Now let’s
work with some other useful phrases. If you don’t know some of them, write them in your notepad for future reference.
to carryout a crime – to commit a crime;
to investigate a crime – to detect / solve a crime;
to fight crime – to tackle crime;
to prevent crime – to preclude crime;
a crackdown on crime - a serious attempt to punish people for committing crimes
life of crime – criminal way of living;
a crime wave – a sudden increase in the amount of crime in an area;
circumstances of the crime – conditions under which a crime was committed;
the incidence of crime - the number of times crime happens or develops;
In general, there are dozens of expressions with the word crime. Now let’s move forward and discuss the types of crime!
A popular
word inaction movies is abduction. It is an act of capturing, carrying away by force.
There has been a series of
abductions in the area.
Arson is
an act of criminal burning of property.
It looked like an accidental fire, not
arson.
assault - a violent physical attackHis body showed signs of
assault.
burglary - illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent They said there was ab burglaryb, but nothing was missing.
child abuse - physical or emotional mistreatment of a child
In the United States the
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