Classification of crimes
10x2=20
Task 1. Read the news reports. Fill in the missing headings.
a) Illegal parking f) Shoplifting hostage taking |
1……….
An employee at Stay Fresh Market reports that he saw a woman hiding food in her pockets and leaving the store without paying. The woman was stopped by supermarket security officers and then arrested by police.
2………..
A witness said that while he was driving on Catering Street he saw a taxi made an illegal left turn and caused an accident. An ambulance arrived and took the driver of the taxi to the hospital.
3…………
A victim said that her purse was stolen while she was having dinner at the café. There were her driver’s license, credit cards, key, checkbook, mobile phone, and $80 in cash.
4…………
A police officer was called because a 1996 Toyota 4 Runner was blocking a driveway. The owner of the car could not be found and the car was towed.
5…………
A woman said that as she was walking on the street, she was knocked down by two men. After they helped her up and walked away, she realized that her purse was gone.
6 …………
Yesterday fraud squad detectives arrested the member of the gang that made false banknotes and documents in a garage. There were found 23 forged documents and $13,500 in counterfeit notes.
7 ………….
In exchange for the release of 132 people being aboard the plane, the hijackers demanded the ransom and the release of 18 militants from Indian prisons.
8…………
Customs officials in Dover found 58 Chinese men and women without documents in the refrigerated trailer of a truck passing into England.
9…………
Last Wednesday 17-year-old Oleh Koshil from Odessa was detained for possession of crack with intent to supply his friends at a night club.
10………..
Linda Smith was shot outside a party on 2 January in a gang attack. Two men have been found guilty of the murder of the teenage girl. A third defendant was cleared of possessing a firearm on the night of the shooting. The prosecution claimed the shootings were a revenge attack by one rival gang on another.
10x2=10
Task 2. Match the English and Ukrainian equivalents.
1. felony |
a) вчинити злочин |
2. to commit a crime |
b) тяжкий кримінальний злочин |
3. to overthrow the monarchy |
c) винна особа |
4. guilty person |
d) злочин, що підлягає судовому переслідуванню |
5. indictable crime |
e) повалити монархію |
6. blackmail |
f) вирок, рішення суду |
7. imprisonment |
g) шантаж |
8. sentence |
h) покарати за злочин |
9. motor vehicle theft |
i) ув’язнення |
10. to punish for crime |
j) крадіжка транспортного засобу |
20x1=20
I |
II |
III |
a) stealing f) burglary k) extortion p) vehicle theft
b) assault g) robbery l) murder q) sedition
с) rape h) kidnapping m) treason r) hijacking
d) homicide i) pickpocketing n) killing s) arson
e) bribery j) smuggling o) riot t) corruption
10x2=20
Name of crime |
Definition of crime |
1. treason |
a) attempt to transform illegal money into apparently legitimate money |
2. money laundering |
b) the unlawful taking of another’s property using a weapon or threat |
3. bribery |
c) the unlawful killing of a person on purpose |
4. murder |
d) giving or taking of a bribe, favours or gifts to someone in a position of trust |
5. armed robbery |
e) the most serious crime connected with giving away or selling own country’s secrets to other country or trying to destroy the state power |
6. pickpocketing |
f) act of person who steals things from shops pretending to be a customer |
7. shoplifting |
g) stealing something out of your pocket in crowded place |
8. forgery |
h) driving a vehicle faster than the permitted limit |
9. smuggling |
i) making false money, documents or signatures in order to deceive |
10. speeding |
j) taking goods illegally from one country to another without paying duties |
20
Task 5. Give the English equivalent for the report.
Протягом доби зареєстровано 233 злочина, з яких 107 розкрито. Зафіксовано 1 тілесне ушкодження (розкрито) Вбивств та випадків хабарництва протягом доби не зафіксовано.
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