lie in wait, charged with burglary and criminal mischief

《中英對照讀新聞》Cops: Woman hid in closet to ambush rival 警方稱女子躲在衣櫥伏擊情敵

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New York police say a woman with a carving knife broke into the home of her husband’s girlfriend and apparently was lying in wait in her closet when she was arrested.

紐約警方表示，一名女子持切肉刀闖入丈夫的女友住家內，而且在其落網時，顯然在她的衣櫥裡埋伏以待。

A police report says 47-year-old Lizbeth Hernandez,of Middletown, N.Y., broke a window Saturday to get into the girlfriend’s condo. Neighbors spotted her and called police in Peekskill, 40 miles north of New York City.

一份警方報告指出，47歲、住在紐約州中城的麗茲貝絲．赫南德茲週六打破窗戶，進入這名女友的公寓。鄰居認出她，並向紐約市北方40英里的皮克史基爾鎮警方報案。

Police say they found Hernandez under a pile of clothing in a closet. They say she had brought in the knife, duct tape and surgical gloves.

警方表示，他們在一個衣櫥內的一堆衣服下找到赫南德茲。他們表示，她帶著切肉刀、膠帶與手術用手套。

Peekskill Police Chief Eugene Tumolo said Monday that the witnesses who called police prevented violence.

皮克史基爾鎮警局首長尤金．土莫洛週一表示，報警的目擊者防止暴力於未然。

Hernandez has been charged with burglary and criminal mischief. She is represented by Legal Aid, which did not immediately return a call.

赫南德茲已被控以破門盜竊與刑事危害罪名。代表她的「法律援助協會」，沒有立即回電。

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[形]

1 ((限定))犯罪の, 刑事上の（⇔civil）

a criminal case
刑事事件

a criminal court
刑事裁判所

a criminal lawyer
刑事専門弁護士（▼文脈によっては「罪を犯した弁護士」の意ともなる）

a criminal record
犯罪歴

the criminal code
刑法典.

2 犯罪的な, 罪になる；〈人が〉罪を犯している

a criminal act
犯罪行為.

3 ((略式))((叙述))けしからぬ, 法外な

It's criminal to waste so much time.
そんなに多くの時間をむだにするなんてけしからん.

━━[名]犯罪者

a habitual criminal
常習犯.

新聞辭典

break into：片語，非法強行闖入、破門而入。例句：They have had the house broken into by thieves.（他們的房子曾被竊賊破門而入。）

lie in wait：片語，埋伏以待、準備出其不意地襲擊。例句：The robbers were lying in wait for the rich traveller.（強盜們埋伏等待那位富有旅客。）

Remain hidden while preparing to attack, as in The opposition was quietly lying in wait for the incumbent to make his first big mistake. This expression originally alluded to physical attacks and is now often used figuratively. [Mid-1400s] Also see lay for.

criminal mischief
A crime against property; the willful damaging of the property of another. Punishable in a criminal court but may also be dealt with as a civil tort. Such offenses may include throwing rocks through windows, spray painting graffiti, slashing car tires, or other acts of vandalism. Adding the element of personal ill will or hatred such as defacing a Jewish cemetery with symbols of anti-Semitism raises the act to a hate or bias crime which has significantly higher levels of punishment. Perkins & Boyce, Criminal Law Ch. 4, §8, p. 413 (3d ed. 1982); Guidelines Regarding Sentences for Hate Crimes, 28 U.S.C. §994.

condo：名詞，全稱為condominium，指各戶有獨立產權的公寓。apartment通常指只租不售的公寓。