Crime Vocabulary (On Screen A3)

Nobody knows how it happened, but the shop ..... fire last night. 

Stop that man! He ..... my purse! 

My neighbour ....... me about recent burglaries in our area.

It’s a police officer’s duty to ......... people from harm

I get ……… when my neighbour’s dog won’t stop barking.  

We’re …………… because the new crime film is sold out at the cinema. 

I was very …………… to see you last night. I thought you were on holiday. 

Jack has phoned the police because he’s ………about Lauren.  

Little Tania is ……… of strangers, so she doesn’t speak to them. 

My dog always ….. at people it doesn’t trust.

They ….. to rob the bank but they didn’t get away before the police arrived.

The woman saw the …….. steal a tin of beans from the supermarket.

The police managed to …….. the call and find out where the thief lived.

During the court case, the …….. told the jury what had happened to her.

The detective has …….. intuition and understands people very well.

…….. a bank is a serious crime.

The man …….. to call the police if the teenagers trespassed on his property again.

The police stopped the woman for …….. because she had been driving too fast.

I was …….. when I saw the graffiti on the statue.

The police had been …….. the criminals for an hour before they caught them.

The judge …….. the robber to five years in prison.

The police officer was …….. the criminals to collect evidence against them.

The burglar who broke into our house …….. on trial next week.

The witness …….. light on the events after the robbery.