Law Breakers

Match each word on the left with the appropriate definition on the right.

1	an arsonist	a	attacks and robs people, often in the street
2	a shoplifter	b	sets fire to property illegally
3	a mugger	c	is anyone who breaks the law
4	an offender	d	breaks into houses or other buildings to steal
5	a vandal	e	steals from shops while acting as an ordinary customer
6	a burglar	f	kills someone
7	a murderer	g	deliberately causes damage to property
8	a kidnapper	h	steals things from people's pockets in crowded places
9	a pickpocket	i	gets secret information from another country
10	an accomplice	j	buys and sells drugs illegally
11	a drug dealer	k	takes away people by force and demands money for their return
12	a spy	l	helps a criminal in a criminal act
13	a terrorist	m	uses violence for political reasons
14	an assassin	n	causes damage or disturbance in public places
15	a hooligan	o	hides on a ship or plane to get a free journey
16	a stowaway	p	takes control of a plane by force and makes the pilot change course
17	a thief	q	murders for political reasons or a reward
18	a hijacker	r	is someone who steals
19	a forger	s	makes counterfeit (false) money or signatures
20	a robber	t	is a member of a criminal group
21	a smuggler	u	steals money, etc. by force from people or places (e.g. banks)
22	a traitor	v	marries illegally, being married already
23	a gangster	w	is a soldier who runs away from the army
24	a deserter	x	brings goods into a country illegally without paying tax
25	a bigamist	y	illegally carries drugs into another country
26	drug smuggler	z	betrays his or her country to another state

G Fill in the chart

№	CRIME	CRIMINAL	ACTION	TRANSLATION
1	ARSON	ARSONIST	TO SET FIRE	поджог
2			TO ASSAULT
3		ASSASSIN
4				шантаж (ировать)
5		BURGLAR
6	DESERTION
7		EMBEZZLER
8			TO FORGE
9				мошенник (-чать)
10	HACKING
11			TO HIJACK
12		KIDNAPPER
13	MUGGING
14				убийство
15		PICKPOCKET
16			TO POACH
17	RAPE
18				грабить (-ель)
19	SHOPLIFTING
20		TERRORIST
21				предатель (-вать)
22	VANDALISM

H What kind of crime do the following criminals commit.

arsonist, assassin, deserter, embezzler, forger, fraudster, hooligan, mugger, pickpocket, poacher, racketeer, robber, shoplifter, smuggler, terrorist

I Give the name of the defined lawbreaker.

1 steals

2 gets money by threatening to disclose personal information

3 seizes airplanes

4 kills people

5 steals from houses or offices

6 steals from banks or trains

7 takes people hostage for a ransom

8 steals government secrets

9 willfully destroys property

10 marries illegally while being married already

J A mind map is a way of organizing vocabulary to show the connections between words. This mind map is based on the word 'theft'.

h ousebreaking

to mug a person a mugger a mugging

to hold up a place a hold up

t o rob a place/a person a robber a robbery

theft

to break in t o break into a place a break-in breaking and entering

kleptomania a kleptomaniac

shoplifting a soplifter

stolen property

to burgle a place a burglar a burglary

a thief

to pick someone’s pocket a pickpocket

to steal a thing (stole/stolen)

Exercise 1. Find words in the mind map which fit these definitions.

1 The past participle of the verb steal

2 A person who enters a house to steal things

3 To steal something from a person's pocket without him or her noticing

4 To stop a person on the street and using violence or threats to rob him or

her

5 Going into a building by force to steal things (one word)

6 A person who steals from a shop

7 A psychological compulsion to steal things

8 A person who commits an act of theft

9 To rob a place, usually by using guns or other weapons 10 Things obtained by robbery

Exercise 2. Design a mind map for one or more of the following:

• the stock exchange

• tax

• the courtroom

K Match the words from the box with the definitions below.

drug smuggling hijacking pickpocketing

shoplifting kidnapping mugging

fraud arson theft

1 they broke the window of his car and stole the radio;

2 they sold paintings that they knew weren't genuine masterpieces;

3 they illegally carried drugs into another country;

4 they held a pistol at the pilot's head and he had to do what they said;

5 they set fire to the hotel;

6 they took some things off the shelves and left the supermarket without

paying for them;

7 they took away the rich man's son and asked him for a lot of money;

8 they hit the man on the head as he was walking along the street, and

stole all

his money and credit cards;

9 they took her purse out of her handbag as she was standing on the

crowded platform waiting for the train.

L Look at this list of "crimes ". Try and rate each crime on a scale from 1 to 10. (1 is a minor misdemeanour, 10 is a very serious crime). They are in no order.

• driving in excess of the speed limit;

• common assault (e.g. a fight in a disco-club);

• drinking and driving;

• malicious wounding (e.g. stabbing someone in a fight);

• murdering a policeman during a robbery;

• murdering a child;

• causing death by dangerous driving;

• smoking marijuanna;

• selling drugs (such as heroin);

• stealing £1,000 from a bank, by fraud;

• stealing £1,000 worth of goods from someone's home;

• rape;

• grievous bodily harm (almost killing someone);

• shoplifting;

• stealing £1,000 from a bank, by threatening someone with a gun;

• possession of a gun without a licence;

• homicide.