501 Vocabulary Questions - English-Learners

(sharon) #1

Match the action described in Column A with the name of the crime
or criminal nature in Column B.


Column A


101.lying under oath
102.conspiring to rig a local
election
103.a politician using public
funds to buy gifts for his or
her family
104.telling a white lie
105.committing armed robbery
after serving time for auto
theft
106.a defendant trying to leave
the state before his or her
case goes to trial: attempting
to ____
107.frequently accepting bribes
while in office: a ____
public official
108.taking something that
belongs to someone else
109.swindling a rich divorcee:
____(ing) an innocent
woman
110.executing the entire popula-
tion of a village during a civil
war


Column B
abscond

bilk

collusion

enormity

malfeasance

peccadillo

perjury

purloin

recidivism

venal
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