SOCIAL

ISSUES DEFINITIONS
Task: Match the definitions of the social issues on the right to the correct terms
on the left. Then, write complete sentences in your exercise book.
Cyberbullying

the act of intentionally causing

one's own death

Gangsterism

the habitual taking of illegal

drugs

Sexual Assault

the act of a human being

killing another human being

Human Trafficking

Drug Abuse

Homicide

Suicide

Baby Dumping

Homosexuality

Domestic Violence

Vandalism

Smuggling

Snatch Theft

Robbery

Adlina 2015.

bullying that takes place using

electronic technology
an offense that occurs when a
person destroys or defaces
someone else's property
without permission
romantic attraction or
behaviour between individual
of the same gender
the use of tactics associated
with gangsters, as
intimidation or violence, in
order to achieve something
involuntary sexual act in
which a person is coerced to
engage against their will
violent or aggressive
behaviour within the home,
typically involving the violent
abuse of a spouse or partner
intentionally and secretively
bringing an item into a
country illegally
the crime of taking or
attempting to take anything of
value by force or threat of
force or by putting the victim
in fear
the illegal movement of
people, typically for the
purposes of forced labour or
commercial sexual
exploitation
abandoning or discarding a
child younger than 12 months
in a public or private place
with the intent of disposing
them
forcefully stealing from a
pedestrian's person while
employing rob-and-run tactics