burglar
burglary
court
criminal
guilty
hijack
highjacking
highjacker
innocent
judge
witness
jury
kidnap
kidnapper
kidnapping
kill
killer
law
lawyer
murder
murderer
pickpocket
pickpocketing
prison
prisoner
rob
robber
robbery
sentence
shoplift
shoplifter
shoplifting
steal
terrorism
terrorist
thief
theft
victim
accuse of sg.
admit
alibi
arrest
arson
assassin
assassination
assault / attack
barrister
bigamy
bigamist
blackmail
blackmailer
booty
bribe
bribery
bully
capital
punishment
commit (a crime)
convict
crook
death penalty
deny
detective
drug dealer
embezzlement
evidence
felony
fine
forge
forger
fraud
gang
gangster
gun
handcuff
hooligan
hostage
illegal
interrogate
intimidate
investigate
jailbird
life sentence
manslaughter
motive
mugging
mugger
pirate
plea
plead
poaching
poison
proof
rape
slander
smuggle
smuggler
smuggling
spy
squatter
suspect
testimony
thug
trial
vandal
vandalism
verdict
weapon
1) Name what you can see in the pictures.
1. _______________ 2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________
8. _______________
2) Match the words from the 1st coloumn to the words in the second.
high
kid
pick
shop
pocket
jack
lift
nap
3) Unjumble the following letters to have meaningful words.
l
y
r
e
a
w
r
e
t
t
r
o
i
g
y
l
u
t
r
u
j
y
r
a
m
l
i
n
t
i
v
m
i
c
r
i
i
c
s
4) Match the words with the definitions.
burglary
court
guilty
innocent
judge
kill
law
prison
steal
thief
victim
witness
1. a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty
of a crime should be punished
2. to take something without the permission or knowledge of the owner and keep it
3. the crime of illegally entering a building and stealing things
4. a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an
accident, etc
5. not guilty of a crime, not having done something wrong
6. responsible for breaking a law
7. the place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc. are judged
8. the system of rules that everyone in a country or society must obey
9. a building where criminals are forced to live as a punishment
10. a person who sees or hears an event happening, especially a crime or an accident
11. to cause someone or something to die
12. a person who steals
5) Complete the sentences with the words listed and translate the sentences into your
language.
burglaries
court
guilty
innocent
judge
killed
law
prison
steal
thieves
victims
witnesses
1. A post office was broken into last night, and the _______________ got away with
£120 000.
2. The jury has to decide whether a person is _______________ or innocent of a crime.
3. According to _______________, the robbery was carried out by two teenage boys.
4. The Black Death was a disease that _______________ millions.
5. She has such an _______________ face that I find it hard to believe anything bad of
her.
6. I don’t really want to move here because there is a rise in the number of
_______________ committed in the area.
7. She's threatening to take me to _______________ for not paying the bill on time.
8. They should put him in _______________ and throw away the key!
9. They were so poor they had to _______________ in order to eat.
10. It seems that we have been the _______________ of a cruel joke.
11. The _______________ sentenced him to five years in prison.
12. Of course robbery is against the _______________!
6) Define the following words.
1. criminal:
2. to hijack:
3. to kidnap:
4. lawyer:
5. shoplifter:
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
7) Translate the following sentences from Hungarian into English.
1. Nem betörők jártak nálam, csak buli volt.
2. Nincs sok vidám bíró a bíróságon.
3. Attól félek, hogy a barátom barátai bűnözők.
4. Nem vagyok bűnös, de azt hiszem, tudom, hogy ki rabolta el a főnökömet.
5. A kutyám mindig ártatlan arcot vág, amikor ellopja a szendvicsemet.
6. Nem szeretek repülőn utazni, mert félek a gépeltérítőktől.
7. Az esküdtszék figyelmesen hallgatta az áldozat beszámolóját.
8. A macskád tegnap megölte az egeremet.
9. Van valami törvény a butaság ellen?
10. Vannak nagyon okos jogászok is.
11. Sok tanúja volt a rablásnak, de senki nem látta a rabló arcát.
12. Vigyázz a táskádra, sok zsebtolvaj van erre.
13. Minden tolvajnak és terroristának sokáig kellene börtönben lennie.
14. Néhány amerikai államban a gyilkosokat halálra ítélik.
15. Sajnos itt sok kisebb lopás történik.
8) Give the name of the defined law breaker. Choose
from the list on the right.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
steals purses and wallets
marries illegally while being married already
takes people hostage for a ransom
steals from banks or trains
steals
kills people
steals from houses or offices
seizes aeroplanes
takes things from shops without paying
9) Complete the list with the
appropriate words from the
list on the right.
Criminal
a shoplifter
a robber
a burglar
a murderer
a thief
a blackmailer
a kidnapper
a spy
an assassin
a hijacker
a thief
a robber
a burglar
a shoplifter
a murderer
an assassin
a hijacker
a blackmailer
a kidnapper
a spy
a vandal
a terrorist
a bigamist
a forger
a pickpocket
Crime
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...................
...................
...................
...................
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10) Put the actions in the correct order:
a.)
b.)
c.)
d.)
e.)
f.)
g.)
Law
breakers
send to prison
arrest
suspect
convict
charge / accuse
try
interrogate
Crimes
theft
robbery
burglary
shoplifting
murder
assassination
hijack
blackmail
kidnap
spy
vandalism
terrorism
bigamy
forgery
manslaughter
mugging
kidnapping
hijacking
embezzlement
felony
11) Give the correct words.
Who is the person?
prison warden
hooligan
witness
drug dealer
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
judge
jury
vandal
lawyer
burglar
A professional person who represents one in court.
A professional person who decides if one is innocent or guilty.
A group of ordinary people who decide if one is innocent or guilty.
A person who looks after prisoners in jail.
A person who breaks into a house and steals from it.
A person who sells drugs.
A person who sees a crime happening.
A person who causes trouble at a football match.
A person who damages public property.
What is the crime?
rape
murder
kidnapping
terrorism
hijacking
manslaughter
fraud
shoplifting
smuggling
blackmail
10. If one kills somebody and it was planned.
11. If one kills somebody and it wasn’t planned.
12. If one brings goods into the country illegally.
13. If one takes over a plane.
14. If one commits a crime which has a political motive.
15. If one takes something from a shop without paying for it.
16. If one takes a person [often someone rich] and demands money in return for that person’s
safe return.
17. If one attacks another person sexually.
18. If one threatens to reveal a person’s secret unless money is paid.
19. If one uses your credit card to buy goods on the internet.
KEY TO THE EXERCISES
1
)
3
)
1. witness
2. judge
3. pickpocket /-ing
4. prison
5. burglar /-y
6. kidnap /-ping
7. innocent
8. court
2
)
highjack
kidnap
pickpocket
shoplift
lawyer
terrorist
guilty
jury
criminal
victim
4
)
1. judge
2. steal
3. burglary
4. victim
5. innocent
6. guilty
7. court
8. law
9. prison
10. witness
11. kill
12. thief
6
) 1. someone who commits a crime
5
) 1. thieves
2. guilty
3. witnesses
4. killed
5. innocent
6. burglaries
7
)
7. court
8. prison
9. steal
10. victims
11. judge
12. law
2. to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle during
a journey, especially using violence
3. taking someone away by force and demanding money
in exchange for releasing them
4. someone whose job is to give advice to people about
the law and speak for them in court
5. someone who takes goods from a shop without
paying for them
1. There weren’t burglars at my place, there was only a party.
2. There aren’t many judges at the court.
3. I’m afraid that my friend’s friends are criminals.
4. I’m not guilty but I think I know who kidnapped my boss.
5. My dog always makes an innocent face when he steals
my sandwich.
6. I don’t like travelling by plane because I’m afraid of hijackers.
7. The jury carefully listened to the victim’s report.
8. Your cat killed my mouse yesterday.
9. Is there a law against stupidity?
10. There are some very clever lawyers, too.
11. There were a lot of witnesses to the robbery but nobody saw
the robber’s face.
12. Take care of your bag, there are a lot of pickpockets here.
13. Every thief and terrorist should stay in prison for a long time.
14. In some American states murderers are sentenced to death.
15. Unfortunately there are several smaller thefts here.
11
)
1. – lawyer
2. – judge
3. – jury
4. – prison warden
5. – burglar
6. – drug dealer
7. – witness
8. – hooligan
9. – vandal
10. – murder
8
11. – manslaughter
12. – smuggling
13. – hijacking
14. – terrorism
15. – shoplifting
16. – kidnapping
17. – rape
18. – blackmail
19. – fraud
10
)
1. – pickpocket
2. – bigamist
3. – kidnapper
4. – robber
5. – thief
6. – murderer
7. – burglar
8. – hijacker
9. - shoplifter
1. – c
2. – g
3. – e
4. – b
5. – f
6. – d
7. – a
9
1. – shoplifting
2. – robbery
3. – burglary
4. – murder
5. – theft
6. – blackmail
7. – kidnapping
8. – spy
9. – assassination
10. – hijacking