Englih Vocabulary Organiser society 1 Violent crimes Match the following violent crimes with the extracts from newspaper articles: terrorism kidnapping rape mneeing hijacking murder 1. he body of aman 4+ The twenty-year- was discovered at old woman was 10.30am by a man dragged into bushes walking a dog in and. attacked at the park. knifepoint. 2. three people were 5+ the young boy was killed and more snatched on his way than twenty injured to. school this. in an explosion this morning. Three moming. The bomb hours later his went off without ‘warning in a busy family received a ransom demand for shopping centre. £100,000. 3. Plie-many-armed 6. "Rwo-youths-came with a knife and up behind 73- a hand grenade, year-old Arthur forced the pilot of Potter, knocked the 737 to fly to him to the ground Madrid, where six and ran off with elderly passengers his wallet and were allowed off. watch, 2 Criminals Use your dictionary to complete this list of criminals. The first one has been done for you. 1. armed robbery armed robber 2. arson seeenees . blackmail . |. hijacking. beveeeeeees . . kidnapping bees . mugging . murder . rape . smuggling Seer anae |. terrorism cee eee a __76 Serious crime 3 Other serious crimes Match these serious crimes to the descriptions: smuggling drink-driving arson fraud armed robbery blackmail 1. Police believe the fire which destroyed a factory last night was started deliberately. 2. Customs seized two kilos of heroin, hidden in a secret compartment in Miss Henley’s suitcase. 3. Three men with shotguns held up a security van in East London this afternoon. 4. The woman threatened to send Mr Baxter's wife the photographs unless he paid her £2000. 5. Mr Grey was stopped by police on his way home from the pub and found to be three times over the legal limit. 6. Mr Baker admitted using both his father’s and mother’s credit cards and forging his father’s signature on several cheques. 4 Police work Match each verb with a noun on the right: 1. interview a.a crime 2. search, b.an enquiry / investigation 3. launch c. evidence 4, investigate d.the area 5. take e. witnesses 6. gather f. statements Put the following events into the order in which they usually happen. The first one is correct. g. Detectives gather evidence at the scene of the crime, including fingerprints, DNA samples and other forensic evidence. h. The suspect is kept in custody or released on bail. i, A suspect is arrested. j. The suspect appears in court. k, The suspect is taken in a police car to the police station where he is questioned. I. The suspect is charged. If you are in custody, you are kept in prison. You could be released on £1000 bail. Bail is money you lose if you fail to appear in court.5 Serious crime verbs Use the correct form of these verbs to complete the sentences: rob kidnap 1. Firefighters were called to a pub in Croydon this morning, Police believe aman ..... : the building after an argument with the owner last week. 2. Police believe that Jenkins ...... . his victim at his home and then drove the body out to the forest, where it was found this morning. ‘The boy was.........as he played outside his house this afternoon, A man was seen forcing him into a car. He has not yet made contact with the boy’s family. 4. Miss Davies is accused of trying to...... £100,000 worth of heroin into the country. 5. Two men ..... .a post office in Brighton this afternoon. They got away with £20,000. 6. A young woman was......... ona train between London and Oxford last night. Police think her attacker may be the same man they believe to be responsible for three other similar sexual assaults in recent weeks. Now choose the correct ending for each of these sentences: murder set fire to rape smuggle eo a. assaulted by a gang of youths as he left the 7. The bomb was nightclub. 8. The plane was. planted in a litter bin cee in the shopping mall. c. hijacked thirty minutes into the flight. If someone attacks you, you are the victim of an assault. They might use an offensive weapon such as a knife. Society English Vocabulary Organiser 6 Murder Match the evidence the police found to what happened to the victim: 1. Agun 2. A knife 3. A baseball bat 4. Marks around his throat 5. Something in his drink 6. The body was in the swimming pool The victim had beer d. stabbed. e. shot. f. strangled. a, beaten to death. b. poisoned. c. drowned. Now complete the sentences with these words: weapon killer 7. Police are still searching for the murder 8. Police now think they are looking for a serial 9. Police are treating the case as attempted murder A serial killer / rapist is someone who commits the same sort of crime again and again. Attempted murder is when someone tries to kill another person but fails. Manslaughter is the charge of killing someone when you do not intend to. This could be in a road accident or in a fight.Engin Vocabulary Organiser Society 77 Theft, drugs, and other crimes 1 Stealing, theft, burglary etc Match each crime with one of the situations: burglary mugging theft embezzlement shoplifting robbery 1. Ican't believe it. Somebody stole my bike from outside the library yesterday. 2. Did you hear that somebody broke into our house when we were away on holiday and took our TV and video? 3. Two armed men attacked security guards as they were delivering money to a bank. 4, A woman was caught leaving the store with four bottles of perfume in her bag. 5. The head of the accounts department had been transferring money to his own account systematically for several years. 6. Twas walking down the street when a guy knocked me down, grabbed my handbag and ran off with it. Use a dictionary to complete this list of criminals: Crime theft burglary shoplifting Theft is the general word for stealing. The plural of thief is thieves. Burglars break into people's homes. Pickpockets steal from your pockets or bags. In spoken English pinch is an informal word for steal: “Somebody's pinched my bike.” Criminal 2 Steal or rob Use the correct form of steal or rob to complete the sentences below: 1. Two men...... a bank in central London this morning. 2. Somebody ..... . my bike from outside the school yesterday. 3. Somebody's ...... the money that I left in this drawer. 4, My car was... last month. When I got back to the car park, it wasn’t there. 5. We were... last weekend while we were in Copenhagen. 160 3 Crime collocations Match the words on the left with those on the right: 1. the black a, £10 note 2. a forged b. goods 3. stolen c. market 4, tax d. limit 5. the legal e. evasion Use each expression in one of these sentences: 6. Somebody gave me... . +... ee in my change yesterday. 7. My brother’s lost his driving licence. He was three times over «+, $0 he was lucky to get away with only a two-year ban. 8. The police say that if everybody refused to buy sees ee , it would help to reduce the number of burglaries. 9. Ie’s quite easy to buy tapes of new films on Tax evasion is illegal. Tax avoidance is making arrangements which are legal so that you pay less tax. 4 Anti-social behaviour Match the words with the newspaper extracts: speeding vandalism prostitution hooliganism 1, English and Dutch football fans fought a running battle in the centre of Paris today. 2. The local authority has plans to clean up the red-light district near the station, 3. The two teenagers were arrested after they smashed car windscreens and destroyed a public phone. 4. Police said he had been doing at least 65mph in an area with a 30mph speed limit. Vandals damage property by, for example, spraying graffiti, breaking windows etc. Gangs of hooligans fight in public, for example, football hooligans. Newspapers often use the word thug for anyone who behaves in a violent way. A riot is large-scale public disorder5 Drugs Use these words to complete the text: hard pushers soft barons possession decriminalise In most western countries drugs are becoming a bigger and bigger social problem. Many young people see nothing wrong with (1)....... drugs such as cannabis. Experts worry that if they experiment with dug at at all, (2). soon move them on to (3) « - drugs. [eis quite easy for the police to arrest pushers, but it is much more difficult to catch the powerful drug (4) ........ who control the trade. Some people believe that it would be better to (5)... 2..+.the (6)........ of soft drugs and to concentrate police efforts on the highly organised gangs who control heroin and cocaine smuggling. 7 Contact with the police 6 Crime verbs Use the correct form of these verbs to complete the sentences: vandalise embezzle snatch forge burgle mug 1. Jill's very upset. A man just tried to . her handbag as she came out of the bank. 2. The telephone box at the end of our street is always being........ 3, Three houses in our street have been «+ in the last month. 4. My boyfriend was : home from work last night. 5. Over a period of five years Mr Martin ceeeeees more than £15,000 from the company he worked for. 6. One of my colleagues was caught . the boss's signature on a company cheque. . on his way Certain verbs are used very often when talking about contact with the police. Choose the correct set of endings for these sentences: a. not to drive so fast in future. to be more careful in future. 1. He was accused 2. He admitted 3. He denied 4. He was let off 5. He was warned of shoplifting. b. of stealing money from his employers. c. that he'd stolen the money. stealing the money. d. that he was involved. being involved himself, but admitted he knew who'd done it. e. with a fine. because it was his first offence. When the police arrest someone, they don't always prosecute. Sometimes, particularly with young offenders, They say that crime doesn’t pay. Do you agree? they let them off with a caution. 161