Crime & Criminals
Someone set fire to an empty building early this morning. Police said it was ______and that they haven't caught the ________yet.
arson / arsonist
The criminal chose the most ______ way to travel by bus.ECONOMY
ECONOMICAL
What are the names of the famous American couple that were killed by the police on 23rd May 1934 while they were visiting their families?
Bonnie and Clyde
Yesterday burglars _______into through the kitchen window.
BROKE
A sweet that you keep in your mouth and chew to get its flavour, but do not swallow.
CHEWING GUM
Someone attacked a woman and stole her handbag. She did not see the face of the _____. There have been a lot of similar _____in the area.
mugger / muggings
The food was disappointing: overpriced and ______. TASTE
TASTELESS
The Somerton man. Can you name three objects that were found in his pockets?
a bus ticket from the city, a train ticket, a comb, chewing gum, cigarettes and matches.
They broke ____ _____prison and fled the country.
OUT OF
The pattern of curved lines on the end of a finger or thumb that is different in every person, or a mark left by this pattern.
FINGERPRINTS
______broke into five shops last night. They took the money and goods. someone had ______two of the shops before.
burglars /burgled
The witness said the suspect had ______eyes: a misture of brown and gree. BROWN
BROWNISH
Can you name two famous outlaws?
billy the Kid and butch Cassidy
Apparently the mob leaders were tipped ____ that police were watching them.
OFF
A car that does not have a roof, or has a roof that you can fold back.
OPEN-TOP CAR
After a flood caused damage, _______took food and tools from several buildings. All of the suspects had received fines for ____before.
looters / looting
The police are pleased when burglars are ____ and leave fingerprints behind. CARE
CARELESS
The police chief was on the news appealing for _________.
WITNESSES
A group of reporters S _________ out the hallway, hoping to catch the singer on her way out.
STAKED
Someone employed to test the service in shops and businesses by pretending to be a normal customer
MYSTERY SHOPPER / SECRET SHOPPER
Often young people's friends encourage them to steal from shops. It seems like a game, but _____ is a crime, and ______can receive large fines.
shoplifting / shoplifters
The lawyer didn't want to use him as a witness becasue he wasn't very _______- his version of what happened kept changing. RELY
RELIABLE
Correct the mistakes:
"You took my phone," the man said to me.
The man said me that I had taken my phone.
The man said TO me that I had taken HIS phone.
Rapists should be _______up for life.
LOCKED
The information about a person's teeth that a dentist has.
DENTAL RECORDS