Vocabulary

Crime
CRIME DEFINITION CRIMINAL
taking someone away by force, demanding

abduction
money for their safe return
setting fire to a building, cars or property on

arson arsonist
purpose
assassination killing a famous person or public figure assassin
assault attacking someone physically assailant
marrying someone when you are already

bigamy bigamist
married to another person
threatening to reveal someone’s secrets if a

blackmail blackmailer*
lot of money is not paid
detonating an explosive device with the plan

bombing bomber
of harming people or property
giving money or granting favors to influence

bribery briber*
another person’s decisions or behavior
breaking into a house in order to steal

burglary burglar
something
treating a child badly in a physical,

child abuse child abuser
emotional, or sexual way
behaving illegally and dishonestly; especially

corruption
those in power
doing something illegal that can be punished

crime criminal
by law
doing something illegal over the Internet or cyber criminal

cybercrime
a computer system hacker**
domestic violence behaving violently inside the home

drunk driving driving with too much alcohol in your blood drunk driver
stealing large amounts of money that you

embezzlement are responsible for, often over a period of embezzler
time
spying, to obtain political or military

espionage spy
information
illegally copying documents, money, etc. to

forgery forger
cheat people
getting money from people by cheating con artist

fraud
them fraud
killing on purpose a large number of people,

genocide
especially from a particular group or area
taking control of a plane, train etc by force,

hijacking hijacker
often to meet political demands
not stopping to help a person hurt in an

hit and run
accident caused by you
homicide killing another person on purpose
being violent or aggressive on purpose;

hooliganism hooligan
often used to describe youth
using someone else’s personal information

identity theft
for one’s own gain
taking someone away by force, often

kidnapping kidnapper
demanding money for their safe return
damaging someone’s reputation by writing

libel
lies about them
taking things illegally and by force, during a

looting looter
riot, war, etc.
killing someone without legal process, often

lynching
by hanging, often by an angry mob
manslaughter killing someone by accident
mugging attacking someone with a plan to rob them mugger
murder killing someone on purpose murderer
perjury lying in court, while under oath
stealing wallets, money, etc. from people’s

pickpocketing pickpocketer
pockets in crowded places
pilfering stealing small quantities of goods over time
poaching hunting illegally poacher
rape forcing someone to have sex rapist
riot causing a noisy, violent public disturbance rioter
stealing large amounts of money with force

robbery robber
or violence from a bank, store, etc.
shoplifting stealing something from a store shoplifter
damaging someone’s reputation by speaking

slander
lies about them
taking things secretly in or out of a place,

smuggling smuggler
country, jail, etc.
speeding driving above the speed limit
using violence, threats, or fear, usually for

terrorism terrorist
political purposes
theft stealing, in general thief
trading something illegal like drugs, people,

trafficking
etc.
betraying one’s country by helping its

treason traitor
enemies
trespassing entering another person’s area; hurting trespasser

people/damaging property through force
destroying private or public property

vandalism vandal
purposely
secretly watching naked people or sexual

voyeurism voyeur
acts & getting sexually excited
ART
List of art vocabulary

Visual art
 ceramics
 drawing
 painting
 sculpture
 printmaking
 design
 crafts
 photography
 video
 film-making
 architecture
Written art
 literature
 novels
 drama
 short story
 biography / autobiography
 poetry
performing art
 dance
 cinema
 theater
 ballet
 concert
 opera
Painting
 portrait
 brush stroke
 canvas
 landscape
 still-life picture
 palette
 impressionism
 expressionism
 sketch
 sitter
Places and events
 museum
 gallery
 theater
 cinema/ movies
 exhibition
Collocations
 the sets were incredible

 colorful / elaborate / lavish / national / traditional / period / eighteenth-century /
Victorian costumes
 a good cast
 give a fantastic performance
 do a performance
 get a rave review
 an exhibition by Salvador Dali
 to publish a book
 cinema is showing Steven Spielberg's latest film
 what's on at the cinema / theater next weekend?
Related materials:
 Quotes about art
 Idioms about art
 Literature

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Crime

CRIME DEFINITION CRIMINAL

taking someone away by force, demanding

setting fire to a building, cars or property on

assassination killing a famous person or public figure assassin

assault attacking someone physically assailant

marrying someone when you are already

threatening to reveal someone’s secrets if a

detonating an explosive device with the plan

giving money or granting favors to influence

breaking into a house in order to steal

treating a child badly in a physical,

behaving illegally and dishonestly; especially

doing something illegal that can be punished

doing something illegal over the Internet or cyber criminal

domestic violence behaving violently inside the home

stealing large amounts of money that you

spying, to obtain political or military

illegally copying documents, money, etc. to

getting money from people by cheating con artist

killing on purpose a large number of people,

taking control of a plane, train etc by force,

not stopping to help a person hurt in an

homicide killing another person on purpose

being violent or aggressive on purpose;

using someone else’s personal information

taking someone away by force, often

damaging someone’s reputation by writing

taking things illegally and by force, during a

killing someone without legal process, often

mugging attacking someone with a plan to rob them mugger

murder killing someone on purpose murderer

perjury lying in court, while under oath

stealing wallets, money, etc. from people’s

pilfering stealing small quantities of goods over time

poaching hunting illegally poacher

rape forcing someone to have sex rapist

riot causing a noisy, violent public disturbance rioter

stealing large amounts of money with force

shoplifting stealing something from a store shoplifter

damaging someone’s reputation by speaking

taking things secretly in or out of a place,

speeding driving above the speed limit

using violence, threats, or fear, usually for

theft stealing, in general thief

trading something illegal like drugs, people,

betraying one’s country by helping its

trespassing entering another person’s area; hurting trespasser

destroying private or public property

secretly watching naked people or sexual

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Places and events

 the sets were incredible

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