| la cárcel | jail |
| degradante | degrading |
| el derecho | the law & rights |
| la dignidad | dignity |
| la duración | duration |
| gratuito/a | something free |
| la inocencia | innocence |
| la libertad | liberty |
| la propiedad | property |
| la represión | repression |
| el sufragio universal | freedom of vote |
| la tortura | torture |
| la vivienda | where you live |
| detener | to detain |
| difundir | to disseminate (to spread, disperse) |
| disfrutar | to enjoy |
| escoger (j) | to choose |
| exigir (j) | to demand |
| promover (ue) | to promote |
| la alimentación | nourishment; feeding |
| el asilo | (political) asylum |
| el bienestar | well-being |
| el delito | crime |
| el esfuerzo | effort |
| la esclavitud | slavery |
| el juicio | trial |
| el nivel de vida | standard of life |
| la servidumbre | servitude |
| el trato | treatment |
| la vejez | old age |
| la violación | rape |
| desterrado/a | exiled (from one's country) |
| preso/a | imprisoned |
| dar por sentado | to assume |
| los demás | the rest |
| mediante | through |
| por medio de | through |
| puesto que | as, since |
| arrestar/el arresto/arrestado/a | to arrest/arrest/arrested |
| asaltar/el asalto/asaltado/a | to assault/assault/assaulted |
| asesinar/el asesinato/asesinado/a | to assasinate/assassination/assassinated |
| atacar/el ataque/atacado/a | to attack/attack/attacked |
| culpar/la culpa, la culpabilidad/culpable | to take blame/blame, guilt/guilty |
| ejecutar/la ejecución/ejecutado/a | to execute/execution/executed |
| encarcelar/la cárcel/encarcelado/a | to put in jail/jail/jailed |
| explotar/la explotación/explotado/a | to explode/explosion/exploded |
| matar/la matanza/matado/a | to kill/killing/killed |
| oprimir/la opresión/oprimido/a | to oppress/oppression/oppressed |
| perseguir (i,í)/la persecución/perseguido/a | to persecute/persecution/persecuted |
| reprimir/la represión/reprimido/a | to repress/repression/repressed |
| violar/la violación/violado/a | to violate (rape)/violation (rape)/violent |