Crime Vocabulary

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VOCABULARY ABOUT CRIMES

1. Match the crime to the definition

1. Arson A. using another person’s credit card illegally


2. Blackmail B. burning a building on purpose
3. Burglary C. breaking into a building and stealing things
4. Credit-card-fraud D. demanding money by threatening to reveal a secret about someone
5. Drug-dealing E. illegally using another person’s personal details
6. Forgery F. buying and selling drugs
7. Identity theft G. copying an official document, a painting, etc. Illegally
8. Kidnapping H. stealing something from someone’s bag or pocket in a public place
9. Mugging I. taking a person by force and demanding money to return them
10. Pickpocketing J. driving faster than the speed limit
11. Shoplifting K. attacking someone in the street in order to steal from them
12. Smuggling L. stealing something from a shop
13. Speeding M. causing damage to another person’s property
14. Vandalism N. taking something into or out of a country illegally

2. Complete the table with the words.

forgery • identity theft • kidnapping •

mugging • pickpocketing• shoplifting

Crimes involving violence / Crimes involving copying something Crimes involving stealing
force without being seen
3. Which crimes do the comments describe? Smuggling

1. That man has just set fire to a house. Burglary

2. My bedroom window is broken and my laptop has gone.


Vandalism
3. If you don’t give me £10,000, I’ll send this photo of you to a newspaper.
Speeding
4. You’re driving at 110 kph in a 90 kph zone.
Arson
5. Someone has broken the windows in the library for no reason.

6. I hid the bottle and the airport officials didn’t stop me.
Blackmail

4. Using the vocabulary you have learnt in from the exercise 1, match every picture
with the correct crime

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