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

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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