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c) When somebody breaks into your home and steals something, the crime is
called_________.
d) When somebody steals money from you and uses violence it’s called_________ .
28. What is the person called who commits:
a) a burglary? b) a robbery? c) a mugging? d) a theft?
29. Read the comments made by three teenagers about their attitudes to stealing.
a) Where possible, decide which of their comments you agree or disagree with and
write down any comments of your own.
b) Do you sympathise with any of the young people? Is stealing more acceptable if
you’re poor? Discuss your views in groups.
c) Read what the young people said again and find two colloquial expressions which
mean steal.
30. Put the following crimes in order depending on how serious you think they are
(1 is the most important, 6 is the least important). Discuss in groups.
a) Taking clothes from a large shop without paying.
b) Mugging an old lady and taking from her.
c) Stealing from your mother’s purse.
d) Taking home things like pens and sellotape from where you work.
e) Selling stolen goods.
f) Stealing million from a bank.
Andrew: ‘If somebody
pinches some thin from a big
shop or a business or
something like that and they
get away with it, I say good
luck to them. What does it
matter? It’s not the same as
stealing off a ‘ friend or
knocking down a poor old lady
and running off with her
purse’.
Tina: ‘I’ve nicked.
loads of pens,
sellotape and things
from work. The
employers nick
things and cheat,
don’t they. If you
don’t do it they will’.
Janet: My father was
done for selling stolen
goods and went to
prison. But what else
can you do when you’re
unemployed and you’ve
got a family to bring
up?’
31. Look at the sentences below. Match the definitions of crimes to words from the box.
blackmail kidnapping arson trespass hijacking manslaughter
murder smuggling drug dealing forgery fraud mugging spying
shoplifting libel bribery burglary speeding

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