The Hindu Editorial (Closer to punishment) – Dec 01, 2020

More than 12 years since the dastardly attacks across prominent locations in Mumbai, its key conspirators have continued to evade justice in India. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Closer to punishment) – Dec 01, 2020.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Closer to punishment) – Dec 01, 2020:

1. dastardly (adjective) – wicked/evil, cruel, heinous, wrongful.
2. conspirator (noun) – conspirer, plotter, schemer, collaborator.
3. evade (verb) – avoid, dodge, elude, escape.
4. apprehend (verb) – arrest, catch, capture.
5. sentence (verb) – punish, convict.
6. trial (noun) – judicial/legal proceedings, hearing/inquiry, legal action.
7. conspiracy (noun) – (unlawful) plan, intrigue, collaboration/deception, collusion.
8. operative (noun) – agent, secret agent, spy.
9. conspire (verb) – plot, collude, collaborate, intrigue; work/act together.
10. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (noun) – The FBI stands for Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Federal” refers to the national government of the United States. “Bureau” is another word for department or division of government. “Investigation” is what we do—gathering facts and evidence to solve and prevent crimes.
11. execution (noun) – implementation, carrying out, completion.
12. guilty (adjective) – culpable, at fault, accountable/responsible for misconduct.
13. extradition (noun) – the action of surrendering/handing over a fugitive (a person who has escaped from being confined/accused of crime) from one jurisdiction to another by mutual agreements between the two countries. deportation, handover, expulsion.
14. plea bargaining (noun) – plea bargaining refers to a person charged with a criminal offence negotiating with the prosecution for a lesser punishment than what is provided in law by pleading guilty to a less serious offence. It is common in the United States, and has been a successful method of avoiding protracted and complicated trials.
15. prosecutor (noun) – a lawyer who presents the government’s case against someone accused of a crime.
16. acquit (verb) – declare innocent, exonerate, absolve; discharge, release, free (from a criminal charge).
17. commute (verb) – reduce, lessen, scale down (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death).
18. window (noun) – opportunity, chance, opening.
19. immigration (noun) – the act of leaving one’s countries and moving to another country of which they are not natives, nor citizens, to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens.
20. memorandum (noun) – a document recorded with legal details; record, minute, note.
21. reaffirm (verb) – assert, state, assure, confirm again strongly.
22. expose (verb) – reveal, uncover, disclose, manifest, lay bare.
23. deep state (noun) – shadow government; influential decision-making bodies believed to be within government and it can be any agencies (e.g., military or any other).
24. arguably (adverb) – possibly, conceivably, maybe, potentially.
25. dramatic (adjective) – considerable, substantial, appreciable, significant.
26. civilian (adjective) – ordinary citizen, non-military person.
27. modus operandi (noun) – it is a Latin term literally meaning ‘way of operating’; a particular way/method of doing something; the usual/habitual way of working of a person.
28. scrutiny (noun) – examination, inspection, investigation.
29. accentuate (verb) – highlight, underline, focus attention on.
30. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (noun) – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog. The inter-governmental body sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities and the harm they cause to society.
31. grey/watch list (noun) – a list of countries on observation due to their “strategic deficiencies” in countering terror-financing and money-laundering. The countries put on grey/watch list by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will be subjected to direct monitoring and intense scrutiny by the International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) on terror financing.
32. black list/high-risk jurisdiction list (noun) – a list of countries which the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) judges to be non-cooperative in the global fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
33. culprit (noun) – offender, wrongdoer, criminal.
34. bring someone to book (phrase) – punish, take to task, bring to justice; reprimand, criticize.
35. case in point (phrase) – example, instance, case.
36. elude (verb) – evade, avoid, escape, get away from, dodge, slip away from.
37. justice (noun) – judicial proceedings.
38. mentor (noun) – instructor, trainer.
39. go a long way (phrase) – achieve great success; to be helpful for a significant amount of time.
40. justice (noun) – justification, fairness.
41. bring someone to justice (phrase) – to try someone in a court and punish him/her for a crime. (try means to investigate and decide (a case) in a formal trial).
42. shed light on (phrase) – explain, elucidate, clarify.
43. cross-border (adjective) – across a border between two countries.

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