Crime and punishment
Which word is synonymous with the word inmate?
a) offender
b) prisoner
c) victim
d) witness
b) prisoner
How to say przemoc domowa in English?
domestic violence
What is the opposite of the adjective guilty?
innocent
Which word indicates the state of not being intoxicated or drunk?
a) beggar
b) sober
c) teetotaller
d) tramp
b) sober
Guess the verbs from their definitions.
a) to institute or conduct legal proceedings against a person or an organisation
b) to think that someone is possibly guilty of a crime or doing something wrong
c) to speak seriously about something, especially in a law court, or to provide proof
a) prosecute
b) suspect
c) testify
What do the following words mean? Explain their meaning in English.
a) abuse
b) dwelling
c) offence
a) to use something for the wrong purpose in a way that is harmful or morally wrong; to treat someone cruelly or violently
b) a house, flat or other place of residence
c) a violation or breach of a law, custom, rule etc.
Form verbs that describe actions and nouns that describe people who commit them from the following words.
a) assassination
b) hijacking
c) murder
d) pickpocketing
a) assassinate, assassin
b) hijack, hijacker
c) murder, murderer
d) pickpocket, pickpocket / pickpocketer* (India)
What words are missing in the following phrases?
a) be on the ... - to receive money from the government because of being unemployed
b) make someone ... - to dismiss someone because their job is no longer necessary
c) social ... - a system of payments made by the government to people who are ill, poor or have no job
d) ...-parent family - a household consisting of at least one dependent child and the mother or father, the other partner being dead or permanently absent
a) be on the dole
b) make someone redundant
c) social security
d) single-parent family
Translate the following words and phrases into English.
a) proces sądowy
b) przemycać towary
c) rabuś, bandyta uliczny
d) romans
e) uznać winnym czegoś
a) trial
b) smuggle goods
c) mugger
d) affair
e) be convicted of something
Give a synonym for the following words.
a) analphabetism
b) booze
c) detoxicate
d) smash up
e) stoned
For example:
a) illiteracy
b) alcohol
c) detoxify
d) demolish
e) wasted