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Crime Vocabulary

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  • stealing from another person’s pockets
    pickpocketing
  • Our neighbour caught______________ at the supermarket.
    shoplifter
  • when someone sells illegal drugs.
    drug - dealing
  • There was a __________ at my grandma’s house last night and they stole all her jewellery.
    burglary
  • The thief______________my purse from my handbag yesterday
    stole
  • illegally accessing information from computer systems
    hacking
  • They killed four policemen while ________________ a bank
    robbing
  • someone tricks or deceives others to gain something, like money or goods, in a dishonest way.
    fraud
  • The ________________ robbed a bank on the High Street and got away with thousands of pounds.
    thief/robber
  • stealing from a shop
    shoplifting
  • entering a building illegally to steal
    burglary
  • when someone tries to get money from you or make you do what they want by threatening to tell other people your secrets
    blackmail
  • the act of secretly bringing things, like drugs, into a country or place where they are not allowed.
    smuggling
  • the crime of deliberately making something burn, especially a building
    arson
  • destroying or damaging things that belong to others on purpose
    vandalism
  • My brother knows someone who was arrested for _____________________into the school’s email account.
    hacking
  • The _______________had to pay a fine for stealing the man’s wallet.
    pickpocket
  • That guy is a white _____ He helps big companies to test their security systems.
    hacker
  • to take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them
    kidnapping