Разговорные темы по английскому языку. Яшина Е.А. - 85 стр.

             Crime                      Definition              Criminal        verb
         Murder               killing someone                  Murderer      murder

         Theft                stealing something               Theaf         steal

         Robbery              stealing something from Robber                 rob
                              somebody
         Burglary             stealing from someone’s Burglar                burgle
                              home

         Shoplifting          stealing something from a Shoplifter           shoplift
                              shop

         Smuggling            taking something illegally Smuggler            smuggle
                              into another country
         Arson                setting fire to something in a Arsonist        to set fire to
                              criminal way
         Kidnapping           taking a person hostage in Kidnapper           kidnap
                              exchange for money or other
                              favours

         2. Here are some more useful verbs connected with crime and law.

         to commit a crime – to do something illegal
         to accuse someone of a crime – to say someone is guilty
         to charge someone with (shoplifting) – to bring someone to court
         to plead guity 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 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
         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 into prison
         to release someone from prison/jail – to set someone free after a prison sen-
         tence
         to be tried – to have a case judged in court




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