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Goverment and Justice Flashcards

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advocate

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to speak out in favor of something

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advocate

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to speak out in favor of smth

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authority

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the power to make decisions, to tell others what to do

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bitterly

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strongly and with a lot of bad feelings

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candidate

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someone who wants to be chosen especially in a election, for a position

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contest

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to challenge

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election

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a process in wich people choose officials

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coalition

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a group of several different groups or countries that are working together to achieve a certain goal

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inaugurate

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to bring into public office to start formally

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policy

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an approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation

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poll

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to find out a small group’s opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks

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accuse

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to say that someone did something wrong

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allegedly

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according to what people say

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civil

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involving a dispute between two citizens not a criminal charge

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convict

A

to decide that someone is guilty of a crime

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guilty

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responsible for doing something bad

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offense

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a specific act that breaks the law

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peer

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a person who is one’s social equal

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suspect

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someone who, in the opinion of the police,might have committed a certain crime

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verdict

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a judgment in a court case

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witness

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to see someting, espacially a crime happen

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apprehend

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to capture

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ascertain

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to make sure of

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bureaucratic

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related to a large organization with a lot of complicated procedures

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condemn

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to speak out against something in very strong terms

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evidence

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something that makes the truth of a statement semm more likely

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implicate

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to suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior

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inquiry

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an investigation

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intrusively

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in a way that bring an unwanted person or thing into someone else’s affairs

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seize

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to take something against its owner’s wil

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surveillance

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a process of watching something or someone for a long time usually because the person is suspected of something

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analyze

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to examine something by looking at its parts

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assail

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to attack or critisize forcefully

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contrary

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opposite

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hypothesize

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to make a guess, the correctness of wich will eventually be investigated systematically

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impair

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to make something less effective than usual

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inference

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a conclusion drawn from evidence

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objectively

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based on unbiased standards not on personal opinion

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suspicious

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believing that something is wrong , acting in a way that makes people believe you have done something wrong

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tolerate

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to avoid getting upset about something

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against

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versus

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bribery

A

giving money or other gifts to a government official or other person in authaority in order to get a special priviledges

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cynically

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disrespectfully, emphasizing, the weaknesses of otherwise respected things

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erode

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to wear away and become smaller

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evade

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to get away from something that tries to catch you

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grotesque

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extremely unattractive, in a way that catches a lot of attention

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integrity

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personal honesty and good character

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prevalent

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common,easy to find because it exists in great amounts

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reform

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to make big improvements

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scandal

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a case of wrongdoing that hurts someone’s reputation

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unmask

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reveal, expose something that is hidden

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abduction

A

kidnapping

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coerce

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to force, to put pressure on someone to do something

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detain

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to prevent someone, for a relatively short time, from going on their way

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deviant

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in a style that is not normal and is offensive to many

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distort

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to twist or misrepresent, to make something seem different

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intentionally

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on purpose, not by accident

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piracy

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stealing a ship or taking the ship’s cargo, the unlawful coping of books, CDs,…

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predicament

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a difficult situation, one that is hard to get out of

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smuggle

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to illegally bring things into a country

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villainy

A

exceptionnal badness, as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds

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addictive

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making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it

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cartel

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a small group controlling a certain area of business

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concentrated

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strong because large amounts are in a certain space

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interdict

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to keep something from reaching a cetain place

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juxtapose

A

place next to one another

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misconception

A

a mistaken belief

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modify

A

make small changes in order to get a certain result

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potent

A

powerful

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residual

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left behind after most of a thing has gone

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subtly

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in a quiet , hard to notice way

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authority

A

the power to make decision, to tell others what to do

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bitterly

A

strongly and with a lot of bad

74
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candidate

A

candidat

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coalition

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coalition

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contest

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concours

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election

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election

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inaugurate

A

inauguré

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policy

A

politique

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poll

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sondage

81
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accuse

A

accuser

82
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allegedly

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prétenduement

83
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civil

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civil

84
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convict

A

condamné

85
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guilty

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coupable

86
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offense

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infraction

87
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peer

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paire

88
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suspect

A

suspect

89
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verdict

A

verdicte

90
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witness

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témoin

91
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apprehend

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appréhender

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ascertain

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vérifier

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bureaucratic

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bureaucratique

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condemn

A

condamner

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