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crime definition criminal verb
murder killing someone murder
shoplifting stealing something
from a shop
shoplifter
stealing from some-
one's home
burglar burgle
(burglarize)
(Amer.)
smuggling taking something ille-
gally into another
country
smuggler
setting fire to some-
thing in a criminal
way
arsonist to set fire to
kidnapping taking a person hos-
tage in exchange for
money or other fa-
vours, etc.
kidnapper
trespass trespasser
blackmail
pickpocketing
mugging
terrorism
forgery
b) Look at all the crimes named in this table. Which do you think are
the three most serious and the three least serious?
3) a) Here are some more useful verbs connected with crime and law.
Note that many of them have particular prepositions associated with
them.
to commit a crime or an offence: to do something illegal
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to accuse someone of a crime: to say someone is guilty
to charge someone with (murder): to bring someone to court
to plead guilty or not guilty: to swear in court that one is guilty or
otherwise
to defend / prosecute someone in court: to argue for or against
someone in a trial
to pass verdict on an accused person: to decide whether they are
guilty or not
to sentence someone to a punishment: what the judge does after a
verdict of guilty
to acquit an accused person of a charge: to decide in court that
someone is not guilty (the opposite of to convict someone
to fine someone a sum of money: to punish someone by making
them pay
to send someone to prison: to punish someone by putting them in
prison
to release someone from prison / jail: to set someone free after a
prison sentence
to be tried: to have a case judged in court
b) Fill the blanks in the paragraph below with one of the verbs from
above.
One of the two accused men ___ (1) at yesterday's trial. Although
his lawyer ___ (2) him very well, he was still found guilty by the
jury. The judge ___ (3) him to two years in prison. He'll probably
___ (4) after eighteen months. The other accused man was luckier.
He ___ (5) and left the courtroom smiling broadly.
crime definition criminal verb to accuse someone of a crime: to say someone is guilty
murder killing someone murder to charge someone with (murder): to bring someone to court
shoplifting stealing something shoplifter to plead guilty or not guilty: to swear in court that one is guilty or
from a shop otherwise
stealing from some- burglar burgle to defend / prosecute someone in court: to argue for or against
one's home (burglarize) someone in a trial
(Amer.) to pass verdict on an accused person: to decide whether they are
smuggling taking something ille- smuggler guilty or not
gally into another to sentence someone to a punishment: what the judge does after a
country verdict of guilty
setting fire to some- arsonist to set fire to to acquit an accused person of a charge: to decide in court that
thing in a criminal someone is not guilty (the opposite of to convict someone
way to fine someone a sum of money: to punish someone by making
kidnapping taking a person hos- kidnapper them pay
tage in exchange for to send someone to prison: to punish someone by putting them in
money or other fa- prison
vours, etc. to release someone from prison / jail: to set someone free after a
trespass trespasser prison sentence
blackmail to be tried: to have a case judged in court
pickpocketing
mugging b) Fill the blanks in the paragraph below with one of the verbs from
terrorism above.
forgery One of the two accused men ___ (1) at yesterday's trial. Although
his lawyer ___ (2) him very well, he was still found guilty by the
b) Look at all the crimes named in this table. Which do you think are jury. The judge ___ (3) him to two years in prison. He'll probably
the three most serious and the three least serious? ___ (4) after eighteen months. The other accused man was luckier.
He ___ (5) and left the courtroom smiling broadly.
3) a) Here are some more useful verbs connected with crime and law.
Note that many of them have particular prepositions associated with
them.
to commit a crime or an offence: to do something illegal
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