1. My job has gone because my boss has ________ me.

2. This deserted ship was used by ________ many years ago. They stored here the goods they had taken illegally from one country to another.

3. At eleven o'clock he ________ a brief visit to a public house on the estate. Henry couldn't offer to buy anyone a drink because he knew very well that his opponents would consider that to be dishonest. So he let one of his supporters buy him a drink instead.

4. This is a new store and there are cameras all over the place to watch for ________ .

5. Even nowadays ________ are still ranging the oceans and no one can feel safe against them.

6. All vehicles driving through this wild godforsaken region have been attacked by ________ .

7. Don't even think of shifting the blame on me, please! It's not my ________ for what happened.

8. The accountant of the bank turned out to be one of the masked ________ who rushed armed into the building and took all the money from the safe.

9. He was in a coma for more than two weeks after the accident but now he has woken up and the doctors say he has a ________ of memory. He can hardly remember what had happened.

10. I am a little afraid to go on a honeymoon holiday in this mountain because the area is notorious for the ________ who attack and rob people.