Letter K

Question 1

Kangaroo court

Answer 1

una parodia de la justicia, tribunal/juzgado improvisado

Question 2

Keep away

Answer 2

(inmate) separado, aislado [preso peligroso, vulnerable o que presenta problemas para la seguridad de otros en la cárcel]

Question 3

Keep a disorderly house

Answer 3

regentar una casa de prostitución, mantener un prostíbulo

Question 4

Keep books/ accounts

Answer 4

llevar la contabilidad/ contaduría, llevar libros de su negocio o de una cuenta

Question 5

Keep in mind

Answer 5

tener presente, tener en cuenta

Question 6

Keep the books

Answer 6

llevar la contabilidad/contaduría

Question 7

Keep the peace

Answer 7

mantener el orden publico

Question 8

Keep the peace, promise to

Answer 8

prometer no alterar el orden publico

Question 9

Keisterplant

Answer 9

(drug/prison guard slang) guardar drogas en el culo

Question 10

Key issue

Answer 10

factor clave, cuestión importante

Question 11

Kickback

Answer 11

soborno, comisión ilícita&raquo_space;bribe

Question 12

Kick it/ kicking it (gang slang)

Answer 12

pasar el rato=hanging out

Question 13

Kidnap

Answer 13

secuastrar, raprtar (Lat. Am.) plagiar

Question 14

Kidnapper

Answer 14

secuestrador

Question 15

Kidnapping

Answer 15

secuestro (con el traslado de la victim), rapto= abduction

Question 16

Kidnapping for extortion

Answer 16

secuestro por el rescate o extorsión, secuestro extorsivo

Question 17

Kidnapping for robbery

Answer 17

secuestro para robar

Question 18

Kill

Answer 18

matar, echarse a alguien (mex. Inf), torcer

Question 19

Kill oneself

Answer 19

suicidarse

Question 20

Killer

Answer 20

asesino (mex.) matón

Question 21

Killing

Answer 21

homicidio, (murder) asesinato

Question 22

Mass killing

Answer 22

matanza

Question 23

Kin

Answer 23

familia, parientes, familiares

Question 24

Next of kin

Answer 24

familiar(es), pariente(s), más cercanos

Question 25

Kinship

Answer 25

parentesco

Question 26

Kite

Answer 26

circular cheques en descubierto, extender cheques sin fondos=pass a bad check

Question 27

Kiting

Answer 27

circulación de cheques sin fondos

Question 28

Kleptomania

Answer 28

cleptomanía

Question 29

Kleptomaniac

Answer 29

cleptómano, cleptomaníaco

Question 30

Knife

Answer 30

cuchillo (often for kitchen knife), navaja (jack-knife, locking blade knife), (mex/inf) fierro

Question 31

Knife case

Answer 31

estuche, funda

Question 32

Gravity knife

Answer 32

navaja automática (sin muelle) [navaja activada con movimiento de gravedad]

Question 33

Knife handle

Answer 33

mango (de un cuchillo)

Question 34

Kitchen knife

Answer 34

cuchillo (de cocina)

Question 35

Locking blade knife

Answer 35

navaja (cuya hoja se queda fija)

Question 36

Knife point, at

Answer 36

a punta de cuchillo/navaja (por ej. Amenazar a alguien a punta de cuchillo)

Question 37

Knock

Answer 37

golpe, tocar (la puerta)

Question 38

Knock notice

Answer 38

(tocar para) avisar la presencia de la policía

Question 39

Knockoff

Answer 39

imitación [possibly a bootleg]

Question 40

Knock off

Answer 40

liquidar [matar]; (un banco) as altar, (designer clothes) copiar/reproducir ilegalmente

Question 41

Know all men by these presents

Answer 41

(formal) por la presente se les informa que

Question 42

Know-how

Answer 42

(inf)pericia, conocimientos para hacer algo, conocimientos técnicos=expertise

Question 43

Knowingly

Answer 43

(deliberatley) a sabiendas

Question 44

Knowingly and willfully

Answer 44

a sabiendas e intencionalmente

Question 45

Intellegently and understandingly (waiver of one’s rights)

Answer 45

a sabiendas, con conocimiento y comprensión [renunciar a los derechos constitucionales]

Question 46

Intellegently and voluntarily (waiver of one’s rights)

Answer 46

a sabiendas, con conocimiento y por su propia voluntad [renunciar a los derechos constitucionales]

Question 47

Knowledge

Answer 47

conocimiento

Question 48

Knowledge and belief, to the best of my

Answer 48

a mi leal saber y entender, según mi leal saber y entender, conforme a mi mejor saber y entender

Question 49

K-10 (LA County jail guard jargon)

Answer 49

preso aislado [preso peligroso o vulnerable]=keep away