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2. Answer the following questions, justify your point of view.

1 Is it a crime to try and kill yourself?

2 Is it illegal to help somebody to commit suicide?

3 Can you be executed for murdering a policeman?

4 If, after a murder, all the victim's relatives plead: 'Please don't prosecute!' can charges against

the suspected culprit be dropped?

  1. If two armed thieves break into a house, guns in hand, and one of them shoots and kills the house-owner, is his accomplice guilty of murder?

  2. If I surprise an intruder in my lounge at night stealing my millions, have I a legal right to assault him with a weapon?

  3. If I set a trap - a fifty-kilo weight just above the front door - for any burglars who might try and enter the house, am I breaking the law?

  4. After a divorce or legal separation, can a wife be required to pay alimony to her ex-husband?

3. Study the vocabulary, look up unknown words in the dictionary.

-Lawbreaker, offender, delinquent, violator, criminal

-Thief - Robber, mugger -Briber -Bigamist

-Pickpocket -Hijacker -Killer, murderer -Arsonist, incendiary

-Pilferer -Housebreaker -Assassin -Deserter

-Shoplifter -Blackmailer -Spy -Embezzler

-Burglar, cracksman -Kidnapper, abductor -Vandal, barbarian -Hooligan

-Fraud, con man, swindler -Smuggler -Forger -Rapist

-Poacher -Thug -Terrorist

-Racketeer -Rustler (AmE) -Souteneur, ponce, pimp, procurer

Vocabulary activities

4. Match the criminals with the definition.

1. an arsonist a) tries to enforce his political demands by carrying out or threatening acts of violence

2. an assassin b) pretends or claims to be what he is not

3. a deserter c) makes money by dishonest business methods, e.g. by selling worthless goods

4. an embezzler d) steals from his own company

5. a forger e) attacks and robs people especially in public places

6. a fraud or con man f) sets fire to property

7. a hooligan g) kills for political reasons or reward

8. a mugger h) brings goods into one country from another illegally

9. a poacher i) hunts illegally on somebody else's land

10. a racketeer j) makes false money or documents

11. a smuggler k) a soldier who leaves the armed forces without permission

12. a terrorist 1) causes damage or disturbance in public places