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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S14E13: English vocabulary

Season 14, Episode 13CrimeDramaMystery

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  • whiffing

    Word

    moving or drifting out in small puffs or wisps

  • disbar

    Word

    to officially remove a lawyer from the legal profession

  • avuncular

    Word

    kind and friendly in a way that suggests an older man

  • misconstrue

    Word

    to understand or explain something in the wrong way

  • serially

    Word

    in a series; one after another

  • retry

    Word

    to try something again after it fails

  • cribbing

    Word

    the act of copying someone else’s work or ideas without permission

  • fatherless

    Word

    without a father, especially because the father has died or is absent

  • lanky

    Word

    thin and tall in a slightly awkward way

  • overburden

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    to give someone or something too much to deal with

  • arraign

    Word

    to bring someone before a court to answer a criminal charge

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

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  • inadmissible

    Word

    not allowed or not acceptable, especially in a legal or official situation

  • pimping

    Word

    the crime of controlling a prostitute and taking money from their work

  • arraignment

    Word

    a court hearing where a person is formally told the criminal charge against them and asked to respond

  • solicitation

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    the act of asking people for money, help, or business

  • incriminate

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    to make someone seem guilty of a crime or wrongdoing

  • clemency

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    kindness shown by someone in authority to a person who has been punished or could be punished

  • invalidate

    Word

    to make a document, rule, or agreement no longer valid

  • molest

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    to harass or bother someone persistently

  • familiarize

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    to help someone learn about something so they feel comfortable with it

  • entitle

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    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • whiff

    Word

    a brief smell that you notice for a moment

  • sanctity

    Word

    the quality of being holy or sacred

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  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • corroborate

    Word

    to show that something is true or correct by giving evidence

  • felon

    Word

    a person who has been convicted of a serious crime

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • testicle

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    either of the two organs in the scrotum that produce sperm and male hormones

  • allege

    Word

    to say that something is true, especially without proving it

  • abuser

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    a person who treats someone cruelly or violently, especially repeatedly

  • inexperience

    Word

    lack of experience or skill

  • remand

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    to send a case back to a lower court for further action

  • dismount

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    to get off a horse, bike, or other vehicle or animal

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • graver

    Word

    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • solicit

    Word

    to ask for money, help, or information in a formal way

  • negligent

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    not careful enough, especially in a way that causes harm or breaks a duty

  • evener

    Word

    something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

  • enclose

    Word

    to put something inside or together with something else

  • blatant

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    very obvious and often shocking in a bad way

  • affidavit

    Word

    a written statement that you swear is true, used as evidence in court

  • withhold

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    to deliberately not give something that someone expects or has a right to receive

  • lapsed

    Word

    no longer valid because it has expired or was not renewed

  • sneaker

    Word

    a soft shoe with a rubber sole, worn for sports or casual use

  • mitigate

    Word

    to make something less severe, harmful, or painful

  • lapse

    Word

    a small mistake or failure in concentration, memory, or judgment

  • confide

    Word

    to tell someone private information or feelings in confidence

  • deficient

    Word

    lacking something important or necessary

  • inference

    Word

    a conclusion you reach from facts or evidence

  • homesick

    Word

    sad because you are away from home and miss it

  • disorderly

    Word

    not neat or organized; messy

  • big boys

    Phrase

    important or experienced people, especially those with power or authority

  • bash someone's head

    Phrase

    to hit someone very hard on the head

  • shadowing

    Word

    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • apprehend

    Word

    to arrest someone, especially a suspect

  • child porn

    Phrase

    informal slang for child pornography

  • mitigating circumstance

    Phrase

    a fact or situation that makes a punishment or judgment less severe

  • pimp

    Word

    a person who controls prostitutes and takes money from them

  • done for

    Phrase

    in a situation where failure or disaster seems certain

  • misconduct

    Word

    bad or dishonest behavior, especially by someone in authority or at work

  • parole officer

    Phrase

    a person who supervises someone who has been released from prison on parole

  • death warrant

    Phrase

    an official order to carry out a death sentence

  • parole board

    Phrase

    a group of people who decide whether prisoners should be released on parole

  • sexual favor

    Phrase

    a sexual act or service, especially one given in exchange for money, a favor, or another benefit

  • time work

    Phrase

    work that is paid by the hour or by the time spent, not by the amount produced

  • last last

    Phrase

    the one before the previous one

  • juror

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    a person who serves on a jury

  • affirm

    Word

    to say something firmly and publicly

  • going away

    Phrase

    the act of leaving a place

  • fives

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    a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • ride on

    Phrase

    to attack someone in a drive-by shooting

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • surrogate

    Word

    a person who acts or is used instead of another

  • negligence

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    failure to take proper care, especially when this causes harm or damage

  • rapped

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    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • vandalism

    Word

    the deliberate damaging or destroying of property

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • recollection

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    the act of remembering something

  • cramp

    Word

    a sudden painful tightening of a muscle

  • janitor

    Word

    a person whose job is cleaning and taking care of a building

  • confide in

    Phrase

    to tell someone private thoughts or feelings in confidence

  • God Almighty

    Phrase

    an exclamation used to show surprise or strong feeling

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • take it or leave it

    Phrase

    used to say that something must be accepted as it is or not accepted at all

  • sham

    Word

    something that is fake or meant to deceive

  • maturing

    Word

    becoming more mature and fully developed

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • miscarriage

    Word

    the loss of a pregnancy before the baby can survive

  • arming

    Word

    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • in bad

    Phrase

    out of favor with someone; not liked by them

  • hush

    Word

    to tell someone to be quiet

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • finish with

    Phrase

    to end a romantic relationship with someone

  • defense attorney

    Phrase

    a lawyer who defends someone accused of a crime in court

  • bagging

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    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • sideways

    Word

    toward or to the side

  • expire

    Word

    to come to an end or stop being valid

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