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Unit 2: This is not legal

Vocabulary: Crimes and criminals

Vocabulary
1. Complete the table with the correct words.

Crimes Criminals
1. drug dealing drug dealer
murder 2. Murderer
3. robbery robber
shoplifting 4. shoplifter
5. smuggling smuggler
2. Label the pictures with the name of the theft 6.
crime and the type of criminal . Plural
7.

1 b…………………… ……………………. 2 v…………………… ……………………

burglary → burglar vandalism → vandal

arson → arsonist
3 a…………………… …………………… 4 m…………………… ……………………

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
break deal kill mug rob set smuggle steal vandalise
catch arrest chase commit investigate
set
1 Arsonists ________________ fire to a shop in the town centre last night.
broke
2 Two teenagers _____________ into a house in Kings Road and stole a TV.
deals
3 There’s a man who________________ drugs on the street near our house.
smuggle
4 Police arrested two men who tried to _____________ a million cigarettes into the country.
killed
5 An armed robber shot and ____________ a security guard at a bank last Saturday.
rob
6 Three men tried to ______________ a bank, but customers chased them away.
stole
7 My sister _______________ some make-up from a cosmetics store when she was fifteen.
vandalised
8 Last night two boys _______________ a drinks machine near the park. The drinks machine is now out of
order.
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mugged
9 Two men _________________ my uncle in the street and took his
phone and wallet. Luckily, they didn’t hurt him.
caught
10 The thief was ______________ by the police officer.
committed
11 Turner was a juvenile at the time he _______________ the crime.
chased
12 The police _______________ the criminal and they finally
arrested
______________ her.
investigate
13 Scotland Yard have been called in to ________________
the murder.

4. Listen to two crime reports. What are the crimes?

1. 2.

5. Complete the verb + noun collocations in the sentences using the nouns below.
the area arrest CCTV footage the culprits a house an investigation suspects witnesses

investigation
1 a Police have launched _______________
b CCTV footage of the area.
The police are studying _____________________
c They hope to identifythe culpritsand have appealed for more _______________
______________ witnesses to contact
them.
the area
2 d They were patrolling _______________ and became suspicious.

suspects
e The police are interviewing two _________________
arrest nearby and made another.
f They have also searched ________________

Extra exercises
1. Complete the news summaries with the words below.

arson arsonist burglars burgled looters looting

mugger muggings shoplifters shoplifting

1 Someone set fire to an empty building early this morning. Police

arsonist
said it was and that they haven’t caught the ________________ yet.

mugger
2 Someone attacked a woman and stole her handbag. She did not see the face of the ________________ .
muggings
There have been a lot of similar ____________________ in the area.

Burglars burgled
3 _______________ broke into five shops last night. They took money and goods. Someone had ________
two of the shops before.
looters
4 After a flood caused damage, _______________ took food and tools from several buildings. All of the
looting
suspects had received fines for ________________ before.
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shoplifting
5 Often young people’s friends encourage them to steal from shops. It seems like a game, but __________
shoplifters
is a crime, and _______________ can receive large fines.

2. Complete the sentences with the words below.

arrest CCTV footage culprit investigation patrol searched suspect witnesses

investigation
1 As soon as a neighbour reported the murder, the police launched an
_______________ .

searched
2 The police _______________ the house for clues.
suspect
3 Two detectives have arrested a _______________, a man who has
committed many crimes before.

arrest
4 The police can’t make an ___________________ until they have more
evidence.
witnesses
5 The police chief was on the news appealing for _________________ .

CCTV footage
6 There are cameras in the area so the police have _______________ to
study.
culprit
7 A witness came forward and identified the _______________ from a photograph.
patrol
8 Several guards ______________ the area around the palace day and night to check that everything is
secure.

3. Match the two parts of the compound nouns.

investigation
1 a murder _____ a car

train
2 a _____ ticket b chewing

3chewing
_____ gum c secret
prints
4 finger _____ d dental

dental
5 ______ records e investigation

6 an open-topcar
______ f number

number
7 a telephone _____ g train
secret
8 a ____ code h prints