ABJURE To renounce allegiance

ABSOLVE To acquit from a crime/to officially free from guilt

ADJURE Require sb under oath to answer truthfully

AFFRAY Breach of peace by fighting/rioting in public

ALIAS A false name

ACCESSARY A person who incites sb to commit a crime

ACQIESCENCE To accept sth passively/unwillingly

ACTUARY A person engaged in the business of life insurance

AFTERMATH A situation following an important/unpleasant event

AKIN Having some of the same qualities

ALIBI Claim/evidence that one was elsewhere at the time of an alleged act

ALLONGE A piece of paper attached to a negotiable instrument for additional endorsement

APPREHEND To arrest

CLEMENCY Leniency in giving a punishment

CELIBACY Abstinence from sexual activity

BLACKLEG Professional Gambler

BOOTLEGGER A person who indulges in the illegal sale/distribution of liquor

CODICIL An amendment/addition to a will

ATTACHE An official with a special responsibility attached to an embassy

BAILIFF An officer who executes warrants

ARRAIGN To bring a person before court to answer charges

CONSUMMATION Sexual relations between husband and wife after marriage

CONCUBINE Mistress

DECAMP To leave suddenly without informing anyone

DELIRIOUS Unable to talk clearly due to excitement/confusion

DURESS Pressure/action used for coercion

DELINQUENT Defaulting / guilty

CONCUR To be of the same opinion

EMBEZZLE Divert Money for one’s personal use

PARAMOUR Lover of a married woman

OCTROI Tax on goods brought into a state

FRATRICIDE Killing of a brother

GRATUITY Lump sum payment to a retiring employee

NOTORIOUS Well known for negative reasons

HALLUCINATE To mistakenly believe in the existence of imaginary objects/people

HOMICIDE Killing of a human being

NOTARY An official with the legal authority to verify signed documents

EXONERATE To clear of an accusation

CONFISCATE Seizure of property by the government

COERCE To persuade forcefully

IMBECILE A person whose mental deficiency does not amount to idiocy, but who cannot
manage his/her own affairs

EMBEZZLE Divert money for personal use

DELINQUENT guilty

IMPEACH To bring charges of misconduct against a high-ranking official

INSOLVENCY Bankruptcy

INCEST sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry
each other.

INJUNCTION a judicial order restraining a person from beginning or continuing an action

KLEPTOMANIA an irresistible and insane desire to steal

IMBECILE a stupid person.

INNUENDO an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one

LARCENY theft of personal property

JEOPARDY danger of loss, harm, or failure

ABSOLUTE Having complete power free from condition

SABOTAGE deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), especially for political
or military advantage

RESCIND revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)

STATUTE a written law passed by a legislative body

SODOMY anal intercourse

SUBPOENA a writ ordering a person to attend a court

SUFFRAGE The right to vote in an election

VERNACULAR the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country
or region

UXORICIDE the killing of one's wife

VEST confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone

WAIVE refrain from demanding compliance with (a rule or fee)