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pickpocket

part of speech: verb. Someone pickpocketed my wallet.

public property

part og speech: noun. The cost of repairing the damage to public property following the earthquake has soared.

burglarize

part of speech: verb. When they got back from their vacation they found that their home had been burglarized.

damage

part of speech: verb. Many buildings were badly damaged during the war.

steal

part of speech: verb. They were so poor they had to steal in order to eat

hack

part of speech: verb. Three villagers were hacked to death in a savage attack.

commit

part of speech: verb. A cinema was burned out in north London last night. Police suspect arson.

robbery

part of speech: verb. The gang admitted they had committed four recent bank robberies.

deliberate

part of speech: adjective. We made a deliberate decision to live apart for a while.

kidnap

part of speech: verb. The wife of a businessman was kidnapped from her home in London last night.

mug

part of speech: verb. He was mugged in broad daylight.

Shoplift

part of speech: verb. He was caught shoplifting by a store detective

arrest

part of speech: verb. He was arrested when customs officers found drugs in his bag

vandalize

part of speech: verb. When I got back, my car had been vandalized

Rob

part of speech: verb. My wallet's gone! I've been robbed!

assaults

part of speech: noun.They launched an assault on the capital yesterday.

theft

part of speech: noun. Unfortunately, we have had several thefts in the building recently.

threatening

part of speech: adjective. The center received two threatening phone calls on Thursday evening after news of the shootings.

illegally

part of speech: adverb. They entered the country illegally.

blackmail

part of speech: noun. I don't believe she would ever stoop to bribery or blackmail.