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Ex. 4. Here are some words connected with law and crime. Then divide them into three groups, in the most logical way.

II. Read the verbs used with this topic. Pay attention to the word-combinations. | Ex. 1. Answer the questions. | Ex. 1. Read and memorize English proverbs. Find the appropriate Russian equivalents. Use them in the dialogues or in the situations of your own. | DOUBLE RAPIST ___ | NIGHT INTRUDER ___ | ВЕРХОВНЫЙ СУД И СУДЫ ВЫСШЕЙ ИНСТАНЦИИ |


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Example: (1)theft/(2)prison/(3)witness

theft member of a jury judge smuggling
witness prison fine bribery
detective hi-jacking flogging community service
probation traffic warden death penalty rape
drunken drive lawyer    

Ex. 5.* A. The verbs to rob and to steal are similar in meaning and are frequently confused. Say which words each verb can go with.

  a person a bank money a car a shop a wallet
to rob
to steal

B.* Put the right form of either to rob or to steal in the sentences below.

1. Last night an armed gang ______ the post office. They _____ $2000. 2. My handbag _____ at the theatre yesterday. 3. Every year large numbers of banks _______. 4. Jane_____ of the opportunity to stand for president. 5. That bank ______twice this year. Each time over $100 ______. 6. More and more people are fitting their cars with anti-theft alarms in an attempt to stop them _____. 7. “Oh, no! I ____! They have taken everything. My credit cards, cash, the lot!” 8. The thieves were accused of_____ paintings worth over $2 million. 9. Take travellers’ cheques when you go abroad in case you ____. 10. The shoplifter _____ $500 worth of goods from the shop. 11. The Aden Gallery ____ of several of its best paintings last night.

Ex. 6.* Choose the right word.

a) guilt – blame – fault

1. You want Alllan to take ___. 2. They say it was the boy’s ___. 3. To my horror in the public prosecutor’s office Oscar’s ___was said to be known and classified. 4. The evidence against him was so incontrovertible that the defendant had to admit his ___. 5. John’s attempt to shift the ___for his defeat on his companion met no response.

b) to rob – to plunder – to loot – to steal – to burglarise

1. The bank was ___ today by two masked gunmen. 2. Invaders ___ and ___ throughout the entire country. 3. Cannot you see how the great trusts have ___ your treasures? 4. The house of Julia Merton was ___ on Wednesday night. 5. His mail was repeatedly ___. 6. He gathered a small army and descended upon the Big House which he ___ and distributed the spoils among the poor people. 7. The thief ___ the drawers of their contents. 8. You’ve ___ me of my ideas. 9. The maid was accused of having ___ her mistress’ jewellery. 10. The villa must have been ___ by some teenagers.

 

Ex. 7. Which is the odd word out?

a) to steal, to pilfer, to filch, to purloin, to rob, to smuggle, to thieve, to plunder;

b) a scoundrel, a robber, a thief, a burglar, a murderer, a killer, a gangster, a bandit, a crook, a swindler;

c) to chase, to trace, to pursue, to follow, to seek, to be after, to hunt;

d) a prisoner, a defendant; a prosecutor, an eyewitness, a judge, an attorney, a sheriff, a lawyer, a barrister;

e) blackmail, smuggling, theft, robbery, burglary, felony, bribery, swindling, drug addiction, kidnapping, fraud, infidelity;

f) kidnapping, murder, theft, mugging.

 

Ex. 8.* Fill the blanks in the paragraph below with one of the verbs.

One of the two accused men ___ (1) at yesterday’s trial. Although his lawyer ___ (2) him very well, he was still found guilty by the jury. The judge ___ (3) him to two years in prison. He’ll probably ___ (4) after eighteen months. The other accused man was luckier. He ___ (5) and left the courtroom smiling broadly.

 

Ex. 9.* Complete this true story with an appropriate form of the verb in brackets.

CRIME BUSTERS

 

In July 1985, four West London criminals ___ (to make) plans to rob the manager of a laundry, as he ___ (to leave) the bank with a box full of staff wages. However, someone ___ (to tell) the police before the robbery and the police ___ (to make) plans to catch the thieves.

The day of the robbery ___ (to come). The laundry manager ___ (to collect) an empty box while the police and the robbers ___ (to wait) outside the bank. As he ___ (to step) through the door, everybody ___ (to be) about to act, when another thief ___ (to run) out of a doorway and ___ (to snatch) the box. The lone thief ___ (to disappear) before anybody ___ (to move).

 


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