English language quizzes
Crime vocabulary crossword 1
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Across: 1. Someone who illegally enters a building - usually someone's home - and steals things 5. Something the police fight and try to prevent. 6. Someone who the police think committed a crime 10. One-eye Chan is __________ by the police for robbery and murder in Hong Kong, Macau and China. 11. He was given a HK$5,000 _____________ for dangerous driving. 12. The famous ___________ Sherlock Holmes always smoked a pipe when he was trying to solve crimes.
Down: 1. The burglar managed to __________________ (two words: 5,2) by forcing open a first floor window. 2. The court found Simpkins ____________ of murder and he was sent to prison for 15 years. 3. If the police _______ someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime which they might have committed: 4. They members of the gang were each given a five year _______________ for robbery. 7. A security guard was ________ by one of the robbers. He is now recovering in hospital where doctors say his condition is stable. 8. The police had to release Smiley after 48 hours as they didn't have enough __________ to charge him. 9. The _________ sent Haydon to prison for 3 years for stealing from his workplace. 11. Initials of the police force in America controlled by the central government and that has powers in all 50 states.
