Vocabulary

• in hiding: Trying to avoid being found or caught.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• military: Army or armed forces
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
• boast: To speak of something with too much pride
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• politician: Someone whose job is in politics
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
• condone: To allow bad behavior, by seeming to ignore it
• point: An item to be discussed
• violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
• dissent: Difference of opinion; a disagreement
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• condemnation: Expression of strong disapproval
• dishonest: Likely to steal or lie; deceitful; corrupt
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)
• barrio: Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city