Types of crimes

crime (petty/minor, serious) – преступление (незначительное, серьезное);

offence (criminal, serious, arrestable, minor, trivial) – проступок, нарушение;

felony – фелония (категория тяжких преступлений);

misdemeanor – проступок, правонарушение;

trivial infraction – незначительное правонарушение;

conspiracy – сговор о совершении преступления;

murder – умышленное убийство;

manslaughter – непредумышленное убийство;

arson – поджог;

swindle - мошенничество, надувательство, обман;

defamation – диффамация, клевета;

malpractice – профессиональная небрежность; преступная халатность;

invasion of privacy – вмешательство в личную жизнь;

false imprisonment – незаконное(неправомерное) лишение свободы;

aggravated assault – нападение при отягчающих обстоятельствах;

theft (auto theft) – кража;

shoplifting – магазинная кража;

larceny (grand larceny) – воровство (похищение имущества в крупн. разм.);

wrongful (fraudulent) conversion – незаконное присвоение имущества;

robbery (bank robbery,mugging) – грабеж с насилием или разбой;

trespass – нарушение владения;

counterfeiting – фальшивомонетничество;

treason – измена;

espionage (military espionage, company spying) – шпионаж (военный, в бизн.);

white-collar crime – беловоротничковое преступление;

embezzlement – растрата (хищение, присвоение) имущества;

forgery – подделка;

organized crime; racketeering; terrorism;

extortion – вымогательство;

loan-sharking – гангстерское ростовщичество;

kidnapping (for ransom) – похищение (с целью получения выкупа);

black-marketeering – спекуляция на черном рынке;

demanding of “protection” payment –

gambling – азартные игры;

smuggling – контрабанда;

hijacking – угон самолета;

political assassination – убийство политических деятелей;

abduction of people – похищение людей;

illegal arms dealing – незаконная торговля оружием;

drug trafficking –торговля наркотиками;

perpetrate – совершать (преступление);

felon – уголовный преступник;

perpetrator (law-breaker) – нарушитель, преступник;

pickpocket – карманный вор

stowaway – безбилетный пассажир;

accomplice – сообщник;

mugger – разбойник (грабитель);

traitor – предатель;

Task. 1. Which crimes are described in the following situations?

1. A businessman used deception to obtain money.

2. The gangsters physically attacked a driver with iron bars.

3. A camper spent a night on a farmer’s land without asking permission.

4. He damaged my reputation by telling lies about me.

5. A doctor was drunk and made a serious mistake during the operation.

6. Mrs. Brown took her neighbor’s jewelry without the owner’s consent.

7. I was shocked when I found out that my friend installed a video camera in my bedroom.

8. Without any explanation the security man closed one of the customers in the backroom of the shop in order to search him.

9. He threatened to send the love letters to her husband unless she gave him 500 dollars.

10. The telephone box had been smashed and there was graffiti all over the walls.

11. Department stores lose millions of pounds each year through goods being stolen off the shelves.

12. Thieves broke into the house while the family was away on holiday.

13. He watched with satisfaction as the fire he lit burnt down the factory. That’ll make them wish they’d never given me the sack, he thought.

14. It was a perfect copy. It was so good, in fact, that it could even fool an expert.

15. The bank believed her to be trustworthy. They had no reason to suspect that she had transferred thousands of pounds to false accounts.

16. ‘If you want to see your child again, put $50,000 in an old suitcase and wait for further instructions’.

17. George gave the man $ 50 in return for a small packet of heroin.

18. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and people were sitting outside the cafe enjoying the sunshine. Then the bomb went off.

19. ‘If only I hadn’t brought these watches through customs’ she thought as she sat crying in the police station.

20. Michael gave his boss a large sum of money to be promoted in the company.

Law breakers: a pickpocket; a burglar; a murderer; a kidnapper; a traitor; an accomplice; a drug dealer; a spy; a terrorist; an assassin; a hooligan; a stowaway; a thief; a hijacker; a forger; a robber; a smuggler; an arsonist; a shoplifter; a mugger; an offender; a vandal; a gangster; a deserter; a bigamist.

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