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  • Pickpocket: Steal from the pockets of someone.
    Verb. He stole something from her pocket on the street.
  • Shoplift: Steal goods from a store while pretending to be a customer.
    Verb. She was passing by to become a client.
  • Mug: Attack and rob someone in a public place.
    Verb. They attacked her because they wanted to assault her.
  • Hack: Use a computer or other device to gain unauthorized access to data in a system.
    Verb.The neighbor was hacked the internet.
  • Arrest: To seize someone by lawful authority and place them in custody.
    Verb. The police arrested him because he had stolen something from the store.
  • Burglarize: Entering a building illegally with the intent to commit a crime, especially theft.
    Verb. He went to rob a supermarket.
  • Assaults: Make a physical attack on.
    Verb. The assault on a lady who was walking in the street.
  • Threatening: Having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.
    Adjective. He threatened the parents of his kidnapped victim to give him money.
  • Blackmail: Demand money or other benefit from (someone) in exchange for not revealing compromising or harmful information about them.
    Verb. He blackmailed his co-worker.
  • Commit arson: The intentional or malicious burning of property such as a building, esp.
    Verb. The thief caused the fire, because he was going to steal.
  • Deliberate: Done consciously and intentionally.
    Verb. A deliberate attempt to provoke conflict.
  • Public property: Something owned by the city, town, or state.
    Noun. The library books are public property.
  • Kidnap: Take someone away illegally by force, typically to obtain a ransom.
    Verb. The kidnapping of the child, because he needed money.
  • Vandalize: Deliberately destroy or damage public or private property.
    Verb. He vandalized the public restroom.
  • Theft: The action or crime of stealing.
    Noun. He was convicted of theft.
  • Robbery: The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.
    Noun.He was involved in extortion and robbery.
  • Illegally: Not according to or authorized by law.
    Noun. In this state, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to drink alcohol.
  • Steal: Taking another person's property without permission or legal right and without intent to return it.
    Verb. The thieves stole his bike.
  • Rob: Take property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.
    Rob is not good.
  • Damage: Physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
    Noun. Bombing caused extensive damage to the town.