Ex.5.12. Which of the crimes in the table above might each of these people be charged with? What will these people be called then?
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Ex.5.11. Find in the article THE DECLINE OF THE ENGLISH BURGLARY words related to or describing crimes. Write them down, find their derivatives, give examples of their usage. Prolong the following table with these words.
Ex.5.10. Sum up the article using words and phrases from excercises 5.6-5.9.
Word Study & Word Building What d'you call them?
| Crime | Meaning | Verb | Criminal |
| discrimination | unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality | discriminate (against) | - |
| embezzlement | Stealing money that is in your care or belongs to an organisation that you work for | embezzle | embezzler |
| harrassment | Making a person feel anxious and unhappy (sometimes for sexual reasons, sometimes to get, say, a debt repaid) | harass | - |
| insider trading/dealing | illegal buying and selling of shares by someone who has specialist knowledge of the company | do/practice insider dealing/trading | insider dealer/trader |
| joyriding | driving around for enjoyment in a car you have stolen | joyride | joyrider |
| money laundering | Moving money obtained illegally so that its origin cannot be traced | launder money | money launderer |
| perjury | lying when under oath | commit perjury | perjurer |
| trespass | go into someone else's land without permission | trespass | trespasser |
| e.g. shoplifting | Taking goods from a shop without paying for them | shoplift | shoplifter |
1) A camper who spent a night on a farmer's land without asking permission.
2) A businessman who diverted funds from the account of the company he worked for into his own personal account.
3) Two boys who hot-wired (=started without using a key) a car and drove it around town before abandoning it.
4) A witness who gave false evidence in court.
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| Ex.5.9. Fill in with necessary prepositions. | | | Read and discuss the following article. Account for its title and do the exercises below it. |