Matching Pairs Crimes and criminalsOnline version ----------- by Evgenia Bakina 1 mugging. He was the victim of a brutal mugging 2 vandalism. Cutting down the old forest was an act of vandalism. 3 burglary. Many people in the neighbourhood have been victims of burglary at least once. 4 fraud. Credit card fraud 5 robbery. The gang admitted they had committed four recent bank robberies. 6 shoplifting. He was charged with shoplifting at the supermarket. 7 theft. Four employees were arrested for theft of IBM memory cards. 8 piracy. Software/video piracy the crime of getting money by deceiving people the crime of illegally taking something that belongs to someone else an act of attacking and robbing someone in a public place the act of illegally copying a computer program, music, a film, etc. and selling it the crime of stealing from somewhere or someone the crime of intentionally damaging property belonging to other people the crime of illegally entering a building and stealing things the illegal act of taking goods from a shop without paying for them