11483 crime vocabulary

CRIME VOCABULARY
a) Match each word with its definition:
1. arsonist
a) Someone who steals things out of pockets or bags
2. bank robber secretly.
b) Someone who uses force to take over a vehicle
3. burglar
(especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative
destination.
4. murderer
c) Someone who takes things or people to or from a place
secretly and illegally.
5. mugger
d) Someone who steals from a bank.
e) Someone who steals from shops.
6. shoplifter
f) Someone who steals from a building.
g) Someone who attacks someone to steal their money.
7. smuggler
h) Someone who kills another person.
i) Someone who seizes a person against his/her will and
8. pickpocket
takes him/her from one place to another under
circumstances in which the person does not have freedom
9. kidnapper
of movement.
j) Someone who starts a fire to damage or destroy
10. highjacker something.

b) What are the verbs related to the above words?
E.g. arsonist (noun) => arson (verb)

bank robber =>
burglar =>
……………………..
mugger =>
murderer =>
……………………..
pickpocket =>
shoplifter =>
……………………..
smuggler =>

……………………..
……………………..
……………………..
……………………..

1. The ___ was arrested by police who caught him hiding in his garden.
criminal

victim

crime

witness

2. It looks like he is trying to ___ that umbrella.
rob

crime

criminal

steal


3. The man was ___ as he walked home late at night.
robbed

rob

stolen

steal

stealed

stolen

4. My watch has been ___.
steal

stole

5. She tried to ___ drugs in her suitcase from Toronto to Seattle.
pickpocket

mug

smuggle

burgle

6. The ___ was caught with the CDs in his bag while he was still in the shop.
shoplifter

pickpocket

mugger

smuggler

7. I caught a ___ trying to steal my purse on the crowded bus.
murderer

smuggler

pickpocket

shoplifter

8. The ___ was shot 5 times by the murderer.
victim

thief

criminal

crime

9. Police are trying to catch the ___ who set fire to the school.

arson

arsonman

arsoner

arsonist

10. I have never comitted a ___.
thief

steal

criminal

crime