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5. Put the right form of the following verbs in the sentences below

fine, convict, try smb. for , empower, serve, verify

1. His assistant … to act on his behalf in less weighty matters.

2. Convict is a person who … a prison sentence.

3. We need more information on which … him

4. I remember the story, which I … never … , but which rings true.

5. He … of spying.

6. A youth … in the criminal courts for stealing.

7. He … of spying.

8. He … now … a life sentence in an Italian jail.

9. He was heavily … .

6. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right. Then choose the best word from those given to complete each of the sentences which follow

1. assault	a) fairness in your behaviour or in the way that people are treated
2. complicity	b) a prison; used in American English
3.confinement	c) a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables
4. deposition	d) an acceptable reason or explanation for a particular action, process, or situation
5. hold-up	e) the state of being forced to stay inside somewhere, for example prison, for a period of time
6. justice	f) the act of stealing smth
7.justification	g) a formal written statement, made for example by a witness to a crime, which can be used in a court of law if the witness cannot be present
8.penitentiary	h) an involvement with other people in an activity or plan which is illegal or wrong
9. shoplifting	i) a way of life in which smb goes aimlessly from place to place, has no real home, job, or money, and has to beg or steal in order to live
10. theft	k) a physical attack on people which is considered to be a crime
11. vagrancy	l) stealing from a shop by walking round the shop and hiding things in your bag or in your clothes

1. He was threatened with … in the street.

2. Unless Jennifer confessed, or unless someone came forward with information that proved criminal …, Di Silva would not be able to touch her.

3. Wilson has just been taken out of solitary … and his beady eyes kept blinking against the light.

4. Adam turned to the transcript of … that had been taken in Judge Waldman’s chambers afterward.

5. Seven people were wounded towards the end of July in different … .

6. Tom has a strong sense of … .

7. We all have sound … for what we do.

8. A taxi took Jennifer from the bus station to the … .

9. When one of Jennifer’s clients was arrested for … , she would head downtown to arrange bail.

10. He reported the … of his passport.

11. I don’t want you to be arrested for … .

12. Jennifer rang the bell at the side of the penitentiary and a guard opened the door, checked her name against his list and directed her to the assistant … office.