English Collocations in Use Intermediate Book with Answers How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English 2nd Edition

35.4
Crime
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POLICE TARGET VEHICLE THEFT
JUVENILE CRIME RISING
DRUG ABUSE SCANDAL
CRIME FIGURES OUT TODAY
PENSIONER ROBBED
PETTY CRIME CONTINUES
Police are concerned about the growing number of offences that are being (1) 
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by young people in our town. They say that increasing numbers of youngsters are 
(2) 
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into people’s houses or (3) 
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their cars. Indeed, 
police claim that it is probably young (4) 
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who are to blame for the recent 
(5) 
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of burglaries in our town. Police are proposing a special campaign to 
(6) 
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the problem and are asking for the public’s support in this 
(7) 
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against (8) 
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crime.

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English Collocations in Use Intermediate
Collocations about newspapers
collocation
example
a (news) story breaks
The singer was out of the country when the 
story about his wife broke.
news comes in
TV newscaster: 
News has just come in of an earthquake.
news leaks out
Although the two stars tried to keep their relationship secret, 
news of it 
soon 
leaked out.
hit the headlines
The scandal is expected to 
hit the headlines tomorrow. 
make headlines
A dramatic story like that will