Crime Vocabulary

There were a lot of police men at the ………….of the crime

• location

• scene

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

We called the ………...services immediately.

• urgent

• emergency

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

It is possible to …………..someone's identity online.

• steal

• burgle

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Take somebody away and demand money for their return

• kidnap

• rob

• blackmail

• bribe

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Take control of a plane, usually for political reasons

• hitchkiking

• hijacking

• smuggling

• mugging

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Take things in and out of a country illegally

• terrorism

• theft

• smuggling

• drug dealing

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Sell illegal substances, for example, heroine

• rape

• assassination

• drug traffic

• drug dealing

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Kill an important or famous person for money or political reasons

• murder

• assassinate

• kill

• rob

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Force a person to do something, by threatening to expose a secret.

• vandalism

• bribe

• blackmail

• pickpocket

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A person who attacks people in the street to steal is a ...

• thief
• robber
• mugger
• victim

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4