English for Law Students

1) shoplifting

2) theft

3) burglary

4) robbery

5) rape

6) murder

7) smuggling

8) manslaughter

9) arson

10) kidnapping

11) blackmail

12) forgery

13) mugging

14) assault

a) stealing something

b) steal from people or place

c) break into a shop/ house and steal things

d) steal from shops when open

e) kill someone by intention

f) kill someone by accident

g) force someone to have sex

h) taking something illegally into another country

i) setting fire to something in a criminal way

j) taking a person hostage for money or other favour

k) demanding money from someone in return for not revealing compromising information which one has about them

l) producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art

m) attacking and robbing someone in a public place

n) an act that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done