Question

IX. Match the words from the box with the definitions below.

The Survey of Crimes


drug smuggling;
hijacking;
pickpocketing;

shop-lifting;
kidnapping;
mugging;

fraud;
arson;
theft.
a) they broke the window of his car and stole the radio;
b) they sold paintings that they knew weren't genuine masterpieces;
c) they illegally carried drugs into another country;
d) they held a pistol at the pilot's head and he had to do what they said;
e) they set fire to the hotel;
f) they took some things off the shelves and left the supermarket without paying for them;
g) they took away the rich man's son and asked him for a lot of money; h) they hit the man on the head as he was walking along the street, and stole all his money and credit cards;
i) they took her purse out of her handbag as she was standing on the crowded platform waiting for the train.

Answer 1

a) theft

b) fraud

c) drug smuggling

d) hijacking

e) arson

f) shop-lifting

g) kidnapping

h) mugging

I) pickpocketing