The Hindu Editorial (Heavy-handed hurry) – Nov 04, 2022

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The Hindu Editorial (Heavy-handed hurry) – Nov 04, 2022:

heavy-handed (adjective) – oppressive, harsh/ruthless, autocratic.
hurry (noun) – haste, hustle, urgency; Importance, top priority, necessity, seriousness.
fiasco (noun) – failure, mess, blunder, screw-up, disaster, debacle, shambles.
peril (noun) – danger, jeopardy, hazard, risk, difficulty.
laxity (noun) – negligence, carelessness, lack of concern, irresponsibility.
defamation (noun) – character assassination, libel, misrepresentation, vilification, backbiting, abuse, scandalmongering, malicious gossip.
decriminalise (verb) – to stop something from being illegal; make legal, legitimate, validate.
grave (adjective) – crucial, critical, serious, awful.
lapse (noun) – failure, mistake, blunder, oversight.
judgment (noun) – opinion, conclusion, decision.
wield (verb) – exercise, exert, be possessed of, have, hold, control.
critic (noun) – censurer, attacker, fault-finder.
consequence (noun) – outcome, ramification, repercussion.
turn out (phrasal verb) – appear, emerge, be present; transpire, happen, occur, come about.
disproportionately (adverb) – inordinately, immoderately, excessively.
find oneself (phrase) – to realize and accept what you are really like and what you want to do in life; accept one’s situation.
predicament (noun) – problematic situation, difficulty, quandary.
discredit (verb) – stigmatise, dishonour, disgrace; condemn, denounce, criticize;
fabricate (verb) – forge, falsify, fake.
admit (verb) – reveal, disclose, declare, make public, acknowledge.
alleged (adjective) – claimed, professed, reported, ostensible.
privilege (noun) – advantage, benefit, prerogative.
enjoy (verb) – have the benefit of, have the advantage, be favoured with.
purported (adjective) – apparent, claimed, supposed, presumed, seeming.
giant (noun) – a very large company.
take down (phrasal verb) – remove.
debacle (noun) – fiasco, failure, blunder.
allege (verb) – claim, charge, accuse.
conspiracy (noun) – collusion, collaboration, connivance, machination.
forgery (noun) – falsification, manipulation, misrepresentation, distortion.
allegedly (adverb) – reportedly, supposedly, purportedly, ostensibly, apparently.
perpetrate (verb) – commit, carry out, perform/execute (a harmful/illegal action).
elaborate (adjective) – detailed, complicated, intricate, complex.
hoax (noun) – deception, fraud, cheat, bluff, humbug.
lose no time (phrase) – do a particular thing asap.
seize (verb) – take possession of, take away, take over, confiscate.
set (adjective) – defined, determined, prescribed.
regime (noun) – government.
vocal (adjective) – vociferous, outspoken, forthright; relating to someone who expresses his/her views freely.
dissenter (noun) – dissident, objector, protester, nonconformist, rebellion.
seizure (noun) – takeover, appropriation, confiscation.
dismiss (verb) – deny, reject, disregard, spurn, brush off.
byline (noun) – a line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer’s name.
intentional (adjective) – purposeful, conscious, deliberate, intended, thoughtful.
angle (noun) – point of view, perspective, viewpoint.
prosecution (noun) – legal action, legal proceeding, legal case.
at the instance of (phrase) – at the request of, at the suggestion of.
aggrieved (adjective) – disgruntled, dissatisfied, unhappy, upset, annoyed, disappointed.
first information report (FIR) (noun) – a written document prepared by the police when they receive information about the commission of a cognizable offence.
highlight (verb) – emphasize, draw attention on, underline, underscore.
statute (noun) – Act, bill, law, decree.
exploit (verb) – take advantage of, make use of, utilize.
influential (adjective) – powerful, strong, dominant, authoritative.
state-backed (adjective) – supported by the government.
actor (noun) – participant (in an action).
rather than (phrase) – instead of.
remedy (noun) – solution, answer, antidote/panacea.
armoury (noun) – a range of resources ready for a particular use.
occasional (adjective) – rare, infrequent, irregular.
malice (noun) – ill will, hostility, hatred, hatefulness, bitterness, venom, evil intentions.
wilfully (adverb) – deliberately, purposefully.
validation (noun) – (official) approval, acceptance.
exposure (noun) – revelation, display, exhibition, disclosure; condemnation, denunciation.
at the same time (phrase) – simultaneously.
outlet (noun) – an organization (related to journalism).
acknowledge (verb) – accept, recognize, realize.
interplay (noun) – interaction, cooperation, compromises.
bias (noun) – prejudice, partiality, injustice, discrimination.
confirmation bias (noun) – the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values.
potential (adjective) – prospective, latent, future, developing.