Fictional Crime
Crimes and Criminals
Vocabulary Scramble
Name 4
Pick the Definition
100

Which famous detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

Sherlock Holmes

100

a person who takes someone's phone from their pocket or jacket.

pickpocket (thief)

100

L R C N A I M I

criminal

100

ways to die

drowning

fire (burning)

starvation

murder

old age

strangulation (stop someone breathing)

100

Arson

a) the crime of stealing a car.

b) the crime of starting a fire.

c) the crime of stealing an animal.

B

200

What is the name of the famous cannibal in The Silence of the Lambs?

Hannibal Lector 

200

someone who takes money from a bank.

a (bank) robber.

200

N T I O N N E C

innocent

200

murder weapons

a kinfe

a gun

poison

a rope

a bat

200

Looting

a) when pirates steal from another ship.

b) stealing from parked cars.

c) when people steal from shops during a riot.

C

300

Finish the name of the famous English serial killer: Jack __ _________ .

Jack the Ripper

300

the act of damaging another person's property.

vandalism

300

G I E V N T S A T E I

investigate

300

Types of punishment

a warning

a fine

prison / jail

execution

community service

300

a cold case

a) a case involving serious crimes.

b) an old, unsolved case.

c) a case involving financial crime.

B

400

What are the three unforgivable curses in Harry Potter?

Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra), Cruciatus Curse (Crucio), and Imperius Curse (Imperio). 

400

the act of making fake copies of paintings and other valuables. 

forgery

400

T J S U C I E

justice
400

Intelligence organisations 

FBI

CIA

FSB (KGB)

Mossad

MI5

MI6

400

an accomplice

a) someone who helps someone commit a crime.

b) someone who works undercover for the police.

c) someone who reports a crime to the police.

A

500

What is the name of the crime boss known as 'The Godfather'?

Don Vito Corleone

500

the act of murder for political/ religious reasons or for money.

assassination 

500

S S S I I U U O C P

suspicious

500

Famous Dictators

Stalin

Hitler

Pol Pol

Chairman Mau

Gadaffi 

Idi Amin

500

entrapment

a) tricking someone into committing a crime.

b) setting up a trap to catch a criminal.

c) moving a criminal to another place so they receive a worse punishment.

A

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