Phrasal Verbs - Crime

1. To get into a building or car using force is to _____. a. break out b. break down c. break in 2. To steal money from a bank by using force is a ______. a. hold in b. hold down c. hold up 3. To steal or take something without asking is to _______. a. run off with b. do without c. do over 4. To hurt someone badly by hitting or kicking is to ________. a. pull them over b. beat them up c. put one over 5. To kill someone in informal English is to _______ with them. a. do away b. have away c. stay 6. To destroy something with a bomb is to ______________. a. beat it up b. blow it up c. knock it over 7. To take a criminal to the police is to _________________. a. turn them over b. turn them in c. turn them down 8. To put someone in prison is to _________________. a. lock them up b. do them in c. blow them up 9. To not punish someone for their crime is to _________________. a. give them over b. let them off c. put them away

10.To succeed in not being punished for a crime is to ________________ it a. get away with b. make off with c. pick through

A man caught after 36 years A robbery was committed on March 28th 1968 in the suburbs of Ohio. A house was burglarized and over $20,000 was taken. At the time, no evidence was found except for an unopened letter which was thought to have fallen from the robbers pocket. The letter was hand-written by the robber and signed but unsent. It was written to a friend stating that he, the robber, would soon see his friend in Mexico with the cash. A suspect was questioned and held but nothing substantial linked the man to the crime. He was asked to sign a piece of paper to see whether it was the same as the letter but it wasnt. Clearly he realized that the same signature would link him to the crime. He was released and the crime went unsolved. Years later, the same man went back to Ohio and walked into a hotel; he was asked to sign in, unfortunately for him the receptionist in the hotel happened to be the owner of the house that he had robbed all those years earlier. As soon as she saw his signature she began to get suspicious. She called the police who immediately took him in for questioning. He was interrogated and eventually admitted his guilt. At the trial, he again pleaded guilty. The judge deliberated over his sentence before eventually sentencing him to three years in prison. When the robber was asked about his crime he said that his only mistake was not sending the letter before he committed the crime.