10.Complete the sentences using the words in the box.

Thief judge pickpocket robber mugger shoplifter burglar

1. A …… is a person who attacks you in the street and takes your valuable things by force.

2. A …… is a person who steals from you in the street, often without your noticing.

3. A ……is a person who steals a lot of money from people anywhere and often has a gun.

4. A ….. is a person who either uses a special key, an open door or breaks a window to get into a building so he can steal things.

5. A …… is a person who is in charge of deciding cases in a court of law.

6. A …… is someone who steals something when he/she is in a shop.

7. A …… is a general word for someone who steals.

11.Complete sentences 1-7 with these verbs:

Appealed confessed found sentenced arrested suspected escaped

1. Is it true that Alex is ……. of committing the crime?

2. Three convicts …… from Brixton prison last night.

3. The jury …… Mr. Jones guilty of murder.

4. The student was ……. for possession of drugs.

5. Mark …… to stealing the library book.

6. The lawyer …… against the judge’s harsh sentence.

7. The drug dealer was …… to ten years in prison.

12. Match the people to the definitions.

A person who	steals from a bank	is a	kidnapper
	uses violence to steal from you in the street		vandal
	damages property on purpose		shoplifter
	steals from a shop while it is open		mugger
	takes someone away by force and demands money		forger
	has killed someone on purpose		burglar
	makes a copy of something in order to deceive people		murderer
	steals things by breaking into the house		robber

13.Complete the sentences.

1. The crime

arrested caught charged committed investigated questioned

1. Carl and Adam …… a crime. They murdered a man.

2. The police ……. the crime.

3. Carl and Adam were ……. on the way to the airport.

4. They were …… and taken to a police station.

5. The police ……. them for ten hours.

6. Finally they were …… with murder.

2. The trial

acquitted court evidence guilty judge jury not guilty proof punishment verdict sentenced witnesses

7. Two months later, Carl and Adam appeared in …… .

8. …… told the court what they had seen or knew.

9. The …… (of 12 people) looked at and heard all the …… .

10. After two days the jury reached their …… .

11. Carl was found …… . His fingerprints were on the gun.

12. The …… decided what Carl’s …… should be.

13. He ….. him to ten years in prison.

14. Adam was found …… (they thought he was innocent).

15. There was no …… that he had committed the crime.

16. He was ……. and allowed to go free.

14. Write a summary of the following articles using about ten words. Include a different verb from the box in each summary.

burgle break into mug steal rob

A On 26 November 1983, six masked men removed 6.800 bars of gold and platinum in 76 boxes together with diamonds and travellers’ cheques worth £26.369 778 from the Brinks – Mat company at Heathrow Airport.

Summary: …………………………………….

B Criminals entered the villa of Prince Abdel Aziz Bin Ahmed Al-Thani near Cannes [kæn], France on 24 July 1980. Jewels valued at $16.000.000 were missing the next day.

Summary: …………………………………….

C The 15-year-old attacked at round 9pm on January12, getting away with just 25 pence in cash when he attacked a 35-year-old East Croydon lady. The victim was attacked from behind, pushed to the ground and her handbag was snatched from her. She was badly shaken but escaped with only minor cuts and bruises.

Summary: ……………………………………

D Last year masked men in Rio de Janeiro [ʹri:oudəʤəʹneirou] ran out of a bank with no money and when they looked for their escape car it had gone.

Summary: …………………………………….

E The thief was surprised to find a very friendly guard dog in the large empty villa. He immediately filled his sack with many valuable things from the house and went to the front door. He started to laugh at the stupid dog but then, every time he tried to leave the house, the dog attacked him.

Summary: ……………………………………