Vocabulary-Crime

If the detective can ___ that she did it, she'll be in a lot of trouble.

• commit

• break

• prove

• arrest

After the ___ has started the fire, he got in a car and drove away quickly.

• burglar

• robber

• shoplifter

• arsonist

Don't worry. We've got a strong case. We can't ___.

• loose

• die

• kill

• lose

Billy stole a bike and now he has to ___ fifty hours of community service.

• do

• receive

• pay

• go

Everyone knows you committed the crime. You'll never ___ it.

• give up

• get away

• get away with

• give back

There's been a ___ at the National Bank! Millions of euros were stolen.

• murder

• robbery

• burglar

• kidnapping

The police ___. He was holding a gun when they found him.

• did time

• are on the run

• turned to a life of crime

• caught the criminal red-handed

Mary stole a skirt from the department store and was arrested for ___.

• arson

• trespassing

• vandalism

• shoplifting

The police have to do more to ___ crimes before they happen.

• avoid

• prevent

• accuse

• excuse

The police are looking for the ___ who started the fire at the school.

• arsonist

• robber

• burglar