Vocabulary

• to the death: With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• in the interest of justice: To act or decide for fairness and legal equity.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• interest of: For the benefit or advantage of someone or something.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• sentenced to life: To be given a punishment of imprisonment for the rest of one's life.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• at the hands of: By the agency or through the actions of.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• mental: Concerning the mind
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• consider: To think carefully about something
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• brief: Information and instructions given for a meeting
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• defense: Argument in support of something
• petition: Request to an authority to change something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• fully: Completely or entirely
• act: To behave in a certain way
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• inmate: Person who lives somewhere, especially in jail
• brutally: In a very violent or mean way
• great: Very good; better than before
• execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• heinous: Hatefully bad; evil
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• litigation: Adjudication in a court; process of law
• fabricate: To invent or create, especially to deceive, trick
• memento: Object to remind you of an event or place
• pike: A type of fish
• finality: Quality of being final or definitely settled