Language Leader Intermediate Unit 12 Crime Insurance

Language Leader Intermediate Unit 12. Crime

Insurance claim

Customers who make fake insurance claims will be dealt with severely.

Страховое требование

To make smth up

He made up some excuse about the dog eating his homework.

Выдумать что-л

At random

They picked names out of the telephone book at random.

Наугад

Legal

What I did was perfectly legal.

Законный

To be distressed

I feel very alone and distressed about my problem.

Сильно огорчиться

To deny any knowledge of smth

He denied any knowledge of his sister who lives in Africa.

Отрицать знание чего-л

Fraud

Many people are sure that MMM is a fraud.

Мошенничество

Fraud squad

The club is under investigation by the fraud squad.

Отдел по борьбе с мошенничеством

To investigate

The police are investigating the murder.

Расследовать

To witness

Several journalists witnessed the incident in which eight people were injured.

Быть свидетелем чего-л

Evidence

They destroyed the evidence by flushing it down the toilet.

Доказательство, улика

Dumbfounded

They were dumbfounded at his popularity.

Ошеломленный

To cooperate fully with

I said that I should be happy to cooperate fully with the investigation.

В полной мере сотрудничать с

Juvenile

The group of juveniles are arrested for serious crimes.

Несовершеннолетний

To be charged with

Two youngsters have been arrested and charged with kidnapping.

Быть обвиненным в

False pretence

I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences.

Мошеннический обман

To donate

The centre was bought with money donated by former Beatle, George Harrison.

Пожертвовать

Offender

Prison is not the answer for most young offenders.

Преступник

Remorseful

`My poor wife!' he said, remorsefully.

Полный раскаяния

To commit a crime

He committed a crime, no ifs or buts about it.

Совершать преступление

By accident

Quite by accident, she found a brilliantly simple solution.

Случайно

Intentionally

She would never intentionally hurt anyone.

Намеренно

Criminal behavior

Criminal behavior of teenager is the main problem of this area.

Преступное поведение

To have a long tradition

This joke has a long tradition.

Иметь долгую историю

Skull

The sound of the alarm clock pierced his skull.

Череп

To be linked to

Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to pollution.

Быть связанным с

Genes

He believes that shyness is in the genes.

Гены

Adopted children

Most adopted children don’t even know who their natural parents are.

Приемные дети

Surroundings

Our new surroundings are a lot more friendly than we expected.

Окружение

Siblings

His siblings are mostly in their early twenties.

Братья и сестры

Vicious circle

It was the same vicious circle of unemployment and homelessness.

Порочный круг

Punishment

He has cheated people and escaped punishment.

Наказание

Robbery

He was arrested and charged with robbery.

Ограбление

Lawyer

The lawyer told the court that his client wished to give evidence.

Юрист, адвокат

Attorney

He chose an attorney to act for him.

Прокурор

Captor

They did not know what their captors planned for them.

Похититель, захвативший в плен

Fingerprints

The detective discovered no fewer than 35 fingerprints.

Отпечатки пальцев

Prosecutor

A report by the state prosecutor described the police action as confused and disorganised.

Прокурор

Thief

The thief stole a valuable painting from the museum.

Вор

Bank robber

I bet you wish that I was a bank robber, some sort of Robin Hood.

Преступник, занимающийся ограблением банков

Getaway

We had four days at our mountain getaway.

Бегство, побег

Kidnapping

Three American journalists have been kidnapped by political extremists.

Похищение людей

Suspect

When plants are ruined, snails are the main suspects.

Подозреваемый

Ransom

Her kidnappers are demanding a £ 5 million ransom.

Выкуп

Hostage

It is hopeful that two hostages will be freed in the next few days.

Заложник

To snatch

A newborn baby was snatched from a hospital ward.

Украсть

To avoid suspicion

He changed his clothes to avoid suspicion.

Избежать подозрения

To disable the alarm system

The robbers couldn’t disable the alarm system and they had to get away.

Отключить сигнализацию

Sophisticated equipment

My granny said that a mobile phone was very sophisticated equipment for her.

Сложное оборудование

Gang of thieves

Detectives are hunting gang of thieves that stole beer worth £ 20, 000.

Банда воров

To be missing

We need to look to see if anything is missing.

Пропасть

To be sentenced to

He was sentenced to prison after admitting 47 charges of burglary.

Быть приговоренным к

To escape from

His family escaped from Germany and arrived in Britain in 1938.

Убежать из

To surround smth

You are surrounded! Put down your weapons!

Окружать что-л

To storm smth

Police stormed the building and arrested 12 men.

Штурмовать что-л

To vanish

One moment she was there, the next she had vanished.

Исчезать

Subterranean

Her car was in its the subterranean garage.

Подземный

Cash

Do you want to pay in cash or by credit card?

Наличные

Safe-deposit box

Max rents a big safe-deposit box and hides a key under his pillow.

Сейф для хранения ценностей

Gunshot

They heard thousands of gunshots.

Выстрел

Victim

By the road was a memorial to victims of the bombing.

Жертва