Proficiency Masterclass Unit 8 Law & Order.

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entitle (verb)

Back 1

to give somebody the right to do or have something.

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by virtue of

Back 2

because of; as a result of.

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grim (adjetive)

Back 3

worring, without hope - grim reality

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blackmail (verb) /blackmailer (noun)

Back 4

demanding money form a person by threatening to tell somebody else a secret about them.

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manslaughter (noun)

Back 5

killing somebody illegally but not deliberately.

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libel (noun,verb)

Back 6

printing a statement about somebody that is not true and gives people a bad impression of them.

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arson (nonu) arsonist (nonu)

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deliberately setting fire to something.

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shoplifting /shoplift /shoplifter

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steeling goods from a shop or store deliverately leaving without paying.

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reckeless driving / drive recklessly /reckless driver

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driving with a lack of care about danger and the possible results.

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computer hacking / hack a coputer / computer hacker

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secretly gaining acces to another peron´s computer.

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fraud /defraud /fraudster.

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cheating somebody in order to get money or goods illegally.

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tax evasion /evade tax.

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deliberately not paying all the taxes you should.

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track something or somebody down.

Back 13

to find something or somebody after loking for them in a lot of differentun, u places.

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remorse.

Back 14

noun, feeling of sandness and being sorry for something you have done.

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shaken by something.

Back 15

frightened or nervous following an unpleasant experience.

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trace.

Back 16

verb, to find something or somebody that was lost.

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sway.

Back 17

verb, to persuade somebody to believe or do one thing rather than another.

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beofrehand.

Back 18

adeverb, earlyer (than a particular time)

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acquit /acquitted

Back 19

to decide officially in a law court that somebody is not guilty of a particular crime.

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charge with

Back 20

to make a formal statement saying that someone is accused of a crime.

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find somebody not guilty of something.

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the act of declaring somebody not reponsible for breaking a law.

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crack down on.

Back 22

to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way.

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lodge.

Back 23

verb, a claim, complaint, protest, appeal, etc to make an official complaint /appeal aginst somebody or something.

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remand.

Back 24

verb, ofetn passivem to send somebody accused of comiting a crime away from court until their trial begins.

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put an end to something.

Back 25

to make something stop happeningor existing.

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painstaking.

Back 26

adjetive, extremely careful and correst, and using a lot of effort.

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law unto herself (yourself/himself,etc)

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to behave in an independent way and ignore rules or what other people want you to do.

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above the law.

Back 28

exempt form the laws that apply to everybody else.

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the letter of the law.

Back 29

the exact words of a law or rule rather than its general meaning.

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the law of the jungle.

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a situationin which peopleare prepared to harm other peole in order to succeed.

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lay down the law.

Back 31

to tell somebody with force what the should or the shouldn´t do.

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take the law into our (your/his her,etc)own hands.

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to do something illegal ir order topunish somebody for doing something wrong, instead of lleting the police deal with them.

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wreak

Back 33

verb, to cause something to happen in a violent way - wreak havoc /death and destruction.

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far-reaching.

Back 34

adjetive, something having a great influence or many people or things.

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flagrant.

Back 35

adejtive, shocking because being so obcious.

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injustice.

Back 36

a situation in which there is no fairness and justice.

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ahead of your time.

Back 37

having new ideas, opinions or ways of living before most other people do.

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parallel.

Back 38

verb, to happen at the same time as something else, or be similar or equal to something else.

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charter

Back 39

noun, a formal, written descrition of the principles, activities and purpose of an organization.

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remarry.

Back 40

vebr, to marry again.

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due process.

Back 41

noun, the legal right to be treated equally and fairly.

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missconduct.

Back 42

noun, unacceptable or bad behaviour by somebody in a position of authority or responsability.

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outbreak.

Back 43

noun, a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something else dangerousor unpleasant.

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set the scene /stage.

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used to mean that conditions have been mad right for something to happen, or that something is likely to happen.

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storm.

Back 45

verb, to attack a place or building by entering suddenly in great numbers.

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lay something down.

Back 46

verb, to officialy establish a rue, or to officialy say how something should be done.

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rage.

Back 47

verb, to continue with gret force or violence.

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draw near.

Back 48

verb, to become nearer in space or time.

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smoulder.

Back 49

verb, to burn slowly, producing smoke but no flames.

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scourge of something.

Back 50

something which causes a lot of suffering or trouble.

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untold.

Back 51

adejtive, too much to be measured or counted.

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self-esteem.

Back 52

noun, belief and confidence in your own ability and value.

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prir.

Back 53

adejtive, existing or happeninging elses, or beforere a particular time.

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foster.

Back 54

vebr, to encoure the development or growthof ideas or feelings.

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further.

Back 55

verb, to develop or make progress in something.

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perennial.

Back 56

adejtive,lastin a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time.

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truancy.

Back 57

noun, the problem or the situation of children being absent from school regularly wthout permission

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albeit.

Back 58

conjuction, althought.

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resort to something.

Back 59

to do something that you don´t want to do because yoy cannot find any other way of achieving something.

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monetary.

Back 60

adejtive, relating to the money in a country.

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gain.

Back 61

noun, an increase in something such as size, weight or amount.

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retention.

Back 62

noun. the continued use, existence or possesion of something.

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tacit.

Back 63

adjtecive, understood without being expressed directly.

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insourmountable.

Back 64

adjective, so ig that ir canot be dealt with successfully.

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shortcomings.

Back 65

noun, a faclar standardult or a failure to reach a particular standard.

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exacerbate.

Back 66

verb, to make something that is already bad even worse.

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get to grips with something.

Back 67

to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation.

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grapple with something.

Back 68

to try to deal with or understand a difficult problem or subject.

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