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57 Crime

Crimes, people who do them, and verbs

crime robbery murder Is burglary (sss: mugging
person a robber a murderer a burglar | a mugger
verb to rob somebody to murder - to break into a to mug
or a place (e.g. a somebody . house/flat somebody
bank) | (break/broke/broken)

crime car theft drug pushing/ ' terrorism shoplifting |
dealing
person a car thief '): a drug pusher/ © a terrorist _ a shoplifter
dealer
verb to steal a car - to sell drugs | to attack somebody © to steal things
(steal/stole/stolen) (sell/sold/sold) or a place from a shop

There was a burglary at the school last night.
John West murdered his wife.
There are a lot of muggings in the city centre.
A robber robs a person or a place. That bank was robbed yesterday. My sister was robbed
in the city centre.
A thief steals something (steal/stole/stolen). Somebody stole my bicycle. [NoT Somebody
robbed my bicycle.|
I was robbed in the city centre yesterday. [NoT I was stelen.]

The law
A student was arrested for shoplifting this morning.
The police came to the school and spoke to his teacher.
The student has to go to court next week. a
If he is guilty he will have to pay a fine.

If he is innocent he can go home.
I don’t think he will go to prison.

Other crime problems
Some vandals broke the windows in the telephone box.
(A vandal breaks and smashes things.)
We have a lot of vandalism in my town.
A lot of young people take drugs nowadays.
Is football hooliganism a problem in your country? EE
(A football hooligan is a person who goes to a football match and makes trouble.)

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