The Hindu Editorial (Warlord and war crimes) – Jul 15, 2019

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The Hindu Editorial (Warlord and war crimes) – Jul 15, 2019

The conviction of the Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda is cause for cautious optimism that perpetrators of serious crimes cannot escape justice,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Warlord and war crimes) – Jul 15, 2019.

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warlord (noun) – Warlord is a military leader who exercise military, economic, and political control over a sub-national territory/a country when the government is weak.
breakthrough (noun) – step in the right direction, success; progress/development, advancement.
conviction (noun) – sentence, judgement, verdict.
optimism (noun) – hopefulness, confidence, positiveness.
perpetrator (noun) – a person who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities; criminal, culprit, evil-doer.
evade (verb) – elude, avoid, dodge/sidestep.
humanity (noun) – humankind, the human race, people.
ethnic (adjective) – relating to a population subgroup (cultural, national, traditional/folk) with a common national or cultural tradition.
indictment (noun) – charge, accusation, allegation.
pertain to (verb) – concern, relate to, be connected with.
atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity/brutality, cruelty, inhumanity.
prosecution (noun) – legal action/trail, legal proceeding, litigation.
come under (phrasal verb) – be subjected to.
high-profile (adjective) – most important, unavoidable, attracting much public attention.
intimidation (noun) – frightening, threatening, oppression.
tampering (noun) – altering, damaging, changing; interfering/meddling.
prosecutor (noun) – a lawyer who presents the government’s case against someone accused of a crime.
in the midst of (phrase) – in the middle of.
regrettable (adjective) – undesirable, unfortunate, disappointing/distressing.
acquit (verb) – free/clear from a criminal charge, exonerate, declare innocent.
in the face of (phrase) – despite, notwithstanding, regardless of.
prosecute (verb) – charge with, accuse of, indict.
accountability (noun) – responsibility, liability, answerability.
transcend (verb) – surpass, outstrip, overstep.
surge (noun) – sudden increase, rise, growth.
genesis (noun) – origin/source, beginning, emergence.
statute (noun) – act/law, regulation, rule.
jurisdiction (noun) – authority, control, leadership.,
dampen (verb) – decrease, diminish/lessen, reduce.
irony (noun) – paradox, incongruity, peculiarity.
sought past and past participle of seek (verb) – try, attempt, aim.
usher in (phrasal verb) – start, begin, initiate.
underpin (verb) – support, strengthen, fortify, buttress.
rules-based system (noun) – the systems that represent knowledge in the form of rules. Rule-based systems normally use a working memory that initially contains the input data for a particular run, and an inference engine to find applicable rules and apply them.