Match each word on the left with the appropriate definition on the right.
1) an arsonist
2) a shop-lifter
3) a mugger
4) an offender
5) a vandal
6) a burglar
7) a murderer
8) a kidnapper
9) a pickpocket
10) an accomplice
11) a drug dealer
12) a spy
13) a terrorist
14) an assassin
15) a hooligan
16) a stowaway
17) a poacher
18) a thief
19) a hijacker
20) a forger
21) a robber
22) a smuggler
23) a traitor
24) a gangster
25) a deserter
26) a bigamist
27) a drug smuggler
28) an embezzler
29) a fraud or con man
30) a racketeer
a) attacks and robs people, often in the street
b) sets fire to property illegally
c) is anyone who breaks the law
d) breaks into houses and other buildings to steal
e) steals from shops while acting as an ordinary customer
f) kills someone
g) pretends or claims to be what he is not
h) deliberately causes damage to property
i) steals things from people’s pockets in crowded places
j) gets secret information from another country
k) buys and sells drugs illegally
l) takes away people by force and demands money for their return
m) helps a criminal in a criminal act
n) steals from his own company
o) uses violence for political reasons
p) causes damage or disturbance in public places
q) hides on a ship or plane to get a free journey
r) takes control of a plane by force and makes the pilot change course
s) murders for political reasons or a reward
t) is someone who steals
u) makes money by dishonest business methods, e.g. by selling worthless goods
v) makes counterfeit (false) money or signatures
w) is a member of a criminal group
x) steals money, etc. by force from people or places
y) marries illegally, being married already
z) is a soldier who runs away from the army
aa) brings goods into a country illegally without paying tax
bb) illegally carries drugs into another country
cc) betrays his or her country to another state
dd) hunts illegally on somebody else’s land
2. Continue the following table with the words from Task 1 where possible. The first few are done for you. Consult the dictionary when necessary.
