crime vocabulary

I’d like to ____________ a stolen handbag, please. 

I ____________ it on the make-up counter while I tried on some sunglasses. When I turned round, it had gone. 

Can you____________ the bag for me, please? Yes. It’s pink leather. 

And what did it have in it?      Not much. I had my wallet in my hand. Just a small amount of ____________ . 

1.   The man in the hat is the thief.   

That girl stole my purse

There’s a group of people outside. 

I heard someone shouting. 

I think it’s a kilometre to the shops.

There’s a lot of ____________ in the city. There’s graffiti and smashed bus stops everywhere.

The police officer investigated the fire and said that it was ____________ .

They caught the ____________ when he tried to use my credit card. He’d already thrown away my handbag, though. 

They now have security cameras in the department store to catch ____________ .

I couldn’t sleep at night after the ____________ . We’ve got an alarm on the house now. 

He was arrested for________________ after they found the body of a woman at his flat.

Four teenagers went___________ in a stolen car last night.