Prison and privilege – The Hindu (Aug 22, 2017)

Prison and privilege – The Hindu (Aug 22, 2017)

It is not uncommon for some influential prisoners to get concessions or privileges from obliging officials. The privileges and….. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1

1. privilege (noun) – (birth) right, prerogative, entitlement/advantage.
2. deterrent (adjective) – relating to something which is aimed/intended to deter (stop/prevent) something else.
3. obliging (adjective) – helpful, accommodating/willing, cooperative.
4. folklore (noun) – story/myth/tale, history, tradition.
5. makeshift (adjective) – temporary, make-do, provisional/substitute.
6. confabulation (noun) – discussion, discourse, conversation.
7. precincts (noun) – bounds, boundaries, limits.
8. exempt (verb) – excuse, free from, not subject to.
9. convict (noun) – prisoner, inmate.
10. purported (adjective) – claimed, professed/pretended; alleged.
11. blow the whistle on (phrase) – detect, discover, find out/unearth.
12. presumably (adverb) – probably, in all likelihood, undoubtedly.
13. rampant (adjective) – uncontrolled, unrestrained, widespread.
14. kingpin (noun) – gang leader, the most important person in a group/organisation.
15. racket (noun) – criminal activity, illegal scheme/enterprise.
16. suborn (verb) – bribe, corrupt, buy off.
17. vice (noun) – wrongdoing, badness, misconduct.
18. comprehensively (adverb) – completely, thoroughly, fully.
19. curb (verb) – check, restraint, control.
20. paraphrase (verb) – reword, rephrase, express in other words, express differently, restate.
21. scarecrow (noun) – an object with human figure set up to scare birds away from crops (growing) field.
22. perch (noun) – position, vantage point, viewpoint/standpoint (perch- sitting on tip/edge of something).

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