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Chicago P.D. S8E14: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 14CrimeDrama

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  • exigent

    Word

    needing quick action or attention

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • bolo

    Word

    a long knife used in the Philippines for cutting plants or wood

  • shoplifting

    Word

    to steal goods from a store

  • mooned

    Word

    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

  • subcontract

    Word

    to hire another company to do part of a job or project

  • botch

    Word

    to do something badly or carelessly

  • hock

    Word

    to pawn something, especially to get money quickly

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • alimony

    Word

    money that one ex-spouse pays to the other after a divorce

  • gangway

    Word

    a passage for getting on or off a ship, plane, or train

  • copped

    Word

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

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  • vitals

    Word

    the main body functions that doctors check, such as pulse and breathing

  • brazen

    Word

    bold in a way that shows no shame or fear

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • souring

    Word

    becoming sour, spoiled, or unpleasant

  • impound

    Word

    to take and keep something, especially a vehicle, because someone has broken a law or rule

  • nexus

    Word

    a link or set of links between things

  • primo

    Word

    excellent; of very high quality

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • blaster

    Word

    a gun in science fiction that shoots energy beams or similar projectiles

  • lug

    Word

    to carry or drag something heavy with effort

  • desolate

    Word

    empty, lonely, and bleak, often because no people are around

  • obedient

    Word

    willing to do what someone in authority asks or tells you to do

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  • skim

    Word

    to read or look through something quickly, without paying close attention

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • thrift

    Word

    careful use of money and other resources; not wasting them

  • skied

    Word

    past tense of ski

  • coasting

    Word

    the act of moving along without using power

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • career criminal

    Phrase

    a person who makes a living by committing crimes

  • horrific

    Word

    extremely shocking, violent, or upsetting

  • high profile

    Phrase

    a person or thing that attracts a lot of public attention

  • insure

    Word

    buy insurance for something or someone

  • camper

    Word

    a person who goes camping

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • fives

    Word

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • hit the streets

    Phrase

    to go out into the streets to protest

  • prick

    Word

    to make a small hole or mark in something with a sharp point

  • valet

    Word

    a person who helps someone with personal tasks, especially a rich or important person

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • light on

    Phrase

    to land or settle lightly on something

  • occupant

    Word

    a person who is in a place, vehicle, or building at a particular time

  • high line

    Phrase

    the target area above an opponent's waist in fencing

  • inner city

    Phrase

    the older central part of a city, often with poorer housing and crowded streets

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • talk at

    Phrase

    to speak to someone in a way that ignores their replies or feelings

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • big one

    Phrase

    a humorous or informal way of saying death

  • break in

    Phrase

    to interrupt a conversation or discussion by speaking

  • put out

    Phrase

    to cause someone trouble or inconvenience

  • insomnia

    Word

    the condition of being unable to sleep well

  • hands up

    Phrase

    a shouted command telling people to raise their hands, especially in surrender or when being searched

  • follow up

    Phrase

    to contact someone again after an earlier conversation, meeting, or message

  • police department

    Phrase

    the local office that handles police work in a town or city

  • go towards

    Phrase

    to be used as part of something, especially money or time

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • fingerprint

    Word

    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • cam

    Word

    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • dope

    Word

    very good or impressive

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • home invasion

    Phrase

    a burglary in which someone breaks into a house while people are inside

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • hold down

    Phrase

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

  • punch in

    Phrase

    to enter information by pressing keys or buttons

  • felony

    Word

    a very serious crime, usually one that can be punished by prison

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • armed robbery

    Phrase

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

  • come around

    Phrase

    to change your opinion and start agreeing with someone

  • park in

    Phrase

    to park a vehicle so that another vehicle cannot get out

  • brutally

    Word

    in a very harsh, cruel, or violent way

  • zoned

    Word

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

  • dreamer

    Word

    a person who has big hopes or ideas, especially unrealistic ones

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

  • curb

    Word

    the raised edge between a road and a sidewalk

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • hold up

    Phrase

    to support the weight of something so it does not fall

  • lowering

    Word

    the act of making something lower or of becoming lower

  • say what

    Phrase

    a casual way of saying you didn’t hear or understand something, or that you’re surprised by it

  • mess up

    Phrase

    to make a mistake or do something badly

  • animal shelter

    Phrase

    a place where stray or unwanted animals are cared for until they are adopted

  • housekeeper

    Word

    a person employed to clean and take care of a house or hotel

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • sneaking

    Word

    done in a quiet, secret way

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • figure out

    Phrase

    to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

  • id

    Word

    an official card or document that shows who someone is

  • parole

    Word

    temporary release of a prisoner before the end of a sentence, with conditions

  • unload

    Word

    remove things from a vehicle, container, or machine

  • offender

    Word

    a person who has done something illegal or wrong

  • pawn

    Word

    the smallest chess piece, which can move forward and capture diagonally

  • head south

    Phrase

    to travel toward the south

  • wiring

    Word

    the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

  • peek

    Word

    to look quickly, especially secretly or from a hidden place

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • back off

    Phrase

    to move away and stop bothering someone

  • bottled

    Word

    preserved or sold in bottles

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