable | C1 |
| 5266 | el acoso | noun · m | harassment; pursuit, hounding | C1 |
| 5281 | encubierto | adjective | undercover; covert, concealed | C1 |
| 5286 | procedente | adjective | coming from; appropriate, well-founded | C1 |
| 5313 | presenciar | verb | to witness, to see first-hand | C1 |
| 5374 | la apelación | noun · f | appeal (legal); appeal (call, plea) | C1 |
| 5385 | la inocencia | noun · f | innocence (legal); innocence, naivety | C1 |
| 5426 | constitucional | adjective | constitutional | C1 |
| 5463 | el indicio | noun · m | sign, clue, indication | C1 |
| 5511 | jurídico | adjective | legal, juridical | C1 |
| 5528 | confiscar | verb | to confiscate, to seize | C1 |
| 5566 | sentenciar | verb | to sentence; to pronounce, to declare | C1 |
| 5625 | clandestino | adjective | clandestine, illegal | C1 |
| 5667 | el / la magistrado | noun · mf | magistrate, judge | C1 |
| 5704 | perpetuo | adjective | perpetual, lifelong; constant, endless | C1 |
| 5712 | la prohibición | noun · f | ban, prohibition | C1 |
| 5724 | la enmienda | noun · f | amendment; correction, reform (no tener enmienda) | C1 |
| 5756 | la emboscada | noun · f | ambush | C1 |
| 5802 | el contrabando | noun · m | smuggling; contraband, smuggled goods | C1 |
| 5824 | el estatuto | noun · m | statute, regulations; charter (of autonomy) | C1 |
| 5843 | el soborno | noun · m | bribe, bribery | C1 |
| 5892 | delatar | verb | to inform on, to denounce; to give away, to betray (a feeling) | C1 |
| 6007 | el veredicto | noun · m | verdict; verdict, judgement | C1 |
| 6017 | la expulsión | noun · f | expulsion, deportation; sending-off (sport) | C1 |
| 6056 | invocar | verb | to invoke, to call upon; to cite, to invoke (a law, a right) | C1 |
| 6161 | el / la secuestrador | noun · mf | kidnapper; hijacker | C1 |
| 6201 | apelar | verb | to appeal to, to call on; to appeal (a ruling) | C1 |
| 6209 | el / la guardaespaldas | noun · mf | bodyguard | C1 |
| 6309 | escoltar | verb | to escort; to accompany, to see (someone) to | C1 |
| 6312 | archivar | verb | to file, to store away; to shelve, to close (a case, a project) | C1 |
| 6338 | perjudicar | verb | to harm, to damage; to disadvantage, to wrong | C1 |
| 6388 | el / la procesado | noun · mf | defendant, accused | C1 |
| 6399 | accesorio | adjective | secondary, incidental | C1 |
| 6402 | prohibido | adjective | forbidden, prohibited; forbidden, taboo (lo prohibido) | C1 |
| 6449 | deportar | verb | to deport; to banish, to exile | C1 |
| 6469 | privar | verb | to deprive (privar de); to be in vogue, to prevail | C1 |
| 6505 | regir | verb | to govern; to regulate; to be in force; to apply | C2 |
| 6510 | la estafa | noun · f | scam; fraud | C2 |
| 6517 | la prostitución | noun · f | prostitution | C2 |
| 6585 | recaer | verb | to fall on (responsibility, blame, suspicion); to relapse | C2 |
| 6610 | absolver | verb | to acquit; to absolve (of sins) | C2 |
| 6762 | voluntariamente | adverb | voluntarily; of one's own free will | C2 |
| 6814 | maltratar | verb | to mistreat; to abuse | C2 |
| 6830 | matrimonial | adjective | marital; matrimonial | C2 |
| 6859 | el / la informante | noun · mf | informant; source | C2 |
| 6862 | la represalia | noun · f | reprisal; retaliation | C2 |
| 6963 | el intruso | noun · m | intruder; trespasser; odd one out | C2 |
| 7057 | alimenticio | adjective | food (adj.); nutritional; maintenance (pensión alimenticia) | C2 |
| 7079 | deliberadamente | adverb | deliberately; on purpose | C2 |
| 7084 | el vigor | noun · m | vigour; energy; force (en vigor, in force) | C2 |
| 7085 | la discriminación | noun · f | discrimination | C2 |
| 7087 | la alteración | noun · f | alteration; change; disturbance; disruption | C2 |
| 7137 | falsificar | verb | to forge; to counterfeit | C2 |
| 7150 | sobornar | verb | to bribe | C2 |
| 7173 | encubrir | verb | to cover up; to conceal | C2 |
| 7180 | la redada | noun · f | raid; round-up (police) | C2 |
| 7183 | la coartada | noun · f | alibi; pretext; excuse | C2 |
| 7186 | la pornografía | noun · f | pornography | C2 |
| 7199 | nulo | adjective | null; void (invalid); nil; non-existent | C2 |
| 7201 | el vicio | noun · m | vice; bad habit; defect; flaw (legal) | C2 |
| 7223 | instruir | verb | to instruct; to train; to conduct (a legal inquiry) | C2 |
| 7226 | legislativo | adjective | legislative | C2 |
| 7229 | la legislación | noun · f | legislation | C2 |
| 7230 | presunto | adjective | alleged; presumed | C2 |
| 7239 | agredir | verb | to attack; to assault | C2 |
| 7308 | el bufete | noun · m | law firm; lawyer's office | C2 |
| 7347 | indefenso | adjective | defenceless; helpless | C2 |
| 7371 | evadir | verb | to evade; to avoid (taxes, a duty); to escape; to get away (evadirse) | C2 |
| 7372 | serial | adjective | serial (in series) | C2 |
| 7407 | el procurador | noun · m | court representative; procurator | C2 |
| 7446 | la sanción | noun · f | sanction; penalty; approval; assent (of a law) | C2 |
| 7474 | la falsificación | noun · f | forgery; counterfeit | C2 |
| 7508 | apresar | verb | to capture; to seize; to arrest; to seize (prey) | C2 |
| 7509 | la implicación | noun · f | implication; consequence; involvement (in a crime) | C2 |
| 7600 | incitar | verb | to incite; to urge | C2 |
| 7602 | el mafioso | noun · m | mobster; mafioso | C2 |
| 7615 | confrontar | verb | to confront; to face; to compare; to collate | C2 |
| 7647 | el calabozo | noun · m | dungeon; cell (lock-up) | C2 |
| 7728 | la culpabilidad | noun · f | guilt (feeling); culpability (legal) | C2 |
| 7745 | revocar | verb | to revoke; to repeal; to overturn (a ruling) | C2 |
| 7813 | el verdugo | noun · m | executioner; tormentor; oppressor | C2 |
| 7847 | el procesamiento | noun · m | processing; indictment; formal charging (Latin America) | C2 |
| 7864 | raptar | verb | to kidnap; to abduct | C2 |
| 7882 | el recluso | noun · m | inmate; prisoner | C2 |
| 7921 | el violador | noun · m | rapist; violator (of a law, an agreement) | C2 |
| 7945 | la ordenanza | noun · f | ordinance; by-law | C2 |
| 7948 | convicto | adjective | convicted (of a crime); convict (person) | C2 |
| 7953 | la reclamación | noun · f | complaint; formal claim; demand; claim (to a right) | C2 |
| 7980 | desalojar | verb | to evict; to clear out; to evacuate (a building) | C2 |
| 7992 | despojar | verb | to strip (of); to deprive (of); to shed; to cast off (despojarse de) | C2 |
| 8001 | desmantelar | verb | to dismantle; to take down; to break up (a gang, a network) | C2 |
| 8009 | chantajear | verb | to blackmail; to pressure; to emotionally blackmail | C2 |
| 8015 | corromper | verb | to corrupt; to bribe; to corrupt (a file); to spoil | C2 |
| 8041 | el estafador | noun · m | fraudster; con artist | C2 |
| 8122 | preventivo | adjective | preventive; precautionary; pre-trial (prisión preventiva) | C2 |
| 8188 | la indemnización | noun · f | compensation; damages; severance pay | C2 |
| 8206 | patrullar | verb | to patrol | C2 |
| 8225 | eludir | verb | to dodge; to evade; to escape; to elude | C2 |
| 8241 | recurrente | adjective | recurring; repeated; appellant (in a legal appeal) | C2 |
| 8242 | ilegalmente | adverb | illegally | C2 |
| 8261 | el agresor | noun · m | aggressor; attacker; aggressor (state or side) | C2 |
| 8277 | desertar | verb | to desert (the army); to abandon; to drop out (of) | C2 |
| 8279 | contundente | adjective | forceful; decisive; convincing; blunt (object, weapon) | C2 |
| 8282 | concurrir | verb | to gather; to attend; to turn out; to coincide; to combine (of factors) | C2 |
| 8284 | el racismo | noun · m | racism | C2 |
| 8293 | atracar | verb | to rob; to hold up; to dock; to moor | C2 |
| 8312 | la prevención | noun · f | prevention; wariness; prejudice (tener prevención) | C2 |
| 8318 | enmascarar | verb | to mask; to disguise; to put on a mask (enmascararse) | C2 |
| 8334 | deliberar | verb | to deliberate; to confer; to weigh up; to think over | C2 |
| 8353 | desobedecer | verb | to disobey; to defy; to break (a rule) | C2 |
| 8362 | decretar | verb | to decree; to order (officially); to declare (a state, a measure) | C2 |
| 8368 | el banquillo | noun · m | bench (sports, substitutes); dock (of the accused) | C2 |
| 8382 | sancionar | verb | to sanction; to penalise; to ratify; to sign into law | C2 |
| 8409 | el convenio | noun · m | agreement; accord; collective agreement | C2 |
| 8413 | custodiar | verb | to guard; to watch over; to safeguard; to hold in trust | C2 |
| 8462 | la morgue | noun · f | morgue | C2 |
| 8482 | el genocidio | noun · m | genocide | C2 |
| 8487 | el atraco | noun · m | hold-up; armed robbery; rip-off; daylight robbery | C2 |
| 8506 | atentar | verb | to make an attempt on; to attack (atentar contra); to violate; to be an affront to | C2 |
| 8580 | el chantaje | noun · m | blackmail; emotional blackmail; manipulation | C2 |
| 8603 | ahorcar | verb | to hang (execute or kill by hanging); to strangle financially (Latin America) | C2 |
| 8723 | abolir | verb | to abolish; to scrap; to do away with | C2 |
| 8763 | inhumano | adjective | inhuman; cruel; superhuman; extreme (effort) | C2 |
| 8813 | la obediencia | noun · f | obedience; due obedience (legal defence) | C2 |
| 8862 | defraudar | verb | to defraud; to cheat (out of money); to disappoint; to let down | C2 |
| 8867 | el / la homicida | noun · mf | murderer; killer; murderous; homicidal (adjective) | C2 |
| 8880 | el veto | noun · m | veto; ban; blacklisting | C2 |
| 8891 | la amnistía | noun · f | amnesty; tax amnesty | C2 |
| 8911 | accionar | verb | to operate; to activate (a lever, a switch); to act; to take action (Latin America) | C2 |
| 8920 | la soberanía | noun · f | sovereignty; self-determination (food, energy) | C2 |
| 8924 | la horca | noun · f | gallows; pitchfork; hayfork | C2 |
| 8944 | el / la contribuyente | noun · mf | taxpayer; contributor | C2 |
| 8994 | el saqueo | noun · m | looting; plunder; plundering (of resources, funds) | C2 |
| 8999 | el allanamiento | noun · m | police raid; search; trespass; breaking in (allanamiento de morada) | C2 |
| 9032 | el alcaide | noun · m | prison governor; warden; castellan; governor of a castle (historical) | C2 |
| 9043 | acorralar | verb | to corner; to trap; to herd into a pen | C2 |
| 9062 | pornográfico | adjective | pornographic; obscene (figurative) | C2 |
| 9100 | estafar | verb | to swindle; to defraud; to rip off; to overcharge (colloquial) | C2 |
| 9103 | narcótico | adjective | narcotic (drug-related); narcotic (noun); numbing | C2 |
| 9154 | el rastreo | noun · m | tracking; tracing; search; sweep (of an area) | C2 |
| 9178 | el impostor | noun · m | impostor; fraud; impostor (as in impostor syndrome) | C2 |
| 9241 | la obstrucción | noun · f | obstruction; blockage; obstruction (of justice, proceedings) | C2 |
| 9262 | la infracción | noun · f | infringement; violation (of a law, a rule); offence; foul (sports) | C2 |
| 9272 | traficar | verb | to traffic (in drugs, goods); to peddle (influence, favours) | C2 |
| 9278 | el amparo | noun · m | shelter; protection; refuge; amparo (legal writ protecting rights) | C2 |
| 9295 | cautivo | adjective | captive; captivated; held spellbound | C2 |
| 9301 | el demandado | noun · m | defendant (civil case); in demand (muy demandado) | C2 |
| 9343 | entablar | verb | to start; to strike up (a conversation, friendship); to bring; to file (a lawsuit) | C2 |
| 9348 | la paternidad | noun · f | fatherhood; paternity; paternity (legal); authorship | C2 |
| 9393 | el mandamiento | noun · m | commandment; order; writ (legal) | C2 |
| 9435 | la negligencia | noun · f | negligence; carelessness; neglect | C2 |
| 9460 | inválido | adjective | invalid; not valid; disabled person (dated, can offend) | C2 |
| 9482 | conferir | verb | to confer; to grant (power, a title, a right); to lend; to give (a quality) | C2 |
| 9546 | clausurar | verb | to close down; to shut (by official order); to close (an event, a session) formally | C2 |
| 9560 | el requerimiento | noun · m | requirement; demand; formal request; summons (legal) | C2 |
| 9577 | el pleito | noun · m | lawsuit; legal case; quarrel; row (Latin America) | C2 |
| 9656 | ilegítimo | adjective | illegitimate; unlawful; illegitimate (born outside marriage; dated) | C2 |
| 9676 | el estrado | noun · m | dais; platform; witness stand; courtroom bench | C2 |
| 9682 | el / la demandante | noun · mf | claimant; claiming (parte demandante) | C2 |
| 9727 | el acreedor | noun · m | creditor; deserving (acreedor a: worthy of) | C2 |
| 9732 | ratificar | verb | to ratify; to confirm; to reaffirm | C2 |
| 9764 | esposar | verb | to handcuff | C2 |
| 9819 | la irregularidad | noun · f | irregularity; unevenness; irregularity; malpractice | C2 |
| 9842 | legar | verb | to bequeath (property); to hand down; to leave as a legacy | C2 |
| 9915 | desacreditar | verb | to discredit; to damage the reputation of | C2 |
| 9971 | la providencia | noun · f | providence; divine care; measure; court order (providencias) | C2 |
| 9972 | la defunción | noun · f | death (official, formal) | C2 |
| 9977 | deponer | verb | to depose; to remove from office; to lay down; to give up (arms, an attitude) | C2 |
| 9978 | el cártel | noun · m | cartel (criminal organisation); cartel (price-fixing group of companies) | C2 |
| 9989 | el tenor | noun · m | tenor (singer, voice); wording; tenor (of a text) | C2 |
| 10017 | ilícito | adjective | illicit; unlawful; offence; unlawful act (noun use) | C2 |
| 10058 | obstruir | verb | to block; to obstruct (a passage, a pipe); to obstruct (justice, an investigation) | C2 |
| 10113 | sito | adjective | situated; located (formal, in documents) | C2 |
| 10135 | incriminar | verb | to incriminate; to accuse (of a crime) | C2 |
| 10220 | la anulación | noun · f | annulment; cancellation (of a contract, a result); cancellation (of a booking, a marriage) | C2 |
| 10237 | la citación | noun · f | summons; subpoena; notice of a meeting; call to attend | C2 |
| 10267 | estipular | verb | to stipulate; to specify; to lay down (conditions, a price) | C2 |
| 10281 | lesionar | verb | to injure; to hurt (a body part); to harm; to damage (rights, interests) | C2 |
| 10313 | incompetente | adjective | incompetent; without jurisdiction (law) | C2 |
| 10353 | infligir | verb | to inflict (damage, a defeat); to impose (a punishment) | C2 |
| 10407 | disuadir | verb | to dissuade; to talk (someone) out of; to deter (crime, an enemy) | C2 |
| 10435 | el / la contrabandista | noun · mf | smuggler | C2 |
| 10464 | promulgar | verb | to enact; to promulgate (a law) | C2 |
| 10497 | impedido | adjective | prevented; barred (impedido de + infinitive); disabled (dated; use persona con discapacidad) | C2 |
| 10499 | la clemencia | noun · f | mercy; clemency; mildness (of weather) | C2 |
| 10522 | el / la asaltante | noun · mf | robber; attacker | C2 |
| 10547 | profanar | verb | to desecrate (a grave, a sacred place); to defile; to violate (a memory, values) | C2 |
| 10551 | el reo | noun · m | defendant; accused person; convict; prisoner serving a sentence | C2 |
| 10566 | el adulterio | noun · m | adultery | C2 |
| 10587 | vetar | verb | to veto; to ban; to bar (someone from a place or activity) | C2 |
| 10591 | el legislador | noun · m | lawmaker; legislator (member of a legislature); lawgiver (historical) | C2 |
| 10602 | suscribir | verb | to subscribe (suscribirse a); to sign; to endorse (an agreement, a statement) | C2 |
| 10612 | el emplazamiento | noun · m | site; location (of a building, an installation); summons; formal call to appear (law) | C2 |
| 10643 | allanar | verb | to raid; to break into (a police search of a home); to level; to smooth out (allanar el camino: to pave the way) | C2 |
| 10646 | confinar | verb | to confine; to isolate (people in their homes or one place); to border (confinar con) | C2 |
| 10677 | imparcial | adjective | impartial; unbiased | C2 |
| 10682 | el imputado | noun · m | defendant; person charged (formally under investigation) | C2 |
| 10682 | imputar | verb | to charge (with a crime); to bring charges against; to attribute; to blame (imputar algo a alguien) | C2 |
| 10685 | indagar | verb | to investigate; to look into (indagar en, sobre); to enquire; to find out discreetly | C2 |
| 10704 | remitir | verb | to send; to refer (a document, a case; remitir a); to subside; to ease off (fever, pain, storm) | C2 |
| 10707 | la notificación | noun · f | notification; alert (app, phone); formal notice (legal, administrative) | C2 |
| 10717 | abogar | verb | to advocate; to argue for (abogar por); to plead for; to intercede (on someone's behalf) | C2 |
| 10735 | el acosador | noun · m | harasser; bully; stalker | C2 |
| 10784 | encadenado | adjective | chained; shackled; linked; successive (events) | C2 |
| 10788 | caducar | verb | to expire (food, documents); to lapse; to become void (a right, a deadline) | C2 |
| 10834 | el perjuicio | noun · m | harm; damage; sin perjuicio de: without prejudice to; notwithstanding | C2 |
| 10871 | la evasión | noun · f | evasion; avoidance (tax evasion); escape (from prison; from reality) | C2 |
| 10874 | el traspaso | noun · m | transfer; handover (of ownership, power); transfer (of a player); sale of a business lease | C2 |
| 10879 | la tutela | noun · f | guardianship; custody (legal); protection; oversight (bajo la tutela de) | C2 |
| 10884 | la extorsión | noun · f | extortion; extortion (figurative: abusive prices or pressure) | C2 |
| 10917 | el beneficiario | noun · m | beneficiary (of a payment, a policy); recipient (of a programme, of aid) | C2 |
| 10923 | la delincuencia | noun · f | crime (in general); delinquency; criminals as a group; the criminal underworld | C2 |
| 10964 | multar | verb | to fine; to fine (a company, a club) | C2 |
| 10977 | el / la consorte | noun · mf | consort (spouse of a monarch); spouse (legal term) | C2 |
| 11002 | penitenciario | adjective | prison; penitentiary (adjective) | C2 |
| 11003 | patentar | verb | to patent (an invention); to register (a vehicle; Argentina, Chile) | C2 |
| 11004 | el casquillo | noun · m | cartridge case; shell casing; socket; cap; ferrule (technical part) | C2 |
| 11018 | el cautiverio | noun · m | captivity; being held captive; captivity (animals) | C2 |
| 11021 | el / la confidente | noun · mf | confidant; informant; informer (police) | C2 |
| 11049 | el indulto | noun · m | pardon (by a head of state); reprieve; clemency (informal) | C2 |
| 11057 | condonar | verb | to forgive; to write off (a debt); to condone; to overlook (an offence) | C2 |
| 11061 | el / la narcotraficante | noun · mf | drug trafficker | C2 |
| 11111 | policíaco | adjective | detective (genre: novela policíaca); police (operation, investigation) | C2 |
| 11113 | el condominio | noun · m | gated community; residential complex (Latin America); joint ownership (law) | C2 |
| 11153 | divorciarse | verb | to get divorced; to break away from; to part company with (figurative) | C2 |
| 11166 | la prescripción | noun · f | prescription (medical); statute of limitations; lapse (law) | C2 |
| 11182 | la tentativa | noun · f | attempt (legal: tentativa de...); attempt; try (formal) | C2 |
| 11190 | la procedencia | noun · f | origin; provenance; admissibility; merit (of a claim) | C2 |
| 11264 | disciplinario | adjective | disciplinary | C2 |
| 11309 | infringir | verb | to infringe; to break (a law, a rule); to infringe (a right, copyright) | C2 |
| 11314 | abusivo | adjective | abusive; excessive (prices, clauses); abusive (behaviour, treatment) | C2 |
| 11381 | la balística | noun · f | ballistics; ballistic (feminine adjective: trayectoria balística) | C2 |
| 11425 | domiciliario | adjective | home; at-home (delivery, service); house (arrest); domiciliary (care) | C2 |
| 11437 | el fusilamiento | noun · m | execution by firing squad | C2 |
| 11442 | la batida | noun · f | search sweep; beat (police, search party); hunt drive (beating game towards the guns) | C2 |
| 11460 | enmendar | verb | to amend; to correct (a text, a law); to make amends for; to put right (a mistake) | C2 |
| 11465 | incautar | verb | to seize; to confiscate; incautarse de: to take possession of (officially) | C2 |
| 11526 | el maltrato | noun · m | mistreatment; abuse; domestic abuse (maltrato doméstico) | C2 |
| 11534 | la concubina | noun · f | concubine (historical); partner outside marriage (legal, dated) | C2 |
| 11574 | debidamente | adverb | duly; properly; appropriately; as is fitting | C2 |
| 11589 | intencional | adjective | intentional; deliberate; intentional (law: with intent) | C2 |
| 11632 | controvertir | verb | to dispute; to argue against | C2 |
| 11641 | recluido | adjective | confined; shut away | C2 |
| 11641 | recluir | verb | to confine; to shut away; to shut oneself away (recluirse) | C2 |
| 11673 | la validez | noun · f | validity; legal force; soundness (of an argument, a result) | C2 |
| 11694 | el fideicomiso | noun · m | trust (legal arrangement); trust fund (managed money) | C2 |
| 11712 | la perturbación | noun · f | disturbance; disruption; disturbance (atmospheric, mental) | C2 |
| 11727 | arbitrario | adjective | arbitrary; random; arbitrary; unjust (power, detention) | C2 |
| 11736 | la confidencialidad | noun · f | confidentiality; privacy; secrecy (of data) | C2 |
| 11753 | el cannabis | noun · m | cannabis (plant, drug) | C2 |
| 11761 | el alegato | noun · m | plea; closing argument (law); case; impassioned argument (for something) | C2 |
| 11764 | el alejamiento | noun · m | moving away; estrangement; orden de alejamiento: restraining order (Spain) | C2 |
| 11782 | la complicidad | noun · f | complicity (in a crime); rapport; close understanding | C2 |
| 11783 | incendiario | adjective | inflammatory; incendiary (speech, remarks); arsonist (noun use) | C2 |