2. What is crime?
What do people do to
commit CRIME?
Do you like watching
Police & Thieves
movies?

3. SOLVING
CRIMES
Vocabulary

4. Arrest: detain in legal custody

5. Burglar: housebreaker

6. Burglary: act of entering a building

7. Criminal: responsible for a crime

8. Detective: on who investigates crimes,
obtains evidence or information

9. Inspector: police officer ranking next below a
superintendent

10. Investigate: make a systematic investigation

11. Pickpocket: one who steals from pockets or
handbags

12. Pickpocketing: stealing money or valuables from
a person without the person noticing

13. Rob: to take property illegally

14. robber: someone who robs

15. Robbery: stealing of property using violence

16. Shoplift: to steal from a store that is open for
business

17. Shoplifter: person who steals from a store
during shopping hours

18. Shoplifting: the act of stealing goods from a
store during shopping hours

19. Solve: clear up or explain mystery

20. Steal: to take property without permission

21. Theft: dishonest taking of property

22. Thief: a person who commits theft