Crime

Exercise 35.3

Fill in the gaps in this paragraph.

Police are concerned about the growing number of offences that are being (1) by young people in our town. They say that increasing numbers of youngsters are (2) into people’s houses or (3) their cars. Indeed, police claim that it is probably young (4) who are to blame for the recent (5) of burglaries in our town. Police are proposing a special campaign to (6) the problem and are asking for the public’s support in this (7) against (8) crime.