CRIME AND PUNISHMENT VOCABULARY

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT VOCABULARY


. Task 1

Put the words below into the correct category.
The accused/defendant arsonist (release on) bail
blackmailer burglar defence
Capital punishment community service corporal punishment find
innocent/guilty
Fine forger hijacker inquiry judge jury
kidnapper lawyer mugger
Murderer pickpocket prison sentence (put on) probation
prosecution shoplifter
Smuggler suspended sentence thief trial verdict
witness testimony evidence

|Criminals |Law courts |Sentences & Punishments |
| | | |

. Task 2

Correct the mistakes in these definitions.


1) The judge pleads guilty or not guilty at the beginning of a trial.
2) The lawyer for the defence tries to prove the defendant guilty.
3) The prosecution lawyer gives evidence about what they have seen
4) If the defendant is found guilty, the jury passes sentence.
5) If you pay the court a sum of money,you can be given a suspended
sentence until your trial.
6) If it is your first offence, you will probably be sentenced to capital
punishment.


. Task 3

Complete the definitions with the words being defined.

a) ............................................... takes control of a plane
or boat by force.
b) ............................................... sees what happens during
a crime or accident.
c) ................................................ brings goods into the
country illegally.
d) .................................................gets money from others
by threatening to tell secrets.
e) ....................................... .........steals from houses.


Try to define more words from Task 1.







. Task 4

Use the word in capitals at the end of the each line to form a word that
fits in the space in the same line.

|At his last trial, nobody believad in Arthur's |1 INNOCENT |
|1................................. He had been accused of the | |
|2 ......................................... of a valuable Chinese |2 THIEF |
|vase, and he was also charged with ten | |
|other 3.............................. . The value of the 4 |3 OFFEND |
|................................. goods was said to be over | |
|?20,000. Arthur said in his own |4 STEAL |
|5........................................ that the vase had been | |
|put into his | |
|car 6 ....................................... . He also pointed |5 DEFEND |
|out that the Chinese vase was a fake, and was | |
|almost 7................................... . The judge did not |6 ACCIDENT |
|believe Arthur's story. He told Arthur he | |
|was a hardened 8 .................................... and that he |7 WORTH |
|deserved a severe 9............................... . | |
|Then the judge sentenced Arthur to five years' 10 |8 CRIME |
|......................................... . Arthur just | |
|smiled. He had spent most of his life in prison and so he was |9 PUNISH |
|used to it. | |
| |10 PRISON |


. Task 5

Read the following text and choose the correct alternative in each pair.

Last year my house was broken into and 1 robbed/stolen. I immediately
informed the police. A police officer came to the house and asked me to
make a list of what had been 2 robbed/stolen. I told him my neighbours had
seen someone suspicious at the time of the 3 forgery/burglary, so they had
to go to the police station and 4 make/do a statement. About a month later
the police contacted me to say they had arrested a 5 defendant/suspect.
When the case came to court, I went to 6 give/tell evidence. Of course, the
man 7 admitted/pleaded not guilty. The 8 jury/lawyer decided there was not
enough proof to 9 try/convict him,and he was 10 let off/let go.


. Task 6

Choose the most appropriate word underlined.

1. The police arrested Jack and took him into custody / detention /
prison.
2. In most countries, the capital/death/execution penalty has been
abolished.
3. A man is said to be helping the police with their
arrests/detection/inquiries.
4. The judge in the court was wearing a hairpiece/head-dress/wig.
5. Two football fans were later charged with agression/assault/attack.
6. Less serious cases are dealt with in the criminal/juvenile/magistrate'
s court.
7. I was given a light sentence because it was my first
case/charge/offence.
8. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence/a jury/witnesses.
9. 'Members of the jury, what is your answer/summary/verdict?'


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Vince, M.: Advanced Language Practice. MacMillanHeinemann Publishers Ltd,
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Watcyn-Jones,P.: Test Your Vocabulary 4. Penguin Books Ltd,1988.
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