Vocabulary

• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• cover up: To hide something bad; conceal
• stand with: To support or defend someone or something.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• financial: Involving money
• conduct: Your behavior
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• outrageous: Exceeding the usual limits; far too extreme
• conceal: To hide; prevent from being discovered
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• act: To behave in a certain way
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
• basement: Floor or room in a building beneath the ground
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• business: A company formed for making profit
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• designate: To officially choose for a position; appoint
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• plea: Response given by a person charged with a crime
• indictment: Charge of committing a crime
• felony: A serious crime, such as murder
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• plead: To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
• prosecutor: Lawyer who tries to prove a person's guilt
• presidential: Concerning the president
• electoral: Concerning elections
• hush: To make or become calm, quiet after being upset
• courtroom: Room in which a law court sits