English glossary- Unit 5

-Armed robber
-Burglar: someone who breaks in to buildings to steal
-Mugger: a person who mugs, especially one who assaults a person in order torob him or her.
-Arson: the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in somestatutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collectinsurance.
-Blackmail: any payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations.
-Forgery: the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legalrights or obligations of another person are apparently affected
-Kidnapping: to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as ahostage or to extract ransom.
-Shop-lifting: to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
-Shoplifter:a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
-Speeding: the act or practice of exceeding the speed limit
-Smuggling: to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.