Vocab 2 Flashcards
neuter
gender neuter, so ‘it’
impassive
not feeling or showing emotion
to crouch
bented knees and body down in order to defend oneself
to hunch
body forward and shoulders up, e.g. he hunched over his glass
warrant-card
ID of a police officer
custody
the protective care or guardianship of someone or something
jurisdiction
the official power to make legal decisions and judgements
claimant
A person making a claim, especially in a lawsuit or for a state benefit
cattery
A boarding or breeding establishment for cats
to flare
A sudden brief burst of bright flame or light
magistrate
A civil officer who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offences and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones
to escalate
increase rapidly
inertia
A tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged
insidious
Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects
exertion
Physical or mental effort
To bring sb to book
Jdn zur Rechenschaft ziehen
To protest one’s innocence
Seine Unschuld beteueren
An open-and-shut case
Ein glasklarer Fall
To read sb the riot act
Jdm die Leviten lesen
To take the law into one’s own hands
Selbstjustiz üben
To find a loophole in the law
Eine Gesetzeslücke
Law-abiding
Follow the law
To throw the book at sb
Punish him as hard as possible
