Check your vocabulary for Law – Name the crime 1

Name the Crime 1
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THE BOX BELOW gives the names of twenty-two crimes. The list gives the definition of the same crimes. Match the crimes to their definitions. The first one has been done for you: the crime of assault is “acting in such a way as to make someone believe he or she will be hurt”.
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arson – assassination – assault – bigamy – blackmail – bribery – burglary – embezzlement – espionage – extortion – forgery – fraud – libel – manslaughter – murder – perjury – piracy – robbery – slander – smuggling – theft – treason
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1. __assault__acting in such a way as to make someone believe he or she will be hurt.
2. __________betraying your country to a foreign power.
3. __________copying patented inventions or copyrighted works.
4. __________entering a building illegally and stealing things.
5. __________ getting money from people by threatening to publicize facts they do not want revealed.
6. __________getting money from people by using threats.
7. __________getting property or money from people by making them believe untrue things.
8. __________ going through a ceremony of marriage when you are still married to someone else.
9.___________killing a public figure illegally and intentionally.
10.__________killing someone illegally and intentionally.
11. __________killing someone unintentionally or in mitigating circumstances.
12. _________ making an illegal copy of a banknote or document.
13. _________offering money corruptly to get someone to do something to help you.
14. _________ saying something which damages someone’s character.
15. _________ setting fire to a building.
16. _________ stealing something by using force or threatening to use force.
17. _________ stealing, taking property which belongs to someone else.
18. _________taking goods illegally into or out of a country.
19. _________ telling lies when you have sworn an oath to say what is true in court.
20. _________trying to find out secrets by illegal means.
21. _________using illegally or stealing money which you are looking after for someone else.
22. _________writing, publishing or broadcasting a statement which damages someone’s character.
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Extensions. Work with a partner and test each other. One person turns the page over, the other asks questions. “What do you call the crime of acting in such a way as to make someone believe he or she will be hurt” “Define’ treason’.”
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ANSWERS:
1. assault – 2. treason – 3. piracy – 4. burglary – 5. blackmail – 6. extortion – 7. fraud – 8. bigamy – 9. assassination – 10. murder - 11. manslaughter - 12. forgery – 13. bribery – 14. slander – 15. arson – 16. robbery – 17. theft – 18. smuggling – 19. perjury - 20. espionage – 21. embezzlement - 22. libel