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deliberate: We made a deliberate decision to live apart for a while.

Adjective "I won't stand for these deliberate attacks on my reputation," said the politician.

public property: The cost of repairing the damage to public property following the earthquake has soared.

Noun Half of the north-west's timber land is public property.

illegally They entered the country illegally.

adverb He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his illegal activities

damage: Many buildings were badly damaged during the war.

Verb This is damage to the blood vessels in your kidneys

robbery: The gang admitted they had committed four recent bank robberies.

Noun We believe there was a third person involved in the robbery.

assaults: The number of indecent assaults has increased alarmingly over the past year.

Noun Every 2 minutes, there's a sexual assault in this country.

threatening: As the threatening clouds approached, the winds suddenly blew up into a blinding snowstorm.

Adjective Terrorism continues to threaten the security of all free nations

arrest: to put a suspected criminal in custody

Verb The bank robber was arrested by the police

theft: Unfortunately, we have had several thefts in the building recently.

Noun Brandon was arrested for auto theft.

vandalize: to deliberately damage or destroy property

Verb all the public phones had been vandalized

steal: to take something that belongs to someone else without permission

Verb she stole a dress from the store

shoplift: to steal goods on display in a store while appearing to shop there

Verb the manager saw the teenagers shoplift and called the police

rob: to take something that doesn´t belong to you, usually secretly or by force

Verb the house next door was robbed

pickpocket: to steal money and other things from people´s pockets and purses

Noun the woman was pickpocketed in the mall food court.

mug: to threaten or employ violence on someone, often in a public place, in order to steal the person´s belongings

Verb he was mugged on his way back from work

kidnap: to seize and hold someone by force, usually in order to demand money in return for the person´s release

Verb the lawyer was kidnapped by his client

hack: to access a computer system without permission

Verb the criminal hacked into the bank´s computer system to transfer money to himself

commit arson: to intentionally burn property

Verb he committed arson, got caught and was sent to prison

burglarize: to enter a building illegally to steal things

Verb my house was burglarized yesterday

blackmail: to demand money from a person by threatening to reveal information that would harm the person´s reputation.

Noun Mayor Jones was blackmailed by someone who claimed to have proof that the mayor had stolen money from the city.