The Hindu Editorial (​​​​​Justice after extradition) – Apr 10, 2025

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The Hindu Editorial (Justice after extradition) – Apr 10, 2025:

1. extradition (noun) – the action of surrendering/handing over a fugitive (a person who has escaped from being confined/accused of a crime) from one jurisdiction to another by mutual agreements between the two countries. Synonyms include deportation, handover, and expulsion. ​
2. prosecutor (noun) – a lawyer who presents the government’s case against someone accused of a crime; State counsel.
3. trial (noun) – court case, lawsuit, inquiry, hearing, legal proceedings, legal action.
4. extradite (verb) – to surrender a fugitive (a person who has escaped from being confined/accused of crime) from one (country’s) jurisdiction to another by mutual agreements between the two countries; hand over, deport, banish/expel.
5. co-conspirator (noun) – a person who is intentionally assisting another to commit a crime; abetter, partner in crime, accomplice.​
6. counter-terrorism (noun) – anti-terrorism; actions taken to combat or prevent terrorism.
7. diplomacy (noun) – international politics, foreign affairs, foreign policy; negotiations, discussions, talks, dialogue (related to international politics).
8. tenacity (noun) – persistence, determination, perseverance, single-mindedness, firmness of purpose, resolution, resolve.​
9. accomplice (noun) – a person who is intentionally assisting another to commit a crime; abetter, partner in crime, co-conspirator.
10. operative (noun) – agent, secret agent, spy.
11. reconnaissance (noun) – a preliminary survey to obtain information; surveillance, investigation, observation, examination, exploration, scrutiny, intelligence.
12. facilitate (verb) – make easy, make possible, enable, assist, help/aid.
13. convict (verb) – declare/find/pronounce guilty; punish, sentence; impose a sentence on, pronounce sentence on.
14. conspiracy (noun) – (unlawful) plan/plot, intrigue, collaboration/deception, collusion.
15. put on trial (phrase) – to bring someone before a court of law to be judged for a crime; to prosecute, arraign, or indict.
16. charge sheet (noun) – an official document on which a police officer enters details of the charge against a person.​
17. charge sheet (verb) – charge against a person by a police office entering his/her details in an official document.
18. in absentia (adverb) – away, out, off, not present.
19. extract (verb) – obtain, get, take.
20. further (verb) – hasten, expedite, speed up, accelerate, step up, push; facilitate, help, assist, aid.
21. cause of justice (phrase) – a principle, action, or movement aimed at upholding fairness, legality, and moral rightness; the pursuit or defense of what is just and equitable.
22. dastardly (adjective) – wicked/evil, cruel, heinous, wrongful.​
23. bring something to a standstill (phrase) – cause something to stop/halt completely; bring to an end, finish, conclude.
24. hang (verb) – execute/kill by hanging, put to death.
25. National Investigation Agency (NIA) (noun) – The National Investigation Agency is a central agency established by the Indian Government to combat terror in India. It is functioning as the Central Counter-Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency in the country. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was created following the terror attack in Mumbai on December 26, 2008. It came into being on December 31, 2008, with the passage of the NIA Act of 2008.
26. unimpeachable (adjective) – trustworthy, reliable, unquestionable, unchallengeable, dependable, blameless.
27. time-bound (adjective) – relating to a certain moment or era in time; time-limited.
28. extent (noun) – scope, range, magnitude, degree, limit.
29. complicity (noun) – collusion, conspiracy, collaboration, connivance, involvement. ​
30. plea bargaining (noun) – it is a kind of a deal between the prosecution / victim and the accused by which the accused agree to plead guilty to less serious charge reduced sentence without facing long drawn procedure of trial (or) a legal procedure in criminal law wherein the defendant negotiates with the prosecutor to admit guilt to a reduced offence in exchange for a more lenient punishment.
31. immunity (noun) – exemption, exception, freedom, release, protection.
32. treaty (noun) – agreement, accord, pact, compact, protocol.
33. diabolical (adjective) – wicked, shocking, dreadful/terrible.
34. culpable (adjective) – guilty, at fault, accountable/responsible for misconduct.
35. curious (adjective) – strange/unusual, different, unconventional, surprising.
36. authorities (noun) – officials, officialdom, the people in charge, the government, the administration, the establishment, the bureaucracy, the system..
37. put the spotlight on (phrase) – to bring (public) attention to someone or something.
38. prosecution (noun) – legal action, legal proceeding, legal case.
39. equip (verb) – prepare (for a particular task/situation).
40. to this/that end (phrase) – as a method of doing something; as a way of handling something.
41. in the quest for (phrase) – in the search for.

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