Crime
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More banks are now installing surveillance cameras
the careful watching of a person or place, due a crime that has happened or is expected
2
She scrambled up the window
to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you
3
There are the surveillance cameras so you have to be discreet
syn:
quiet, invisible
syn:
quiet, invisible
not to cause attract a lot of attention
4
Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a precarious financial position
bad situation that is getting worse
5
It allows military and police forces to detain and interrogate potential suspects without a court order.
to ask someone a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using threats or violence
6
Arkansas executes 4th inmate in a week.
a person who is forced by law to stay in a prison
7
He was jailed for revealing secrets to the Russians
to make known or shown
8
The precious necklace
rare, expensive, or important
9
She will obey my every command
to ask a permission from someone authority
10
She's going on trial for fraud
act of proceeding in whether the person is guilty for a crime
11
On the morning of July 10, defendant was arrested
syn:
suspect
syn:
suspect
person in a law case who is accused of having done something illegal
12
A number of forged works of art have been sold as genuine
copy of something made illegally
13
He sold lot of counterfeit jeweller
something that made to look like the original thing, usually for illegal purposes
14
He is fighting extradition to Hong Kong to face trial on fraud charges.
syn:
scam
syn:
scam
the crime of getting money by deceiving people
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Like many art forgers, Han van Meegeren was an artist whose original works had failed to bring him renown
syn:
fame
syn:
fame
the state of being famous
16
He died a disillusioned and embittered old man
syn:
offended
syn:
offended
very angry about unfair things that have happened to you
17
The art detractor wrote about the van Meegeren works
syn:
hater, knocker
syn:
hater, knocker
someone who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly
18
He was found guilty of obtaining money by deception
syn:
deceit, false
syn:
deceit, false
the act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage
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Vermeer was famed for his carefully executed and technically brilliant domestic scenes
belonging or relating to the home, house, or family
20
Number of different trees has a special substance called resin
a thick, sticky substance that is produced by some trees and that becomes yellow and hard after it is collected
21
Forensic examination revealed a large quantity of poison in the dead man's stomach
related to scientific methods of solving crimes, involving examining the objects or substances that are involved in the crime
22
In the story, the cunning fox outwits the hunters
syn:
to trick
syn:
to trick
to get an advantage over someone by acting more cleverly and often by using a trick
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He is one of the leading proponents of capital punishment
a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action
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Leonardo's "Last Supper" is widely regarded as a masterpiece
syn:
art piece
syn:
art piece
a work of art such as a painting, film, or book that is made with great skill
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I'm not familiar with his oeuvre
syn:
art work
syn:
art work
the complete works of a writer, painter, or other artist
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The success prompted van Meegeren to forge and sell more works
syn:
involved, engaged
syn:
involved, engaged
to motivate
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Hermann Göring, one of Hitler’s top generals, sought to add a Vermeer to his collection of artwork looted from all over Europe
syn:
tried
syn:
tried
to attempt
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Van Meegeren obliged, selling him an alleged early Vermeer painting titled "Christ with the Adulteress."
syn:
to be forced
syn:
to be forced
to feel you must do something
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This forger mimics the famous art works
to copy the way in which a particular person usually speaks and moves
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