blackmail: to demand money from a person by threatening to reveal information that would harm the person´s reputation.
Noun Mayor Jones was blackmailed by someone who claimed to have proof that the mayor had stolen money from the city.
burglarize: to enter a building illegally to steal things
Verb my house was burglarized yesterday
commit arson: to intentionally burn property
Verb he committed arson, got caught and was sent to prison
hack: to access a computer system without permission
Verb the criminal hacked into the bank´s computer system to transfer money to himself
kidnap: to seize and hold someone by force, usually in order to demand money in return for the person´s release
Verb the lawyer was kidnapped by his client
mug: to threaten or employ violence on someone, often in a public place, in order to steal the person´s belongings
Verb he was mugged on his way back from work
pickpocket: to steal money and other things from people´s pockets and purses
Noun the woman was pickpocketed in the mall food court.
rob: to take something that doesn´t belong to you, usually secretly or by force
Verb the house next door was robbed
shoplift: to steal goods on display in a store while appearing to shop there
Verb the manager saw the teenagers shoplift and called the police
steal: to take something that belongs to someone else without permission
Verb she stole a dress from the store
vandalize: to deliberately damage or destroy property
Verb all the public phones had been vandalized
theft: Unfortunately, we have had several thefts in the building recently.
Noun Brandon was arrested for auto theft.
arrest: to put a suspected criminal in custody
Verb The bank robber was arrested by the police
threatening: As the threatening clouds approached, the winds suddenly blew up into a blinding snowstorm.
Adjective Terrorism continues to threaten the security of all free nations
assaults: The number of indecent assaults has increased alarmingly over the past year.
Noun Every 2 minutes, there's a sexual assault in this country.
robbery: The gang admitted they had committed four recent bank robberies.
Noun We believe there was a third person involved in the robbery.
