10. Crime. Government and authorities Flashcards
Outrageous
Izeidziantis, nezmoniskas, ziaurus, bjaurus, isiutes
Trustworthy
Capable of being trusted
Politicians are regarded as untrustworthy and possibly corrupt.
Paramount
Of the greatest importance
It is paramount that we find a solution to the problem of internet piracy
Devious
Extremely clever in dishonest way
Online criminals today are devious, and use many different methods to deceive their victims
Deceive
Apgauti
Minutiae ( mynewshy)
Small details
Nobody really understands the minutiae of the new tax code
Grievance
An issue which makes people upset of angry for a long time
Sensitivity
Being alert to the circumstances of a specific group of people
Teachers should show sensitivity to students who have language difficulties
To commit an offence/ a crime
To do it
Assassinate
Nuzudyti
He committed a murder when he arranged for his oponent to be assassinated
Informants
People who tell the police useful information about criminals in their area
Evidence
Material presented in court to prove that someone is guilty or innocent
Witness statements
Liudininku pareiskimu
A trial
The legal procedure of prosecuting someone for the crime
Prosecuted
Patrauktas baidzuamojon atsakomyben
Conviction rates
The percentage of accused people who are convicted of crime
Accused
Apkaltinti
A deterrent
Something that makes people not want to do something
To deter
We have a guard dog as a deterrent against intruders at night
Intruder
Isipbovelis
Sentencing
The action of telling a convicted criminal what a punishment is
To sentence
Imprisonment
Punishment be being in prison
He was sentenced forb5 years imprisonment for the armed robery
A fine
Money paid as a punishment
Punishment
Bausme
Community service
Punishment by doing manual work for the public
Her community services consisted of cleaning the town parks and sweeping litter in a parks
Good alternative for minor offences
Rehabilitation
The process of changing a criminal’s character so thet he does not commit more crimes
To rehabilitate someone
Some prisons use music and drama to rehabilitate offenders.
An offender
A person who commits and offence
The government should provide training for offenders in prison, so they don’t turn to crime again when they leave
Tendencies
Inclinations due to your character, usually negative
Some young people in cities have tendencies towards graffiti and vandalism
Inclination
Polinkis
Vandalism, burglary, delinquency
Smulkus nusikaltimai
Corruption
The crime when an official breaks laws to help people that he knows
Bribery
The crime of giving money to officials to get somth done
To bribe smone
To enforce laws
To apply them to people
The police are not enforcing the laws about dropping litter in public. They should arrest more people for this
Unequitable
Unfair or different for different groups
It is unequitable to arrest young people for speeding but not older people
Law-abiding citizen
Fallowing all the laws in a proper way
Transferable skills
Skills that can be used in different situations.
I have transferable skills which i use in both my professional career and my fund-raising work for charities
Lateral thinking
The ability to think creatively and in new ways
Facebook and google are the great examples of companies that have grown on lateral thinking.
Investigative ability
To investigate
To transcend a situation
To be bigger or go beyond it
The need for reducing financial waste transcends the government - everybody should be spending money more carefully
A context
A specific situation
Armed police evidently work well in American context, but would be less effective in a British context
To outweigh
To be more important than
Over-familiarity
When official is too friendly to the public
We should discourage over familiarity between judges and lawyers, because it could lead to corruption
