Police Vocab

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accessory

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noun:

1. Also called accessory before the fact. a person who, though not present during the commission of a felony, is guilty of having aided and abetted another, who committed the felony.

2.Also called accessory after the fact. a person who knowingly conceals or assists another who has committed a felony.

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acquainted

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adjective:

having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with):

to be acquainted with law.

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adjacent

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adjective:

1. lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring:

a motel adjacent to the highway.

2. just before, after, or facing:

a map on an adjacent page.

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affidavit

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noun:

Law.

a written declaration upon oath made before an authorized official.

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arraigned

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verb (used with object):

1.to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.

2.to accuse or charge in general; criticize adversely; censure.

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analysis

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noun:

1.this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations:

the grammatical analysis of a sentence.

2. a presentation, usually in writing, of the results of this process:

The paper published an analysis of the political situation.

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alibi

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noun:

1.Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.

2.an excuse, especially to avoid blame.

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barbiturate

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noun, Pharmacology

1.any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.

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belligerent

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adjective

1.warlike; given to waging war.

2. of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose:

a belligerent tone.

3. waging war; engaged in war:

a peace treaty between belligerent powers.

4. pertaining to war or to those engaged in war:

belligerent rights.

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caliber

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noun

1. the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:

a pipe of three-inch caliber.

2.Ordnance. the diameter of the bore of a gun taken as a unit of measurement.

3. degree of capacity or competence; ability:

a mathematician of high caliber.

4. degree of merit or excellence; quality:

the high moral caliber of the era.

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concealed

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verb (used with object)

1. to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:

He concealed the gun under his coat.

2. to keep secret; to prevent or avoid disclosing or divulging:

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conscientious

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adjective:

1. controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; governed by conscience; principled:

a conscientious judge.

2. careful and painstaking; particular; meticulous; scrupulous:

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contusions

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noun:

1.an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise.

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corroborate

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verb (used with object), corroborated, corroborating.

1. to make more certain; confirm:

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counterfeit

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adjective:

1. made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged:

counterfeit dollar bills.

2. pretended; unreal:

counterfeit grief.

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culprit

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noun:

1.a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.

2.a person arraigned for an offense.