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Crime yews arrest 1 noun the act of arresting somebody 2 verb (said of the police) to take someone to the police station because you think they have committed a crime arson noun the crime of setting fire to a place arsonist noun a person who commits arson break the law phrase to do something that is against the law burglar noun a person who steals from someone's house burglary noun the crime of stealing from someone's house commit verb to carry out a crime confess verb to say that you have committed acrime ay “Nocabulary 7 _ 7 crime noun a bad action that is against the law, or such actions in general criminal noun @ person who commits a crime detective noun a person whose job is solving crimes fingerprints plural noun marks that your fingers leave on something you have touched forensic adjective using scientific methods to find evidence and solve crimes guilty adjective having committed the crime that you are accused of honest adjective describing someone who does not break the law jail noun a place where criminals must stay for a particular length of time as a punishment 53 Scanned by CamScannerlaw noun a rule made by a government about how people should behave, or these rules in general law-al describing someone who obeys the law motive noun a reason for committing a crime murder 1 noun the crime of deliberately killing someone 2 verb to kill someone deliberately murderer noun @ person who commits murder pickpocket noun @ person who steals from someone's € \ pocket or police noun an organization of people who find and arrest those who break the law police officer noun a member of the police force police station noun the place where the police work, and where people are taken when they are arrested prison noun a place where criminals must stay for a particular length of time as a punishment rob verb to steal valuables or money from a person or place Ci e VOY (Ssh JOA. (S59, > {* ——_ "| robbery noun the crime of robbing a person or place shoplifter noun a person who steals from shops steal verb (steals, stealing, stole, stolen) to take something from a person or place without permission suspect 1 noun a person suspected of committing a crime 2 verb to think that someone has done something bad theft noun the crime of stealing thief noun a person who steals Scanned by CamScanneray Choose the correct answer for each blank and write its number (1, 2, 3 or 4) in the brackets provided. te Sally's purse was taken by a as she walked along the street. (1) shoplifter (2) criminal (3) burglar (4) pickpocket ( ) set fire to the school. (1) A firefighter (2) An arsonist (3) A criminal (4) A thief () He had several crimes in the neighbourhood. (1) committed (2) admitted (3) done (4) confessed ( ) The men were suspected of the bank. (1) stealing (2) burgling (3) shoplifting (4) robbing ( ) You should report the crime to a (1) detective (2) criminal (3) police officer (4) judge ( ) The confessed to stealing a packet of biscuits from the supermarket. (1) pickpocket (2) burglar (3) shoplifter (4) criminal () Her were found on the murder weapon. (1) fingerprints (2) stains (3) footprints (4) marks ( ) 5S Scanned by CamScanner8. My watch has been = (1) shoplifted (2) robbed (3) burgled (4) stolen ( ) 9. The woman was ____ on suspicion of arson. (1) accused (2) charged (3) arrested (4) convicted () 10, Burglars, pickpockets, shoplifters and murderers are all (1) thieves (2) criminals (3) robbers (4) suspects ( ) Cy Choose the most suitable answer to replace the underlined word(s) and write its number in the brackets provided. 1. He spent two years in jail for arson. (1). imprisonment (2) the police station (3) court (4) prison () 2. Did the woman have a reason for killing her husband? (1) cause (2) need (3) motive (4) motivation () 3. Honest people have no need to fear the police. (1) Lawful (2) Guilty (3) Law-abiding (4) Suspicious () 4. She admitted that she had stolen the money. (1) confessed (2) announced (3) suspected (4) denied () 5. The police arrest those who break the law. (1) plead guilty (2) commit crimes (3) are law-abiding (4) go to court () Scanned by CamScannerey Choose the correct word(s) from the box and write its letter in each blank. Do not use the same word(s) more than once. (A) burglary (B) suspected (C) ‘thief (0) legal (E) stole (F) burglar (G) forensic (H) theft (l) arrested = (J). robbed ‘Someone (1) ____my camera when | was coming home on the train last night. | was angry and upset, because | had been on a school trip and had taken lots of pictures of my friends and the places we had visited. | reported the theft to the police the following day. | do not expect them to catch the (2) because the train was very crowded at the time. It could have been anybody. This is not the first time | have been the victim of crime. Last year there was a (3) ___ at my parents’ house, and several of my CDs were stolen, as well as my sister's computer and some of my mother's jewellery. A (4) team came to look for fingerprints and other evidence, and a few weeks later the burglar was (5) ___. He had also robbed a number of other houses in the neighbourhood, and he was sent to prison for six months. 57 Scanned by CamScannerFill each blank with the word(s) you think best. Do not use the same word(s) more than once. Frank Fox is the most famous (1)__________in the country. He claims to have solved more crimes than anyone else in history, and criminals know that they are unlikely to escape (2) if Frank is on their trail. His last case involved the murder of an old man who lived alone and was stabbed to death in his garden. The murder weapon, a kitchen knife, was found at the scene of the crime, but there were no (3) on it. The victim had few friends and many enemies. All of them had a very good (4) for killing the old man, but which one was the murderer? Frank discovered that the six main (5) __________ had been in the area on the night of the crime, and that they had arranged to meet near the old man's house at midnight. They lured him into the garden and each stabbed him once. All six of them were guilty. Scanned by CamScanner