16.1. Explain (or guess!)

CHRIS OFF: They’ve carried out (…done, completed, accomplished…) some of the biggest crimes in Britain, and over the years have built up (…constructed, developed…) one of the most deadly and powerful underworld organisations that exist. They blew up (…to explode, to bomb) forty seven people, held up (…to rob with arms…) a dozen banks, ripped off (a slang way of saying ‘to rob’ or ‘’to steal’) the crown jewels, knocked off  (a gangster’s word to say ‘to kill’) top Scotland Yard policemen, paid off  (…to bribe…) the jury, and then chopped up (…to cut into small pieces…) the judge!