English Vocabulary Organiser Society 1 Violent crimes Match the following violent crimes with the extracts from newspaper articles: terrorism mugging kidnapping hijacking rape murder 1. Ihe body of aman 4 was discovered at ‘The twenty-year- old woman was 10.30am by a man dragged into bushes walking a dog in and attacked at the park. knifepoint, ‘Three people were killed and more The young boy was snatched on his way than twenty injured to school — this in an explosion this morning. Three morning. The bomb hours later his went off without warning in a busy family received a ransom demand for shopping centre. £100,000, 3. fflie-man;-armed 6. "Noro youths-came with a knife and up behind 73- a hand grenade, year-old Arthur forced the pilot of Potter, knocked the 737 to fly to him to the ground Madrid, where six and ran off with elderly passengers his wallet and were allowed off. watch. 2 Criminals Use your dictionary to complete this list of criminals. The first one has been done for you. 1. armed robbery armed robber 2. arson pee eee eee 3. blackmail 4. hijacking 5. kidnapping 6. mugging 7. murder 8, rape : 9. smuggling seeee 10. terrorism 188 __76 Serious crime 3 Other serious crimes Match these serious crimes to the descriptions: armed robbery blackmail 1. Police believe the fire which destroyed a factory last night was started deliberately. 2. Customs seized two kilos of heroin, hidden in a secret compartment in Miss Henley’s suitcase. 3. Three men with shotguns held up a security van in East London this afternoon. 4. The woman threatened to send Mr Baxter's wife the photographs unless he paid her £2000. 5. Mr Grey was stopped by police on his way home from the pub and found to be three times over the legal limit. 6. Mr Baker admitted using both his father's and mother's credit cards and forging his father’s signature on several cheques. smuggling drink-driving, arson fraud 4 Police work Match each verb with a noun on the right: 1. interview a.a crime 2. search b.an enquiry / investigation 3. Jaunch, c. evidence 4. investigated. the area 5. take ¢. witnesses 6. gather f. statements Put the following events into the order in which they usually happen. The first one is correct. g. Detectives gather evidence at the scene of the crime, including fingerprints, DNA samples and other forensic evidence. h, The suspect is kept in custody or released on bail. i, A suspect is arrested. j. The suspect appears in court. k. The suspect is taken in a police car to the police station where he is questioned. I. The suspect is charged. If you are in custody, you are kept in prison. You could be released on £1000 bail. Bail is money you lose if you fail to appear in court.5 Serious crime verbs Use the correct form of these verbs to complete the sentences: murder rob rape setfireto kidnap smuggle 1. Firefighters were called to a pub in Croydon this morning, Police believe a man . : «+ the building after an argument with the owner last week. 2. Police believe that Jenkins ...... . his victim at his home and then drove the body out to the forest, where it was found this morning. 3. The boy was . . as he played outside his house this afternoon. A man was seen forcing him into a car, He has not yet made contact with the boy’s family. 4. Miss Davies is accused of trying to . . £100,000 worth of heroin into the country. 5. Two men. - a post office in Brighton this afternoon. They got away with £20,000. 6. A young woman was.........ona train between London and Oxford last night. Police think her attacker may be the same man they believe to be responsible for three other similar sexual assaults in recent weeks. Now choose the correct ending for each of these sentences: a. assaulted by a gang of youths as he left the 7. The bomb was nightclub. 8. The plane was 9. The man was b. planted in a litter bin in the shopping mall. c. hijacked thirty minutes into the flight. If someone attacks you, you are the victim of an assault. They might use an offensive weapon such as a knife. Society English Vocabulary Organiser 6 Murder Match the evidence the police found to what happened to the victim: 1. Agun 2. A knife 3. A baseball bat 4. Marks around his throat 5. Something in his drink 6. The body was in the swimming pool The victim had been: a. beaten to death. d. stabbed. b. poisoned. e. shot. c. drowned. f. strangled. Now complete the sentences with these words: weapon killer 7. Police are still searching for the murder 8. Police now think they are looking for a serial 9. Police are treating the case as attempted murder A serial killer / rapist is someone who commits the same sort of crime again and again. Attempted murder is when someone tries to kill another person but fails. Manslaughter is the charge of killing someone when you do not intend to. This could be in a road accident or in a fight. 9