Work on your phrasal verbs 19: Crime - Thẩm Tâm Vy

 Thẩm Tâm Vy, October 13th, 2018 WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 19 CRIME 
WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 19 ~ CRIME 
1. break in. If someone breaks in, they get into a building illegally or by force. 
 - A thief broke in and forced open the locked safe in the library. 
 - The police broke in and arrested all the culprits. 
2. break into. If someone breaks into a room or a building, they enter it illegally or by 
force. 
 - He broke into a shop one night and stole some food. 
3. get away. When someone or something gets away, they escape. 
 - The police followed the gang but they got away. 
4. get away with. If you get away with something that you should not have done, you are 
not criticized or punished for doing it. 
 - No one should get away with such a crime. 
5. get off. If you get off when you have done something wrong, or if someone gets you off, 
you are not punished receive only a small punishment for what you have done. 
 - She was sure that she would not get off so easily. 
 - He hired a good lawyer who could get him off. 
6. give up 
[a] If you give yourself up, you allow yourself to be arrested or captured. 
 - He went straight to the local police station and gave himself up. 
[b] To give someone up who is wanted by the police means to tell the police where that 
person is so that they can be arrested. 
 - They questioned her forcefully, but still she wouldn't give me up. 
7. hand in. [a] If you hand something in, you give it to someone in authority. 
 - She handed the money in, thinking it was probably stolen. 
 - Someone handed in my phone after finding it on the bus. 
[b] If you hand yourself in, you go to the police and tell them that you have committed a 
crime. 
 - He walked into a police station and handed himself in (= gave himself up). 
8. hold up. To hold someone or something up means to rob them by threatening them with a 
weapon. 
 - They held up a bank with toy guns.. 
 - He held me up at dagger point. 
9. let out. If you let people or animals out, you allow them to leave a place, especially by 
opening a door. 
 - The prisoners were let out of their cells for an hour a day. 
 - We let out the dogs so that they could get some exercise. 
10. lock in. If you lock someone in or lock them in a place, you put them somewhere and 
lock the door so that they cannot get out. 
 - She pushed me into a room and locked me in. 
 - They locked in the prisoners for the night. 
 - The assassins were locked in their cells for 23 hours a day. 
11. pay for. If someone pays for something bad that they have done, they suffer or are 
punished because of it. 
 - He must pay for all the crimes for which he is responsible. 
12. resort to. If you resort to doing something that you do not think is right or acceptable, 
you do it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want. 
 - The poor man had resorted to stealing to feed his starved children. 
13. rip off. If someone rips you off, they cheat you by charging you too much money for 
something. [INFORMAL] 
 - The local shopkeepers were all trying to rip off the tourists. 
 - The court wastes my time and the lawyers rip me off! 
14. run away 
[a] If you run away, you leave a place or person by running. 
 - The thief then ran away and jumped into a car. 
[b] If you run away, you secretly leave a place because you are unhappy. 
 - When she was sixteen, she had an argument with her parents and ran away from home 
with her boy friend. 
15. take in. [a] If the police take you in, they make you go with them to a police station in 
order to ask you questions or arrest you. 
 - The police took him in for questioning. 
[b] If you are taken in by someone or if they take you in, they deceive or trick you. 
 - I gave him the money before I realized I had been taken in. 
 - I confess he completely took me in. 
16. track down. If you track down someone or something, you find them after searching for 
some time. 
 - The FBI is putting a lot of effort into tracking down the criminals. 
 - Soon the police tracked one-eyed Long down and arrested him. 
NOTE. You can also use hunt down 
PRACTICE 
I. Match the particles with the verbs to make phrasal verbs from this lesson. 
off - in - away - up 
1. break / hand / lock / take.... 2. get /run.... 
3. give/hold.... 4. get/rip.... 
II. Complete the sentences. Choose the correct particle. 
1. Thieves managed to break at / to / in and steal thousands of dollars. 
2. Fire fighters had to break into / onto / over the house to reach the family. 
3. Long Chot said he would never give himself on / out / up to the police. 
4. Carlos went to the nearest police station and handed the money on / in / into. 
5. A bank was held up / out / in yesterday by three masked men. 
6. He paid over/ under/ for his crime with twenty years in prison. 
7. Evans managed to run with / away / into before the police arrived. 
8. We are working hard to track down / out / up these cyber criminals. 
III. Decide if the following sentences are true (7") or false (F). 
1. If someone gets away, they escape.  
2. If you get off when you have done something wrong, you are punished severely.  
3. If you let someone out, you allow them to leave a place.  
4. If you lock someone in, you put them somewhere and lock the door.  
 Thẩm Tâm Vy, October 13th, 2018 WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 19 CRIME 
5. If you resort to doing something that you do not think is right, you do it because you 
cannot see any other way of achieving what you want.  
6. If someone rips you off, they do not charge you any money for something.  
7. If you hunt down someone, you find them after searching for some time.  
8. If the police take you in, they allow you to leave a place.  
IV. Match sentence halves 1-8 with A-H to make complete sentences. 
1. How did the robbers A. decided to give himself up. 
2. You will never get away B. out of prison? 
3. After several hours, the gunman C. these crimes with a long prison sentence. 
4. The man held D. sold you the car ripped you off. 
5. Do you think they will ever be let E. manage to break in? 
6. He may have to pay for F. to crime to make money. 
7. They say they were forced to resort G. with this crime! 
8. I think the man who H. up a department store yesterday afternoon. 
V. Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs in the list below. 
got away - handed...in - running away - locked...in - broke into - get...off 
1. Someone................the office and stole the computer. 
2. The boys................before she had a chance to call the police. 
3. His lawyer said that given the seriousness of the crime, it would not be easy to........ him 
4. She found a purse and........... it ..........to the hotel reception. 
5. The sheriff........... him ............a cell overnight. 
6. He hated his stepfather and thought about...................from home. 
VI. Match phrasal verbs 1-6 with a word or phrase A-F with the same meaning. 
1. She was taken in by the criminal's persuasive tactics. A cheat 
2. The thief decided to give himself up to the police. B find 
3. I can't believe he got away with such dishonesty. C fooled 
4. The police managed to track down the robbers. D set free 
5. Be careful - they always try to rip off tourists in the E surrender 
main square. 
6. After a short time in prison, he was let out. F wasn't caught or punished for 
VII. Complete the news headlines. Write the correct particle. 
1. WOMAN TAKEN.........BY FRAUDSTER 
2. BANKS ARE RIPPING.........THEIR CUSTOMERS 
3. THIEF WILL PAY.......CRIME, IN JAIL 
4. FATHER GIVES...........SON TO POLICE 
5. DANGEROUS CRIMINAL HUNTED.........BY LOCAL POLICE 
6. BOY, 14, RUNS........... FROM HOME 
VIII. Read the news report. Underline all the phrasal verbs, then answer the questions. 
 A man who held up a bank in the city centre has been arrested by police. The man locked 
staff in a store room while he attempted to break into the safe. When the safe would not 
open, he tried to run away. But police arrived in time to stop him. Police chief Dean 
Sanchez said: 'He was foolish to think he could get away with this.'Three other men have 
been taken in for questioning. 
 1. What did the man try to rob? 
 2. Why could staff not leave the store room? 
 3. What did he try to enter illegally? 
 4. Why did he try to leave? 
 5. What was the man foolish to think? 
 6. How many other men have police taken to the police station? 
ANSWER KEY 
I. 1. up 3. up 2. away 4. off 
II. 1. in 5. up 2. into 6. for 3. up 7. away 4. in 8. down 
III. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. F 
IV. 1. E 2. G 3. A 4. H 5. B 6. C 7. F 8 D 
V. 1. broke into 2 got away 3 get (him) off 4. handed (it) in 
 5. locked (him) in 6. running away 
VI. 1. C 3. F 2. E 4. B 5. A 6. D 
VII. 1. IN 2. OFF 3. FOR 4. UP 5. DOWN 6. AWAY 
VIII. 
 A man who held up a bank in the city centre has been arrested by police. The man locked 
staff in a store room while he attempted to break into the safe. When the safe would not 
open, he tried to run awav. But police arrived in time to stop him. Police chief Dean 
Sanchez said:'He was foolish to think he could get awav with this.'Three other men have 
been taken in for questioning. 
 1. He tried to rob a bank. 
 2. Staff could not leave the store room because they were locked in. 
 3. He tried to enter the safe illegally. 
 4. He tried to leave because the safe would not open. 
 5. The man was foolish to think that he could get away with this. 
 6. The police have made three other men go to the police station.