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This document contains a table listing various verbs and nouns related to criminal acts. It provides the verb or phrase, corresponding noun, person who commits the act, and a brief definition or meaning. It then presents 13 situations and asks the reader to identify the specific crime being described in each using terms from a provided list of criminal acts.

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English Practice

This document contains a table listing various verbs and nouns related to criminal acts. It provides the verb or phrase, corresponding noun, person who commits the act, and a brief definition or meaning. It then presents 13 situations and asks the reader to identify the specific crime being described in each using terms from a provided list of criminal acts.

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2. Complete the table.

Verb (phrase) Noun Person Meaning


Accuse 1) accused
start a fire deliberately arson (2)
blackmail (3) blackmailer
burgle (4) burglar
commit a crime crime (5)
hack into a computer hacking (6)
hijack (7) hijacker
imprison prison/imprisonment (8)
kidnap kidnapping (9)
kill (10) killer
mug (11) mugger
commit an offence offence (12)
pickpockets (13) pickpocket
rob (14) (15)
shoplift (16) shoplifter
stalk stalking (17)
steal (18) thief
(19) suspicion (20)

3. Which crimes are being described in the following situations?


Use words from the box.
blackmail burglary domestic violence fraud hijacking kidnapping
looting mugging murder robbery shoplifting theft vandalism

1. People broke into our house and stole our video camera. Burglary
2. Youths attacked her in the street and ran off with her handbag. .....................
3. The pilot was forced to take the plane to Tashkent. .....................
4. She killed him by poisoning his coffee. .....................
5. Why do middle-class women steal food from supermarkets? .....................
6. Having made no profit that year, he set fire to his own factory. .....................
7. Crowds of protestors broke shop windows and stole goods. .....................
8. He threatened to tell the newspapers unless he got a thousand pounds. .....................
9. Someone has stolen my purse from my desk. ......................
10. The clerk handed over the money when they threatened to shoot him. .....................
11. They were accused of deliberately smashing the phone box. ......................
12. The boy would be harmed unless his parents paid the money. ......................
13. The woman was often seen with bruises on her face. ......................

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