Vocabulary: what’s the crime?

1. A gang took a rich man’s son and asked the family for money.
______________________
kidnapping and ransom (What is the name for money asked for in this
situation?)
2. She caught her husband in bed with another woman and stabbed them both. The
husband died, the woman didn’t. _____________________________
murder and attemped murder

3. A passenger on a flight forced the pilot to land in the desert. _________________

hijdjacking

4. The man slipped a drug into the woman’s drink and then had sex with her.
______________________
rapping

5. We came home from our holiday to find that our flat had been ransacked.
burglary, breaking and entering (store)
robbery
______________________________ piling lute (war)

6. Someone tried to sell me cocaine at a concert. ___________________________

drug dealer

7. When the border police searched the car, it was full of duty free goods.
_________________________
smugling/contraband

8. Someone threw an egg at the prime minister. ________________________

form of assult: egging

9. Someone threw paint over the statue of the Queen. _______________________

vandalism

10. They said they’d put the photos online if the actress didn’t hand over ten grand.
_________________________
blackmail

11. An armed individual strolled into a bank armed to the hilt and shouted, “Stick ‘em
up”. _____________________
armed robery

12. Someone transferred company money into their own bank account.
white colour
___________________
crime / fraud

13. Two men left a device, which was later proven to be explosive, in a government
facility. ________________________
terrorism

14. I was accosted in the street and they made me give them my wallet.
____________________
muggded

15. As I approached the red light, I was forced out of my car and the bloke drove off.
____________________
carjacking

What are appropriate punishments for the crimes above?

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