Idioms to do with crime

Idioms to do with crime

(a) Matek the idioms 1-15 with the correct definitions a-o. Write your answers in the boxes on the page opposite„

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an inside job

biow the whistle on someone/some-thing

X(of gooda) to be stolen bribe someone

A discover Bomeone in the act of committing a crime

„cK a dishonest trick played on someone in order to get money from them

case a joint    & legitimize money obtained illegaUy

catch someone red- X publicly reveal something illegal or handed    dishonest

cook the books

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go straight

Xstealing a car and driving it, often dangerously, just for fun

X examine or inspect the place you intend to rob

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grease someone’8 palm

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joy-nding

launder money

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someone who buys and sells stolen goods

avoid punishment completely

falsify a company’3 accounts; cheat at bookkeeping

a crime committed by someone connected with the place or organisation where the crime took place

jh serve a prison sentence

X give up a criminal way of life; not break the law again

X disappear without telling anyone where you are going

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(b) Complete the following sentences with a suitable idiom. Choose from the ones listed aboue and make changes to the verbs where necessary.

1    The police c⁶~^l ^^c ^ the thieves YfductudtfU as they were leaving the shop through a back window.

2    The mysterious disappearance of one of the cashiers shortly

after the robbery confinned the police’s suspicions that it had been an    jfrfe

3    He only got the contract because he    . a govemment

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4    He had been ce<bt hCf JhŁ fer years, tiying to cover up the £10,000 he had taken from the company.

5    When Tom came out of priaon after serving two years, he

promised his girlfriend that he would ęę    gkL. and never

steal again.

6    A few years ago, my cousin ćhd _ for fraud. He was in prison for three years oltogether.

7    Don’t buy those cassette recorders. If they’re that cheap they

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8    Although the połice knew they had committed the crime, they couldn’t prove it, so the men ąsUfL-^?*'

9    Most bank robbers &*>* oi je ■ n t thoroughlv before attempting to rob it.

10 He drcl O- in the middle of the night to avoid paying his

hotel bill.