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Criminal Minds S10E22: English vocabulary

Season 10, Episode 22CrimeDramaMystery

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  • satiate

    Word

    to satisfy a need or desire completely, especially hunger

  • victimize

    Word

    to treat someone cruelly or unfairly, especially by bullying them

  • seasickness

    Word

    nausea and discomfort caused by being on a boat or ship

  • pander

    Word

    to try to please people in order to gain support, often in a dishonest way

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • pimping

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

  • impoverish

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    to make a person, group, or area poor

  • strapping

    Word

    tall, strong, and healthy-looking

  • canvass

    Word

    to go from place to place asking people for opinions, votes, or support

  • yelp

    Word

    to make a short, sharp cry, especially in pain or surprise

  • caviar

    Word

    the salty eggs of fish, eaten as a luxury food

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

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  • ballistics

    Word

    the science of how bullets, shells, and other projectiles move through the air

  • delve

    Word

    to search carefully through something, or look into something in detail

  • zeal

    Word

    strong enthusiasm and energy for something you believe in

  • enforcer

    Word

    a person who makes sure rules or laws are followed

  • psychosis

    Word

    a serious mental illness that can cause a person to lose touch with reality

  • jag

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    a sharp point or projection, especially on a tool or piece of metal

  • clench

    Word

    to close or squeeze tightly

  • antisocial

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    unfriendly and not wanting to spend time with other people

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • delusional

    Word

    having false beliefs that are not based in reality

  • evener

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

  • mistrust

    Word

    a feeling that you do not trust someone or something

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  • bouncer

    Word

    a person whose job is to stop troublemakers from entering a bar, club, or similar place

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • bitters

    Word

    a bitter liquid used in small amounts to flavor cocktails

  • backdoor

    Word

    a back door, especially one used as a secondary entrance

  • bipolar

    Word

    having two opposite parts, sides, or poles

  • prescribe

    Word

    to officially tell someone to take a medicine or treatment

  • weeding

    Word

    the act of removing weeds from a garden or other area

  • unravel

    Word

    to separate threads or fibers, or come apart into threads

  • forget you

    Phrase

    an angry or dismissive way of telling someone to go away or stop bothering you

  • operative word

    Phrase

    the word in a phrase that is most important for the meaning or point being made

  • cold blood

    Phrase

    used to describe an action done deliberately and without pity or emotion

  • apprehend

    Word

    to arrest someone, especially a suspect

  • aforementioned

    Word

    mentioned earlier in the same text or conversation

  • white lady

    Phrase

    a ghostly woman said to appear in white clothes

  • pimp

    Word

    a person who controls prostitutes and takes money from them

  • delusion

    Word

    a false belief that someone strongly believes even though it is not true

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • scream for

    Phrase

    to strongly suggest that something is needed or appropriate

  • beat on

    Phrase

    to keep talking for a long time in a boring or annoying way

  • paradigm

    Word

    a typical example or model of something

  • case out

    Phrase

    to secretly look at a place to plan a crime

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • thicken

    Word

    to make something thicker or to become thicker

  • sweetness

    Word

    the quality of tasting sweet

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • what's good

    Phrase

    a casual greeting meaning “what’s up?

  • caucasian

    Word

    a person from the Caucasus region

  • burglary

    Word

    the crime of getting into a building illegally in order to steal or commit another crime

  • casing

    Word

    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • profiling

    Word

    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • swear to God

    Phrase

    Used to strongly say that something is true or to emphasize that you are being honest

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • round up

    Phrase

    to gather people or things together, often by force or pressure

  • happy trails

    Phrase

    a friendly way of saying goodbye

  • scratch that

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to ignore or cancel the last thing said

  • flake

    Word

    a small thin piece that has broken off from something

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • presume

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    to think that something is probably true or will happen

  • add up

    Phrase

    to seem reasonable or consistent

  • foe

    Word

    an enemy or opponent

  • see things

    Phrase

    to think you are seeing something that is not really there

  • vast majority

    Phrase

    the very large majority of people or things

  • stoke

    Word

    to add fuel to a fire so it burns more strongly

  • in bad

    Phrase

    out of favor with someone; not liked by them

  • nightly

    Word

    happening or done every night

  • hustle

    Word

    to move or act quickly, especially because you are in a hurry

  • diagnose

    Word

    to identify an illness or problem by examining the signs and tests

  • to God

    Phrase

    used in expressions like “I hope to God” to show a very strong wish or hope

  • stress out

    Phrase

    to make someone feel worried or under pressure

  • medical record

    Phrase

    an official file with details of a person's health, treatment, and medical history

  • crime rate

    Phrase

    the number of crimes in a place during a particular period

  • indistinct

    Word

    not clear, sharp, or easy to see or hear

  • oversight

    Word

    a mistake caused by not noticing or remembering something

  • hooker

    Word

    a person who has sex for money

  • take it out on

    Phrase

    to show anger or frustration by treating someone badly, even though they did not cause the problem

  • savior

    Word

    a person who saves someone from danger or serious trouble

  • hold down

    Phrase

    to keep a job or manage to do something difficult for a period of time

  • stick at

    Phrase

    to keep trying to do something even when it is difficult

  • run up on

    Phrase

    to move toward someone in a threatening or aggressive way

  • hacker

    Word

    a person who breaks into computer systems or networks

  • lookout

    Word

    a person who watches for danger or for something important to appear

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • armed robbery

    Phrase

    a robbery in which the thief has a weapon or threatens to use one

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • zoned

    Word

    restricted by zoning rules to a particular type of use or area

  • prostitute

    Word

    a person who has sex for money

  • informant

    Word

    a person who gives information, especially secretly

  • composite

    Word

    made of different parts or materials combined together

  • jaguar

    Word

    a large wild cat from Central and South America

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • operative

    Word

    working or in effect

  • chatter

    Word

    to talk quickly and continuously, often about unimportant things

  • stand by

    Phrase

    to wait and be ready to act when needed

  • forensic

    Word

    relating to the scientific study used in solving crimes

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