Name: _____________________________

Date: ________________

Crimes Relating to Property

Read each example. Determine the classification of each crime. The crime may include multiple charges.
Write out the word for each crime described.

1. __________________ In the act of breaking into a house and robbing a person, the thief is
__________________ threatened by the home owner with a gun. The thief is unarmed, and is
held until the police arrive to arrest him.

2. __________________ A business owner uses his employees’ retirement funds to buy stocks of
other companies. He makes a profit off of the sale of the stocks,
and then uses the profit to buy himself luxury goods. Instead of putting
the retirement money back, he tries the scheme again, this time
losing a majority of the money.

3. __________________ A man meets with a contract killer to have his wife killed. The killer is
actually an undercover cop.

4. __________________ A crime boss orders underlings to kill a witness to a crime. They

__________________ successfully murder the victim, but are caught in the process. Describe
the crimes of the boss, not the murderers.

5. __________________ A con artist pretends to be the relative of an elderly person, gaining

access to the elder’s money and taking it all.

6. __________________ An armed man successfully takes money from a bank after threatening
the life of the bank tellers.