They say that crime doesn’t pay. Well, listening to this podcast definitely does pay. You’ll learn some new idioms about crime and improve your English.
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Crime idioms
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To cook the books
To pull a fast one
An inside job
To cover your tracks
To do a runner
A cat burglar
To blow the whistle / to snitch / to rat / to squeal on someone
To catch someone red-handed
To turn yourself in
The cops/ coppers / fuzz / pigs / old bill / boys in blue / peelers / the long arm of the law
To take the rap for something/someone
A slap on the wrist
To throw the book at someone
To do time / to be behind bars
Locked/banged up (inside)
The slammer / clink / pen / can
If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime
An ex-con
A partner in crime
To come clean / to fess up
To get away with murder
To go straight
To keep your nose clean
To keep on the straight and narrow
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