CRIMES

BURGLAR: someone who gets into buildings illegally and steals things/ someone who enters a building illegally in order to steal things ladrón, -ona ADJ. professional | cat (= a burglar who climbs up the outside of buildings)

THIEF: someone who steals things ladrón, -ona e.g. a car thief/ The thief stole a valuable painting from the museum. ADJ. would-be The alarm is usually sufficient to deter a would-be thief. | common, petty | professional | casual, opportunist | car, jewel, etc.ROBBER: 1. someone who steals- ladrón, -ona E.G. a bank robber/ someone who takes money or property illegally, often by using threats or violence ADJ. armed, masked | bank, train | grave, tomb

MUGGER: a person who attacks people in order to steal their money/ someone who attacks people in public places and steals their money, jewellery, or other possessions

atracador, -ora

PIRATE: 1. a person who attacks and robs ships at sea pirata e.g. Their ship was attacked by pirates/ (also adjective) a pirate ship. 2. a person who does something without legal right, eg publishes someone else’swork as his own or broadcasts without a licence pirata e.g. a pirate radio-station.

VANDALS: a person who purposely and pointlessly damages or destroys public 

buildings or other property vándalo e.g. Vandals have damaged the telephone box.