Check your vocabulary for Law - Word Association 3

Mind Maps
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A MIND MAP is a way of organising vocabulary to show the connections between words. This mind map is based on the word "thef".
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Exercise 1. Find words in the mind map which fit these definitions.
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1. The past participle of the verb steal.
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2. A person who enters a house to steal things.
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3. To steal something from a person on the street without their noticing.
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4. To stop a person on the street and using violence or threats to rob him or her.
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5. Going into a building by force to steal things (one word).
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6. A person who steals from a shop.
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7. A psychological compulsion to steal things.
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8. A person who commits an act of theft.
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9. To rob a place, usually by using with guns or other weapons.
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10.Things obtained by robbery.
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Exercise 2. Design a mind map for one or more of the following:

• the stock exhange
• tax
• the courtroom

Answers:

1. stolen

2. burglar

3. to pick (someone's) pocket

4. to mug

5. housebreaking

6. shoplifting

7. kleptomania

8. thief

9. to hold up (a place)

10. stolen property