Honesty and Dishonesty

Honesty and Dishonesty

V1 When you suspect that somebody is trying to deceive you, or that something is going on behind your back, you say, “(There’s) ________.”

V2a What do you call a deceiving person, or somebody that you can’t trust?

V2b About a deceiving person, or somebody that you can’t trust, you might say: “I wouldn’t trust her ________.”

V2c About a deceiving person, or somebody that you can’t trust, you might say: “I wouldn’t trust him any further than I could ________.”

V4 Other words for stealing something valuable—for example, a watch: “Yesterday somebody ________ my watch.”

V5a To take something of small value that doesn’t belong to you—for example, a child taking cookies: “Who’s been ________ the cookies?”

V5b If you take something that nobody seems to own, you might say, “Before anybody else gets it, I’m going to ________ this.”

V6 If a person steals something, either from a person or a place, you might call him a(n) ________.

V7a A person who sets out to cheat others while pretending to be honest:

V7b If someone defaces or illegally makes marks on a wall or other exposed surface, these marks are called:

V8a What do you call a paper ordering somebody to appear in court? “The sheriff came with a(n) ________ for her.”

V8b Of a person who has been given a paper ordering him into court, you might say: “He was ________ into court.”

V9 What nicknames do people have around here for a police officer?

V10a And what joking names are there for a sheriff?

V11 What joking names do you have around here for a county or city jail?

V12 Words for the amount of time a person has to spend in jail—for example, “He’s in for a ten-year ________.”

V12b When people get released from jail or prison, they are _________.

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