Vocabulary

• plea deal: An agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a particular charge in return for some concession from the prosecutor.
• have to: Must do
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• off guard: In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
• in plenty: In large amount; more than enough.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• conduct: Your behavior
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• require: To demand that someone does something
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• leave: To go away from; depart
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• client: Person paying for professional services
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• mansion: Very large, expensive home
• fill: To make something full
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• offender: Person who breaks a law or other rule
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• plea: Response given by a person charged with a crime
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• evade: To avoid being captured; avoid answering
• extensively: Very much or often; to a large degree
• dangle: To hang loosely in the air; hold a thing like this
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• herald: To proclaim; announce; say something is coming
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• lawyer: Professional who helps people with the law
• sweetheart: Person loved by another person
• suspiciously: With feelings that something is wrong