IX. Match the words from the box with the definitions below.
The Survey of Crimes
drug smuggling;
hijacking;
pickpocketing;
shop-lifting;
kidnapping;
mugging;
fraud;
arson;
theft.
a) they broke the window of his car and stole the radio;
b) they sold paintings that they knew weren't genuine masterpieces;
c) they illegally carried drugs into another country;
d) they held a pistol at the pilot's head and he had to do what they said;
e) they set fire to the hotel;
f) they took some things off the shelves and left the supermarket without paying for them;
g) they took away the rich man's son and asked him for a lot of money; h) they hit the man on the head as he was walking along the street, and stole all his money and credit cards;
i) they took her purse out of her handbag as she was standing on the crowded platform waiting for the train.
Answers & Comments
a) theft
b) fraud
c) drug smuggling
d) hijacking
e) arson
f) shop-lifting
g) kidnapping
h) mugging
I) pickpocketing