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Crime
Quizizz vocab
van‧dal‧is‧m /ˈvændəl-ɪzəm/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]
the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property
fraud /frɔːd $ frɒːd/ ●●○ noun
1 [countable, uncountable] the crime of deceiving people in order to gain something such as money or goods
tax/insurance/credit card etc fraud
- He’s been charged with tax fraud.
ˈchild aˌbuse noun [uncountable]
the crime of harming a child physically, sexually, or emotionally
as‧sault /əˈsɔːlt $ əˈsɒːlt/ ●●○ noun
1 [countable, uncountable] the crime of physically attacking someone
- a case of robbery and assault
rob‧ber‧y /ˈrɒbəri $ ˈrɑː-/ ●●○ noun (plural robberies) [countable, uncountable]
the crime of stealing money or things from a bank, shop etc, especially using violence → theft, burglary
traf‧fick‧ing /ˈtræfɪkɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
1 the buying and selling of illegal goods, especially drugs
drug trafficking
Slave trade
Human trafficking
smug‧gling /ˈsmʌɡəlɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
the crime of taking something illegally from one country to another
- He was arrested in connection with drug smuggling.
Wildlife smuggling
Animal trafficking
Illegal wildlife trade
Working from home: It’s time consuming
hi‧jack‧ing /ˈhaɪdʒækɪŋ/ noun
1 [countable, uncountable] the use of violence or threats to take control of a plane
the recent series of airplane hijackings
Crime and Punishment Quiz
You can do this quiz online or print it on paper. It's based on our crime and punishment vocabulary page, part of our English for Police section.
What crime is being committed in each of these cases?
1. A thief goes into your house through a window.
fraud
burglary
vandalism
2. A child steals a chocolate bar from a store.
assault
child abuse
shoplifting
3. A car is driven faster than the limit.
speeding
drunk-driving
trafficking
4. An American dealer sells cocaine to a Canadian buyer.
theft
smuggling
drug trafficking
5. A guard refuses to give a prisoner food or water unless the prisoner gives up information.
abduction
torture
hijacking
6. A police officer shoots and kills an unarmed teenager who refused to obey him.
murder
terrorism
assault
7. A person throws a lit match into a building and it catches fire.
arson
burglary
domestic violence
8. A terrorist group takes over an airplane and changes its course.
vandalism
trafficking
hijacking
9. A man regularly assaults his wife and children.
homicide
domestic violence
abduction
10. A dishonest lawyer charges a client for more hours of work than he really did.
burglary
armed robbery
fraud
Your score is:
100%
Correct answers:
1. burglary
2. shoplifting
3. speeding
4. drug trafficking
5. torture
6. murder
7. arson
8. hijacking
9. domestic violence
10. fraud
Grammar Quiz: Crime
Topic: Vocabulary | Level: Beginner
Online Quiz
Printable Worksheet
Online English Quiz
Instructions: Choose the correct answer.
Q1 - A person who breaks into houses to steal is a ...
burglar
pickpocket
shoplifter
Q2 - A person who attacks people in the street to steal is a ...
burglar
pickpocket
mugger
Q3 - Killing someone as a punishment for a crime is...
capital punishment
corporal punishment
Q4 - A person who burns property is...
a burglar
an arsonist
a robber
Q5 - Which is more serious?
Theft
Robbery
Q6 - A story that proves someone could not have committed a crime is...
an alibi
a witness
Q7 - A person who transports things illegally into a country is a...
mugger
smuggler
bandit
Q8 - Killing someone without intending to is...
murder
manslaughter
Q9 - Killing someone with intention is...
murder
manslaughter
Q10 - Paying an official to do something illegal is...
mugging
bribery
arson
Vocabulary:
Homework:
- Write the blog entry in the google doc I created for that purpose and comment the most interesting entries by your classmates
- As you’ve been learning about some crimes that made an impact on you, can you write in a google doc a selection of the most useful words and expressions to describe it?
Revocable life imprisonment
Death penalty
al‧i‧bi /ˈæləbaɪ/ ●○○ noun [countable]
1 something that proves that someone was not where a crime happened and therefore could not have done it
a perfect/cast-iron/unshakeable etc alibi
- He had a perfect alibi and the police let him go.
Grammar
Countable or uncountable?
• News is an uncountable noun and is followed by a singular verb:
The news was not very good.
• News is used with the singular form of words such as this and that:
He was shocked when he heard this news.
✗Don’t say: these news
Prepositions with the news
• If someone or something is on the news, they appear or there is a report about them on a television or radio news programme:
The minister was on the 10 o’clock news.
I saw the pictures of the crash on the news.
• If someone or something is in the news, they are being discussed in newspapers and on news programmes:
Education has been in the news a lot this week.
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