FCE Vocabulary - Crime
Complete the following sentences with the words from the box.
sentenced | commit | red-handed | guilty | burglars | robbed | witnesses | bribes | broken | bars
Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no
to life imprisonment.
The supermarket had already been
into five times that year.
The jury found Jane
She spent twenty years behind
after being convicted for murder.
of his wallet, laptop, and smartphone.
My uncle was sent to prison for a crime that he didn't
The police caught him
stealing money from the woman's purse.
don't bother picking locks. They know they'll be able to gain entry by cruder methods.
It is alleged that she has taken
while in the office.
a person who gives evidence in a law court
sentence sb to sth (v)
to condemn sb to a particular punishment
break + into (v)
to force a way into a house
guilty of sth (adj)
having committed a crime
rob sb of sth (v)
to steal from a person
to do something illegal
catch sb red-handed
to catch sb while they are doing sth wrong
a person who breaks into a house
. to steal
a gift offered to sb to persuade them to do sth