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6 Fill in the blanks. The first letter of each missing word has been given.
Thieves have been around for centuries, probably for as long as humans, but
armed(1) r.................. is a more recent phenomenon. Unfortunately women have
always been the (2) v............... of rape and domestic (3) v................ (4)
F................. has been around ever since printing has been used to make money
or produce documents. Rich people or their children are
sometimes (5) к.................. and are not set free until a ransom has been paid.
The twentieth century has seen the appearance of many organised (6)
с................. such as hijacking and drug-smuggling or drug-trafficking. Statistics
show an alarming (7) r................ in the rate of violent crimes
and crimes to do with the (8) i.................. sale of arms across the world. Perhaps
the most recent crime of all is hacking into computers to access (9) i..................
that helps competitors in industry. This increase in international crime makes one
wonder whether it is still true to say '(10) С.................. doesn't pay'.
7 Which crimes are being described in the following situations? Fill the
gaps with words from the list.
rioting arson mugging vandalism kidnapping
shoplifting robbery hacking burglary domestic violence
stalking murder drug-trafficking blackmail pickpocketing
hijacking looting theft hooliganism fraud
1 People broke into our house and stole our video camera.
2 Youths attacked her in the street and ran off with her handbag.
3 The pilot was forced to take the plane to Tashkent.
4 She killed him by poisoning his coffee.
5 Why do middle-class women steal food from supermarkets?
6 Having made no profit that year, he set fire to his own factory.
7 Crowds of protestors broke shop windows and stole goods.
8 They ran around smashing things and fighting other drunken youths.
9 He threatened to tell the newspapers unless he got a thousand pounds.
10 Someone has stolen my purse from my desk.
11 The clerk handed over the money when they threatened to shoot him.
12 The business used deception to obtain money.
13 They were accused of deliberately smashing the phone box.
14 The boy would be harmed unless his parents paid the money.
15 The woman was often seen with bruises on her face.
16 His wallet was stolen from his back pocket.
17 Trained dogs found the packages stuffed into the seats of the lorry.
18 The film star had been followed by the same man for months.
19 They accessed the information from government computer systems.
20 Hundreds of police in helmets broke up the angry crowds.
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