Don't ______ against this wall.
lean
The robber was wearing a dark __________, dark coat, blue denim jeans and white trainers.
balaclava
The soldiers were ___________ every house that they came to.
looting
Police: We'll do our best to find the _________, if there is one.
culprit
She said that she was going running this evening. - TELL
She told me
A __________ man thinks of nothing but his own feelings.
selfish
My friend owed money to some ______________ and they kept following and taunting him
drug dealers
Investigators believe an __________ set the wildfires that burned 20,000 acres of land.
arsonist
They have no powers to enter private premises without a _________ warrant.
search warrant
The police officer said, “I'm _____________ you in the name of the law.”
arresting
The restaurant serves good food at a____________ prices.
affordable
The parents of the missing girl appeared on television ___________ for ____________.
appealing for witnesses
She ran a ________ through her tangled hair.
comb
The criminal was sentenced to prison for _______.
theft
He _______ _____ to the back of the chair to stop himself from falling.
held on
His family is not very _____ _____, I don't think they have enough money to pay his tuition fees.
well off
Cops have launched an _____________ but the woman had not yet been formally identified.
investigation
I was f_______ when he crashed my car.
furious
"He hasn't eaten breakfast."
He said he hadn't eaten breakfast.
Eight suspects, one body, one virtual mansion: you have to figure out who the __________ is.
murderer
Sign in a store: _______________ will be prosecuted.
Shoplifters
He's been __________ cigarettes from Gibraltar into Spain.
smuggling
Nancy gripped the _______ of her beach bag.
strap
The _____ ___________ showed the car accident.
CCTV footage
He tried to _______ the money from her hand.
grab
"We went out last night. "
She said they had gone out the night before.
This area is ___________ regularly by security guards with dogs.
patrolled
Thomas was ________ in an alley while taking a shortcut to his car.
mugged
He cut the fabric with a sharp _____ of __________.
a sharp pair of scissors
Billy the Kid was one of the most famous __________ of America's early history.
outlaws
She pulled out a box of __________.
a box of matches
The ___________ threw stones at the building.
vandals
I agree to some ________.
to some extent
She took her hairbrush from her __________.
handbag
He drummed his fingers on the ________ _______ and waited.
steering wheel
There have been a number of ____________ in the neighborhood in recent months.
burglaries
The cashier was _________ at gunpoint.
robbed
How c_________ to hide behind anonymity.
cowardly
She has been identified as the prime __________.
suspect
Acupuncture treatment is gentle, p___________, and, invariably, most relaxing.
painless