UNit 7. Crime and Punishment

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A. stealing things from a bank etc., especially using violence.

B. stealing things from shops by hiding them in the bag or under the clothes.

C. stealing money or things from the place where you work.

D. practice of getting money from people or making them do what you want by threatening to tell secrets about them.

E. driving faster than the legal limit.

F. illegally getting money from someone, often by using clever and complicated methods.

J. deliberately killing someone.

H. taking people away illegally, usually by force in order to get money for returning them.

1. a forger

2.an arsonist

3. a drug dealer

4. a deserter

5. a gangster

6. a vandal

7. a pickpocket

A. deliberately causes damage to property.

B. buys and sells drugs illegally.

C. runs away from the army.

D. steals things from people’s pockets in crowded places.

E. is a member of a criminal group.

F. sets fire to property illegally.

J. makes counterfeit (false) money etc.

Criminal act

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shoplifting (stealing an iPad)

selling drugs (heroin)

aggravated assault

murder of a police officer

rape

selling porno films and books

crossing the street in a wrong place

speeding

disorderly conduct in a disco-club

illegal possession of a gun without a license

grievous bodily harm / injury

kidnapping

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