Do you know The Criminal Alphabet? Take our quiz and see

Do you know your ‘carpet’ from your ‘drummer’?

Advocates say the delays are leaving vulnerable defendants to languish, sometimes with tragic results (Getty)

Given that most people manage to avoid a life of crime, the language of criminality may be alien to them.

Luckily enough, author Noel ‘Razor’ Smith has written The Criminal Alphabet – a book to guide you through the linguistics of being a hardened criminal.

An ex-professional bank robber and best-selling author, Smith is the perfect candidate to school you in all things crime.

But do you know your ‘carpet’ from your ‘drummer’? Would you be able to identify a 'happy bag'? Never fear - take our quiz so you’ll be fluent in fraudery.