In the news: crime vocabulary

Crime is never used as a verb. We say 'commit a crime'. Commit is the verb that collocates with 'crime': It basically
means 'do'.
'He was sent to prison for a crime that he didn't commit.'
A person who commits a crime is a criminal:
'A dangerous criminal escaped from prison.'
Criminal is also used as an adjective:
'There is a lot of criminal activity in this area.'
Rob (verb) means take something from a place or person.
'Rob a bank.' Money is taken from the bank, not the whole thing.
'Rob and old man.' Valuable items are taken from him, we do not take him.
Steal (verb) means to take something.
'I stole candy when I was a child.'
'My bag was stolen at the party.'
Steal = present tense / stole = past simple / stolen = past participle
Theft is the noun form for the verb steal.
A thief is the general name we give to someone who steals something.
Types of crime and types of criminal
Arson - the crime of starting a fire in order to damage or destroy something, especially a building.
Arsonist a person who starts fires to damage or destroy something
Bank robbery (noun) the crime of stealing money from a bank.
Bank robber the person who steals from a bank.
Rob verb
Burglary (noun) the crime of stealing from a building.
Burglar a person who steals from a building.
Burgle -verb
Murder (noun) the crime of killing someone.
Murderer a person who kills.
Murder verb
Mugging (noun) an act of attacking someone and stealing their money.
Mugger the person who attacks someone to steal their money.
Mug verb
Shoplifting (noun) taking something from a shop without paying for it.
Shoplifter a person who steals from shops.
Shoplift verb
Smuggling (noun) - the act of taking things or people to or from a place secretly and illegally.
Smuggler the person who takes things or people to or from a place secretly and illegally.
Smuggle - verb

Pickpocketing (noun) the act of stealing things out of pockets or bags secretly.
Pickpocket - a person who steals things out of pockets or bags secretly.
Pickpocket - verb
Victim a person who a crime happens to.
'The criminal stole the victim's car.'
Witness a person who saw a crime happen.
'Many witnesses saw the bank robber leaving the bank.'
1. The ___ was arrested by police who caught him hiding in his garden.
a. Criminal
c. witness
b. Victim
d. crime
2. It looks like he is trying to ___ that umbrella.
a. Crime
c. rob
b. Criminal
d. steal
3. The man was ___ as he walked home late at night.
a. Rob
c. robbed
b.
Stolen
d. steal
4. My watch has been ___.
a. Stolen
b. Stealed

c. steal
d. stole

5. She tried to ___ drugs in her suitcase from Toronto to Seattle.

a. Pickpocket
c. burgle
b. Smuggle
d. mug
6. The ___ was caught with the CDs in his bag while he was still in the shop.
a. Shoplifter
c. smuggler
b. Pickpocket
d. smugger
7. I caught a ___ trying to steal my purse on the crowded bus.
a. Shoplifter
c. smuggler
b. Murderer
d. pickpocket
8. The ___ was shot 5 times by the murderer.
a. Victim
c. criminal
b. Crime
d. thief
9. Police are trying to catch the ___ who set fire to the school.
a. Arson
c. arsonman
b. Arsonist
d. arsoner
10.I have never comitted a ___.
a. Criminal
b. Thief

c. steal
d. crime

Match each word with its definition:

1. arsonist
2. bank robber
3. burglar
4. murderer
5. mugger
6. shoplifter
7. smuggler
8. pickpocket
9. kidnapper
10. highjacker

a) Someone who steals things out of pockets or bags secretly.

b) Someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially
an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination.
c) Someone who takes things or people to or from a place
secretly and illegally.
d) Someone who steals from a bank.
e) Someone who steals from shops.
f) Someone who steals from a building.
g) Someone who attacks someone to steal their money.
h) Someone who kills another person.
i) Someone who seizes a person against his/her will and takes
him/her from one place to another under circumstances in
which the person does not have freedom of movement.
j) Someone who starts a fire to damage or destroy something.

What are the verbs related to the above words?

E.g.

arsonist (noun) => arson (verb)

bank robber =>

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burglar =>

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mugger =>

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murderer =>

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pickpocket =>

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shoplifter =>

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smuggler =>

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