Answer — Exercise 5
5b - Vocabulary·On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book
Question
- Complete the table. Check in your dictionaries.
- Give definitions for the criminals in the table. What are these words in your language?
Answer
a)
- kidnapping
- kidnap (sb)
- shoplifter
- pickpocket
- burglary
- mugger
- robber
b)
- A burglar is someone who burgles someone’s home.
- A kidnapper is someone who kidnaps somebody in other words takes someone hostage and demands money for their release.
- A shoplifter is someone who shoplifts or steals from a shop.
- A pickpocket is someone who picks somebody's pocket or steals somebody's wallet / purse.
- A mugger is someone who mugs somebody in the street.
- A robber is someone who robs a bank.
- A thief is someone who steals something.