a Make sure you know the difference between the verbs steal and cab. The object of the verb “steal” is the thing whichis taken away, eg, they stole my bike, whereas the object of the verb ‘ob’ is the person or place from which things are stolen, eg. Iwas robbed lst night. A ‘masked man robbed the bank. ‘Steal is irregular steal, stole, stole, The table below gives the names of some other typ of crimes together with thie associated Exercises inthe sentences below, the post office. They Pur the right form of ether cob or ste 1 Last night an armed gang, £2000, 2 My handbag 3. Every year large numbers of banks 4 Jane fof the opportunity to stand for president atthe theatre yesterday. terbs and the name of the person who commits the exes. $5.2. Here ae some moce crimes. Complete a table ike the one in B opposite. crime defiition criminal verb crime criminal verb definition ‘murder kiling somone ‘murderer murder terrorism 7 shoplifting stealing something from a shop Shopliter —shoplit blackmail burglary stealing from someone's home borglar ——bueple drug traficking smogling taking something illegally into smvgiee —smgale forgeey snother county assault asa arson secting fre to something in arsonist tosetfireto pickpocketing criminal way ogging Kidnapping skinga person hostage in exchange Knapper—_ Kidnap money oF other favours te — 55.3 Fill he blanks inthe paragraph below with one of the verbs from C opposite. All the verbs in the table above on the right ace regular apart from set (sc, st se) ‘One ofthe two accused men (1) at yesterday's tral. Although his lawyer {2} him very well he was stil found gly bythe jury. The Here are some more useful verbs connected with crime and law. Note that many of them judge (3) him to two years in prison, Hel probably have particular prepositions associated wth them (4) after eighteen months. The other accused man Was luckier. He to commit a crime or an offence: t0 do something illegal (5) and left the courtroom smiling broadly to accuse someone ofa crime: to say someone is gil febrero esprit 55.4 Hereare some words connected with lw and crime. I necessary, us a dictionary to help fopleel pate ere pultn heer ceie tet ene ead your check that you understand what they all mean. Then divide them into theee groups, in to defend/prosccute someone in cour: to argue for or against somone intial ‘hat seems 0 you tobe the mos logical way. to pass verdict on an accused person: eo decide whether they are guilty oF not theft member of jury judge smugaling to Sentence someone o-a punishment what the ade does after a verdict of guilty swiness prison fine bribery to acquit an accused person ofa charge: to decide in couet that someone isnot guilty detective hijacking flogging community service {the apposite of convict somcone) probation teathe warden death penalty rape to fine someone a sum of money: to punish someone by making them pay ‘runken driving nwyer to send someone to prison: to punish someone by puting them in prison to release someone from prison: to set someone fre alter a prion sentence 55.5 Look atall the crimes named inthis unit. Look both a the left-hand page and at exercises tobe tied: to have a case judged in court. 55.2 and 55.4. Which do you think are the thre most serious and the thee least serious? Here ate some useful non. 55.6. Write a paragraph oft his newspaper headline, Give some details about the crime and the trial: he legal process in court whereby an accused person is investigated, or teed, and then found guilty or not guilty ease: crime that is being investigated evidence: information used in a court of law ro decide whether the accused is guilty or not proof: evidence that shows conclusively whether something isa fact or not verdict the decision: guilty or aot guilty judge: the person who leads a trial and decides on the sentence jy: group of twelve citizens who decide whether the accused is guilty oF not Engh Vocoulry in Use court case, using as many words from this unit as is appropriate. Local girl's evidence gets mugger two years prison } Follow up: If possible ook at an English language newspaper. Lis all the words connected with crime and the law which you can find in it. Engen Vocoblryn Use AUnit 55 55.11 robbedsstole 2 wasstolen 3. are robbed 4 was robbed. 55.2 crime criminal verb definition ‘ervorism teavorist terrorise, commit acts of using violence for terrorism (the verb to politcal ends terrorse is used more generally than in the Criminal sense, e.g, The wild dogs terrorised the neighbourhood.) blackmail blackmailer blackmail threatening to make a dark secret public in ‘order co get money drugwafficking drugtraffcker 0 efficin drags, to peddle buying and sling drugs drugs, to dealin drugs forsery forger forge to uy to pass offa copy as the real thing assaule attacker, assaule physical auack on assailant nother person pickpocketing pickpocket pickpocket stealing from someone's pocket or handbag mugging mugger mug aracking someone, often on the street, ‘generally ro get money $5.3 1 wasconvicted 2 defended 3 sentenced 4 bereleased $ was acquitted 55.4 Possible groupings: Crimes: theft hi-jacking smuggling bribery drunken driving rape Punishments: prison flogging death penalty probation community service fine People connected with the law: witness detective traffic warden lawyer judge members of a jury