B2 COURSE

Unit 60 - Crime & The Law

Read the headlines and try to figure out which words are connected to crime.

EXAMPLE

PEOPLE DEFINITION EXAMPLE

witness (n) a person who gives evidence in a court The witness testified against the murdered in court.

sentence sb to condemn sb to a particular punishment

He was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Nicole
to sth (v) Robson.

break + into The burglar picked the lock, broke into the house and stole all her
to force a way into a house etc.
(v) expensive belongings.

guilty of sth having committed a crime She was guilty of having committed the crime.
(adj)

behind bars in prison He was arrested for the murder and put behind bars for 10 years.

rob sb of sth to steal from a person The thief robbed the girl of all her money.
(v)

commit (v) to do something illegal If you commit a crime, you have to suffer the consequences.

catch sb to catch sb while they are doing sth wrong

The little girl was caught red handed stealing sweets from the
red-handed shop.

The burglar broke into the house and stole the money from the
burglar (n) a person who breaks into a house etc. to steal
safe.

The lawyer bribed the jury with money so they would testify
bribe (n) a gift offered to sb to persuade them to do sth
against the suspect.

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Unit 60 - Crime & The Law

VERB CRIMINAL CRIME

murder murderer  murder

mug mugger mugging
rob robber robbery
blackmail blackmailer blackmail
shoplift shoplifter  shoplifting
assassinate  assassin assassinate 
hijack hijacker  hijacking 
forge forger  forgery
smuggle  smuggler smuggling
burgle  burglar burglary 
pickpocket  pick pocketer  pickpocketing 
deal drugs drug dealer drug dealing
 hack hacker hacking

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PEOPLE DEFINITION EXAMPLE

I was walking through the streets of Naples and the pickpocket

pickpocket a thief who steals things out of people’s pockets
stole all my money.

a person who attacks and robs another person in a As I was walking home from work, the mugger confronted me
mugger public place and mugged me of all my belongings.

a person who takes somebody away illegally and keeps The kidnapper wouldn’t release the girl unless the family paid
kidnapper them as a prisoner him the sum of the ransom.

hijacker a person who hijacks a plane or other vehicles The hijacker went into the cockpit and hit the pilot unconscious.

someone who illegally copies documents, money, The forger tried to sell a fake copy of the Mona Lisa to the art
forger paintings etc. exhibition.

someone who marries one person while already legally

bigamist married to another He’s been charged with committing bigamy.

a criminal who threatens to expose embarrassing The head of the company resigned after he was suspected of
blackmailer information about someone blackmail.

a murderer, especially one that kills a prominent

assassin political figure The authorities believed that the assassin was a foreign spy.