Showing posts with label crime vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime vocabulary. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 September 2014

Crime

Types of crime and types of criminal

Arson - the crime of starting a fire in order to damage or destroy something, especially a building.
Arsonist – a person who starts fires to damage or destroy something
Bank robbery (noun) – the crime of stealing money from a bank.
Bank robber – the person who steals from a bank.
Rob – verb
Burglary (noun) – the crime of stealing from a building.
Burglar – a person who steals from a building.
Burgle -verb
Manslaughter (noun) - the crime of killing a person by someone who did not intend to do it or who cannot be responsible for their actions.
Murder (noun) – the crime of killing someone.
Murderer – a person who kills.
Murder – verb
Mugging (noun) – an act of attacking someone and stealing their money.
Mugger – the person who attacks someone to steal their money.
Mug – verb
Shoplifting (noun) – taking something from a shop without paying for it.
Shoplifter – a person who steals from shops.
Shoplift - verb
Smuggling (noun) - the act of taking things or people to or from a place secretly and illegally.
Smuggler – the person who takes things or people to or from a place secretly and illegally.
Smuggle - verb
Pickpocketing (noun) – the act of stealing things out of pockets or bags secretly.
Pickpocket  - a person who steals things out of pockets or bags secretly.
Pickpocket  - verb