[An armed man in a mask walked into a shop and shouted, 'Give me all the money in the till (= cash register)!'] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
robbery, robber, rob
[The accountant was transferring money into his own bank account.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
fraud, fraudster, commit fraud
[The trial] The _____ decided what Carl's _____ should be.
court, evidence
judge, punishment
proof, verdict
jury, witnesses
[Someone threw paint on the statue in the park.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
vandalism, vandal, vandalize
[The trial] Adam was _____ and allowed to go free.
acquitted
guilty
sentenced
accused
[Somebody stole my car last night from outside my house.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
theft, thief, steal
[They left a bomb in the supermarket car park, which exploded.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
terrorism, terrorist, set off bombs, etc.
[They took a rich man's son and asked for money for his safe return.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
kidnapping, kidnapper, kidnap
[The trial] The _____ (of 12 people) looked at and heard all the ______.
court, punishment
witnesses, verdict
judge, proof
jury, evidence
[The crime] The police _____ the crime.
arrested
caught
questioned
investigated
[The builder offered the mayor a free flat in return for giving his company permission to build new flats on a piece of green land.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
bribery, X, bribe
[The trial] There was no _____ that Adam had committed the crime.
punishment
verdict
proof
evidence
[A man held out a knife and made me give him my wallet.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
mugging, mugger, mug
[Two passengers took control of the plane and made the pilot land in the desert.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
hijacking, hijacker, hijack
[After the party, the man made the woman have sex against her will.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
rape, rapist, rape
[The crime] Carl and Adam were _____ and taken to a police station.
charged
committed
released
arrested
[The trial] The judge _____ Carl to ten years in prison (jail).
accused
sentenced
punished
acquitted
[The trial] Two months later, Carl and Adam appeared in _____.
verdict
court
judge
jury
[The crime] Finally Carl and Adam were _____ with (=officially accused of) armed robbery.
investigated
caught
arrested
charged
[He said he'd send the photos to a newspaper if the actress didn't pay him a lot of money.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
blackmail, blackmailer, blackmail
[The trial] Carl was found _____. His fingerprints were on the gun used in the robbery.
guilty
acquitted
accused
sentenced
[The trial] _____ told the court what they had seen and knew.
The jury
The court
The judge
Witnesses
[The trial] After two days, the jury reached their _____.
evidence
proof
verdict
evidence
[We came home from holiday and found that our TV had gone.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
burglary, burglar, break in / burgle / burglarize
[She went to her business partner's house and shot her dead.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
murder, murderer, murder
[The crime] The police _____ Carl and Adam for ten hours.
arrested
charged
committed
questioned
[The crime] Carl and Adam _____ a crime.
committed
caught
arrested
charged
[The crime] Carl and Adam were _____ driving to the airport in a stolen car.
committed
investigated
caught
questioned
[A teenager got into the Pentagon's computer system and downloaded some secret data.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
hacking, hacker, hack (into)
[The trial] Carl and Adam were _____ of armed robbery and car theft.
accused
acquitted
sentenced
punished
[Someone tried to sell me some marijuana during a concert.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
drug dealing, drug dealer, sell drugs
[A woman followed a pop singer everywhere he went, watching him and sending him constant messages on the internet.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
stalking, stalker, stalk
[When the police searched his car, it was full of contraband cigarettes.] Crime? Criminal? Verb?
smuggling, smuggler, smuggle
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