Law and Order

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Arson: setting fire to a building, cars or property on purpose.

Shoplifting: stealing something from a store.

Forgery: illegally copying documents, money, etc. to cheat people.

Manslaughter: killing someone by accident.

Vandalism: destroying private or public property purposely.

Domestic abuse: behaving violently inside the home.

Hijacking: taking control of a plane, train etc by force, often to meet political demands.

Read the following situations and decide which crime each person was charged with. Choose from the list below.

Forgery- hijacking- vandalism- arson- shoplifting- manslaughter- domestic abuse

Nora Roberts stuffed three sweaters in her handbag and left the store without paying for the items. She was charged with ..........

Frankie broke three windows of his neighbours' house and threw eggs at the garage door. He was charged with ......

Albert signed someone else's name on several checks and then cashed them at the bank. He was charged with .......

The old man hit his wife so hard she ended up in the hospital. He was charged with........

When Bart bunched the man in the face, the man fell down and hit his head on the sidewalk and died. He was charged with ........

The men deliberately started the fire by pouring gasoline all over the boxes and then lighting a match. The men were charged with .....

The two men used guns and knives to force the pilot to land the plane. They were charged with .......