Let’s practice our vocabulary related to expressions

about crimes. Match these words with their

meanings.

( ) Burglary ( ) Rape
( ) Perjure ( ) Murder
( ) Robbery ( ) Terrorism
( ) Fraud ( ) Vandalism
( ) Manslaughter ( ) Blackmail
( ) Pick-pocketing ( ) Kidnapping
( ) Arson ( ) Hijacking
( ) Shoplifting ( ) Forgery
( ) Bribery ( ) Theft
( ) Mugging ( ) Assassination
1. Paying someone for favors, often a government official.

2. Making someone pay you because you have a secret about them.

3. Stealing things from a shop.

4. The crime, typically committed by a man, of forcing another person to

have sexual intercourse with the offender against his or her will.

5. Taking control of a form of transport, usually for political reasons.

6. Killing another person without premeditation (without planning)

7. Damaging or destroying property for no particular reason.

8. Physically attacking somebody and stealing from him or her.

9. Copying something to make it seem like the original.

10. Murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons:

11. Take (another person’s property) without permission or legal right and

without intending to return it

12. Intentionally killing somebody. (premeditated)

13. Entering somebody's home and stealing his or her things.

14. Take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of

force.
15. Using fire to destroy something.
16. Lying or making a false statement that causes harm to another person.

17. Taking a person (often a child) and demanding money.

18. Lying when testifying in court.

19. Stealing money by taking it from other people’s pockets (one kind of
“theft”).

20. Using threats or violence against innocent people for political/religious

reasons.