Vocabulary Extra
Upper Intermediate Unit 6, p47: Crimes and justice
Review
1 Find twelve words about crimes and justice in the word puzzle. Write them in the correct spaces below.
Words go: → ← ↓ ↑
m a a r r e s t e d a a
a s g n i l a e t s b a
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b u d e s u c c a e s f
c s m m u r d e r n e l
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m e o t l e i o p e i
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l c s h e m c u v n n s
a t i e c i l o p c e s
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2 Complete the short news items with: to under of for
1 Ice-Cream Van Theft
B2
A man is accused stealing an ice-cream truck because he was tired of walking.
B1
He was arrested vehicle theft on Saturday and is awaiting trial.
2 A Messy Case
B2
A woman has been sentenced a month of community service after refusing
to clean up after her dog in a park and arguing with a police officer who stopped her.
3 Fore!
B2
A man who drove onto a golf course to escape police is suspected being
B1
drunk at the time. Driving under the influence of alcohol is a crime that carries a fine
B1 B2
$1000 and could also carry a sentence up to a month in prison.
4 Fake Game Pair Jailed
A couple who sold fake computer games have gone prisonB1 for two months.
B2
local law , this is a serious crime and police have been very strict about
pursuing this kind of criminal activity.
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Extension
3 Match eight new crime expressions with their definitions 1–8.
a bring to justiceB2 b break the lawB2 c investigate a caseB2 d be charged withB2 e appear in courtB2
f be a criminal offenceB2 g have a criminal recordB2 h be found guilty/innocentB2
1 do something illegal
2 examine a crime in order to discover the truth
3 be judged guilty or not guilty in court
4 be a crime
5 police have an official record of someone’s crime
6 catch a criminal and put them on trial
7 be accused officially of a crime
8 come before a judge because you are involved in a crime
4 Some lines in these news stories have one grammar or one vocabulary mistake. When you find an error,
correct it. If the line is OK, tick the space at the end of the line.
1 A man who already has a criminal record decided he ✓
2 would return to a life of crime March. Entering a bank in March
3 in Pemberton, he demanded $5000 from surprised
4 bank cashier. He then rushed out of bank and down
5 the street, leaving a trail of $100 notes as he stuffed the
6 cash into her pockets. He was caught by two passersby,
7 who held him until police arrive. He was charged with
8 robbery. The man, who appeared court yesterday,
9 was found guilty and sent to prison for two year.
10 Police are investigating a case theft in which two
11 teenagers broke into a mobile phone shop. In their haste,
12 they took the first phones they came across but this
13 turned out to be hollow model phones, make of cheap
14 plastic. However, police say they have broken the law
15 and must be brought to justice. Breaking into a shop
16 is criminal offence even if nothing of value is stolen.
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