 | Term | Definition |
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Bribery |
giving money to government or person in authority inorder to get special privileges |
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cynically |
disrespectfully |
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erode |
to wear away and become smaller |
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evade |
to get away from smth that trieds to catch you (police) |
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integrity |
personal honesty and good character |
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reform |
to make big improvements |
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unmask |
reveal, expose smth that is hidden |
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abduction |
kidnapping |
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coerce |
to force, to put pressure on smbd to do smth |
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detain |
to prevent smbd, for a relatively short time, from going their way |
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deviant |
in style that is not normall and is offensive |
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distort |
to make smth seemdifferent from what it really is |
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intentionally |
on purpose, not by accident |
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predicament |
difficult situation, that is hard to get out of |
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smuggle |
to illegaly bring things into country |
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villainy |
esceptional badness, as demonstrated by many evil deeds |
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addictive |
making smbd want it so much, that person feels sick without it |
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cartel |
small group controlling a certain area |
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interdict |
to keep smth from reaching a certain place |
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juxtapose |
place next to one another |
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misconception |
a mistaken belief |
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potent |
powerful |
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residual |
left behind after most of a thing has gone |
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subtly |
in a quiet, hard-to-notice way |
