Complete each sentence by writing in the gap a word formed from the verb given in brackets.

1 They thought the President was involved in ____. (corrupt)

2 Publishing lies about a company to push down its share price is market ____.(rig)

3 He was found guilty of insider ____ last year.(deal)

4 He was accused of ____ because he gave politicians cash for favours. (bribe)

5 They made a lot of money ____ famous brand sports wear. (fake)

6 She organized the ____ of postage stamps worth $2 million. (forge)

22 In each of the numbered lines (1-5) there is one word which is wrong. Circle the mistake and write the correct word at the end of the line.

My name is Laura Rayner and I work for the Finance Sector Authority.

1 Our job is to regular banking and investment services.____

2 We look at reports of wrongdone in companies.____

3 Some cases are small - like a director taking a 'sweetness' for a favour,____

4 others are very serious. One scram involved a man who sold $1 million____

5 worth of shares in a company that didn't exist! That's frawd.____

23 COLLOCATIONS. Make sure you know the difference between the verbs steal and rob. The object of the verb steal is the thing which is taken away, e.g. they stole my bike, whereas the object of the verb rob is the person or place from which things are stolen, e.g. I was robbed last night. A masked man robbed the bank.

A. Put the right form of either rob or 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 ____ the opportunity to stand for president.

B. Complete the chart by ticking the objects that collocate with the verbs.

	the bank	a house	a warehouse	a watch	an old lady	a car	the bank manager
steal
rob
break into
burgle
mug

C. Complete the chart by ticking the nouns that collocate with the adjectives.

	murder	criminal	offender	crime
vicious
brutal
cold-blooded
common
habitual
petty

24 Fill in the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following:

fine burglary commit shoplifting witness arson juvenile delinquent

1 The number of young people who ____ crimes has risen sharply in recent years.

2 Another house was broken into last week. This is the third ____ in the area in the past month.

3 He parked his car in the wrong place and had to pay a £20 parking ____.

4 This is the fourth fire in the area recently. The police suspect ____.

5 The shop decided to install closed-circuit television in an effort to combat the problem of ____.

6 A ____ is a young person who breaks the law.

7 A ____is someone who sees a crime being committed.

Fill in the blanks. The first letter of each missing word has been given.

IT’S A CRIME

Thieves have been around for centuries, probably for as long as humans, but armed (1) r____ is a more recent phenomenon. Unfortunately women have always been the (2) v____ of rape and domestic (3) v____. (4) F____ has been around ever since printing has been used to make money or produce documents. Rich people or their children are sometimes (5) k____ and are not set free until a ransom has been paid.

The twentieth century has seen the appearance of many organised (6) c____ such as hijacking and drug-smuggling or drug-trafficking. Statistics show an alarming (7) r____ in the rate of violent crimes and crimes to do with the (8) i____ sale of arms across the world. Perhaps the most recent crime of all is hacking computers to access (9) i____ that helps competitors in industry. This increase in international crime makes one wonder whether it is still true to say (10) “ C____ doesn't pay”.

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