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    56 Crime

    A Different crimes
    A crime is an activity that is wrong and not allowed by law. A person who commits a crime is a
    criminal.

    crime person verb

    theft [stealing something, e.g. a car] thief steal/take (something)


    robbery [stealing from a person or place, e.g. a bank] robber rob (someone, a place)
    burglary [getting into a building, usually someone’s home, and burglar steal something
    stealing something] burgle (a place)

    murder [killing someone] murderer murder


    Someone’s stolen/taken my handbag. There’s been another burglary in the area.
    I don’t know who robbed me. Did you hear about the bank robbery yesterday?
    Our flat was burgled, but they only took money. Do they know who murdered the boy?

    B Reporting crimes in the media

    The two men attacked3 Mr Crawford while


    Two women robbed a jeweller’s shop he was walking home yesterday afternoon.
    in West London early this morning. Police say the two men hit him in the face
    They broke in1 around 7 o’clock and several times, then took his money and
    stole jewellery worth2 over £10,000. escaped4 through Bushy Park.

    1 3
    entered the building using force, e.g. broke a used physical violence to hurt him
    window 4
    left the place to avoid danger; syn
    2
    with a value of got away

    5
    BREAKING NEWS police officers who try to find information to
    solve crimes
    Detectives5 arrested6 a man this 6
    If you arrest someone, you take them to
    morning in connection with the murder
    the police station because you believe they
    of shop assistant, Tracey Miles.
    committed a crime. That person is then under
    Read full story arrest.

    C Punishment*
    If you commit a crime and the police catch you [find you and arrest you], you will be punished. For
    minor offences [crimes that are not very important; opp serious], the punishment may only be a fine
    [money you have to pay], but for serious crimes, you will have to go to court. If you are found guilty
    [the judge, or a jury of 12 people, decides you committed the crime; opp innocent], you may be sent to
    prison (syn jail).

    judge

    court prison
    * what a person must suffer if they do something wrong
    118 English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate
    Exercises

    56.1 Test your knowledge. Can you complete this table without looking at the opposite page?

    noun person verb


    crime criminal
    murder

    theft

    robbery

    burglary

    56.2 Find five more pairs of words that have a similar meaning.

    catch theft crime jail prison arrest get away


    steal offence hit escape attack

    catch – arrest

    56.3 Complete the dialogues.


    1 A: Is it being decided by a judge? 6 A: Will she go to prison?
    B: No, there will be a jury . B: No, she just has to pay a .
    2 A: Have the police caught the man? 7 A: Have you ever broken the law?
    B: Yes, he’s under . B: Yes, but I’ve never committed a serious
    3 A: Is she guilty? .
    B: No, the jury found her . 8 A: How do you think he will be
    4 A: He killed his wife? ?
    B: Yes, he’s under arrest for . B: Well, it wasn’t a very serious crime, so it’ll
    5 A: Was it a serious crime? probably be a fine.
    B: No, just a minor .

    56.4 Complete the news report.

    NEWS World | Politics | Finance | Tech | Sports

    TODAY

    BRISTOL FASHION THEFT


    Two men are 1 under arrest for 2 clothes from a warehouse* in
    3
    Bristol. The two men into the warehouse late yesterday evening,
    4
    the guard and tied him up, then 5 a collection of
    expensive designer outfits 6 over £40,000. A passer-by saw lights on
    in the warehouse and rang the police, but the two men managed to
    7
    through a back door and then drove off with the stolen clothes.
    However, one of the men was later caught and 8 at his home, and
    9
    caught the second man just hours later hiding at a friend’s house.
    Both men have now been charged with 10 and will appear before
    a judge in 11 on Monday. If they are found 12 , the
    two men will go to 13 for a number of years. The guard who was
    attacked has now been released from hospital.

    * A warehouse is a large building for storing goods that are going to be sold.

    English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate 119

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