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1. The__________ of political prisoners is quite common in some countries. Britain tried it unsuccessfully in Northern Ireland to combat the IRA.
2. The government is thinking of introducing _______________________ making it compulsory for every citizen to carry an identity card.
3. A person who looks after prisoners is called a prison officer or a _______________________________.
4. Since there was something very suspicious about the man's sudden death, the _______________ was called in and an _______________ was held at the Town Hall.
5. In Britain, capital punishment in the form of death by hanging was ___________________ in 1969..
6. The court issued an ______________ forbidding the newspaper from publishing any more photographs of the Princess at a private Health Club.
7. The police have issued a_____________ for her arrest.
8. Trial by jury is an important part of the American system of _____________________
9. The new governor issued a general __________________ to all the rebels.
10. After the unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government, the whole country was put under____________ for a month.
11. His__________ for the night of the murder was that he had been at his girlfriend's, watching TV.
12. He successfully sued the newspaper for libel and was awarded nearly $50,000 in ________________
13. The judge refused to grant him________________ , as it was feared that he would try to leave the country before his trial came up.
14. Before the police took him away, the thief told his wife where he had hidden the ________________________
15. They were prosecuted for dealing in_______________ substances.
16. The doctor was found guilty of_____________ when he turned off the life-support system of a patient who was terminally ill wit h cancer.
17. The police took down the man’s ______________, read it back to him, then asked him to sign it.
18. Detectives still haven’t found any ________________ as to the whereabouts of the two missing 13-year-old schoolchildren.
19. The robbers were taken to the police station and held in ______________________ until their trial.
20. She couldn’t possibly have done it. She’s the most honest, _________________ citizen I’ve ever met.
21. This was his seventh _______________________________for stealing cars.
22. Not all countries have the same political or _________________ systems.
23. He was released ______________ to go to his mother’s funeral.
Ex. 17. Criminals and wrongdoers
Match the criminals and wrongdoers 1-16 with the correct definitions a-p.
I.
| 1. An accomplice | a) attacks people in the street and steals their money or other possessions. |
| 2. An assassin | b) takes goods from shops without paying for them. |
| 3. A burglar | c) deliberately damages public property, often because they are bored or enjoy doing it. |
| 4. A charlatan | d) murders someone important, such as a king or a president. |
| 5. A criminal | e) leads others to do wrong or to make trouble. |
| 6. A forger | f) is someone who steals (usually without violence). |
| 7. An imposter | g) helps another person to commit a crime. |
| 8. A juvenile delinquent | h) deceives others by pretending to have special skills or knowledge, especially about medicine. |
| 9. A mugger | i) steals from banks, shops, etc., usually planning them in advance in great detail. |
| 10. A poacher | j) makes copies of money, letters, documents, etc. in order to deceive people. |
| 11. A ringleader | k) betrays his or her country. |
| 12.A robber | l) deceives people by pretending to be someone else. |
| 13. A shoplifter | m) breaks into houses, shops, etc. in order to steal things. |
| 14. A thief | n) is a young person who has broken the law. |
| 15. A traitor | o) catches or shoots animals, fish or birds on private land without permission. |
| 16. A vandal | p) is someone who is guilty of a crime (or several crimes). |
II.
| 1. A drug addict \ a junkie | a) Is a formal or legal word for smb who is guilty of a crime. |
| 2. An assailant | b) takes things or people illegally into or out of a country. |
| 3. A bigamist | c) deceives others in order to get money from them. |
| 4. A conspirator | d) gives information to the police in return for money. |
| 5. A culprit | e) is unable to stop himself or herself from taking drugs. |
| 6. A hostage | f) hides on board a ship or inside a plane in order to get a free ride. |
| 7. An informer | g) sees a crime being committed. |
| 8. A murderer | h) is the person blamed for a crime or for doing something wrong. |
| 9. An offender | i) is a formal or legal word for someone who attacks another person. |
| 10. A pickpocket | j) is someone who has been attacked or against whom a crime has been committed. |
| 11. A recidivist | k) is kept as a prisoner by a person or organization and may be killed if people don't do what the person or organization are demanding. |
| 12. A smuggler | l) steals things from people's pockets and handbags in crowded places. |
| 13. A stowaway | m) takes part in a secret plan to do something against the law. |
| 14. A swindler | n) keeps going back to a life of crime even after being punished. In other words, an incurable criminal |
| 15. A victim | o) marries illegally because he or she is already married to someone else. |
| 16. A witness | p) deliberately kills someone |
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