1. Fill in the blanks. The first letter of each missing word has been given.
Thieves have been around for centuries, probably for as long as humans, but armed (1) r……. is a more recent phenomenon. Unfortunately women have always been the (2) v…………. of rape and domestic (3) v……… . (4) F………. has been around ever since printing has been used to make money or produce documents. has been around ever since printing has been used to make money or produce documents. Rich people or their children are sometimes (5) k…….. and are not set free until a ransom has been paid. The twentieth century has seen the appearance of many organised (6) c…….. such as hijacking and drug-smuggling or drug-trafficking. Statistics show an alarming (7) r……… in the rate of violent crimes and crimes to do with the (8) i……… sale of arms across the world. Perhaps the most recent crime of all is hacking computers to access (9) i………… that helps competitors in industry. This increase in international crime makes one wonder whether it is still true to say “(10) C ……… doesn’t pay”.