Закон в силе - Law Booster I. Дроботенко Ю.Б - 4 стр.

III. FOCUS ON LEXIS                                                              2. Complete the blanks in the table where it is possible, looking up a
                                                                                    dictionary.
1. Find the explanations for the following terms, paying attention to                       crime         criminal        verb, word-combination
   the clues given.                                                                         …             felon           …
      1. felony                                9. violation                                 crime         …               to commit a crime
      2. misdemeanor                           10. infringement                             …             offender        …
      3. crime                                 11. breach                                   misdemeanor   …               …
      4. offence                               12. contravention                                          wrongdoer       to do smth. illegal
      5. misdeed                               13. lawbreaking                              …             delinquent      …
      6. misconduct                            14. illegality                               …             …               to violate
      7. wrongdoing                            15. malpractice                              …             …               to infringe
      8. delinquency                                                                        …             …               …
                                                                                            breach        …               to contravene
  a) according to the degree of seriousness, it is a very serious crime                     …             lawbreaker      …
  b) according to the degree of seriousness, it is a less serious crime                     …             illegal         …
  c) a general term referring to illegal action or activity for which a person              malpractice   …               …
     can be punished by law
  d) an action that breaks a particular law and requires a particular pun-
     ishment                                                                     3. Match up the parts of the words and complete the list of Russian
  e) a bad or evil act                                                              equivalents.
  f) a bad, unacceptable or dishonest behaviour, especially by a profes-                                                         – небрежное, преступное от-
     sional person or someone who has a position of responsibility                                              a.               ношение к своим обязанно-
  g) behaviour that is illegal or wrong from moral point of view                                              legal              стям
  h) criminal behaviour especially that of young people                                                                          ____________________
  i) an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc.               1.         4.           b.         e.     – незаконный
  j) an action that infringes something                                               il-       wrong -     practice   breaker   ____________________
  k) an act of breaking an agreement, law or promise                                                                             – нарушать правило, закон (2)
  l) a contra-act to what is allowed by the law or rule                               2.          5.           c.        f.      ____________________
  m) to disobey the law                                                              mis-        mis-         deed      doer     – нарушитель закона
  n) non-legal action                                                                                                            _____________________
  o) careless or criminal behaviour by someone with a professional or offi-            3.          6.          d.        g.      – правонарушитель
     cial job (often doctors and lawyers)                                            law-         in-        fringe    demean    _____________________
                                                                                                                                 – нарушение, преступление
                                                                                                  7.                             _____________________
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