1. World Pass, Unit 7 Does Crime Pay? Key Vocabulary Review

2. to put someone behind bars  To imprison  To lock someone up

3. colleague  Co-worker  Person who works with you.

4. fundamental  basic

5. get away with  To not get caught or punished in any way.

6. illegal  Not legal; against the law

7. imprison  Prisoner  Prison  imprisonment  To put someone behind bars; to put someone in jail or prison.

8. legitimate  A legitimate job  A legitimate excuse  legal; allowed; acceptable; real (not fake)

9. offense  offender (a legal term for someone who has committed a crime)  offend  An illegal act

10. outrageous  It’s outrageous that someone could…  Unbelievable; crazy

11. punish  punishment  To do something bad to someone because of something he/she did wrong.

12. a real gray area  Not ‘black and white’; having both pros and cons, good aspects and bad aspects

13. a red alert  a security alert; a warning of possible danger

14. as white as a sheet  Scared – pale due to fear

15. on the black market  bought or sold illegally

16. the black sheep of the family  A family member who doesn’t follow the accepted social or moral rules of the family.

17. pickpocket  A person who takes something out of your wallet or purse – usually without your noticing it.

18. see red  Get angry

19. abduct  Abduction  abductor  To kidnap

20. accomplice  Someone who helps a criminal

21. arson  arsonist  The crime of starting a fire that damages property

22. apprehend  to catch a criminal (by a law enforcement official, usually)

23. capture  To apprehend; to catch a criminal (by a law enforcement official, usually)  To catch an animal

24. charge  To official accuse someone of a crime

25. conduct an investigation  To investigate  An investigator  To do research to try to find a criminal

26. disorderly conduct  To do something that ‘disturbs the peace’ – that bothers other citizens

27. hold up  A hold-up  To hold up a supermarket  To hold up a convenience store  To hold up a bank  To rob – often with a gun

28. kidnap  Kidnapper  kidnapping  To abduct; to illegally capture another person

29. Law enforcement officials  To enforce the law  Police officers, security guards, or others who enforce the law

30. mastermind  The initiator or leader of a plan – often an illegal one

31. prankster  A prank  To play a prank on someone  One who does a joke or trick that bothers others

32. rob  robber (a thief)  Robbery (a crime)  To steal

33. terrorize  Terror  terrorist  To do something that causes others to feel fear

34. troublemaker  Trouble  To cause trouble  To make trouble  Someone who causes or makes trouble.  A person who does things that bother other people – similar to a ‘prankster’ – but a bit less serious

35. accident  A sudden, negative, and unintentional event.

36. incident  A neutral word for any kind of event

37. criminal  Crook – an informal word for criminal that can also refer to a dishonest person  A person who commits a crime.