suborn
to persuade someone to do something illegal or dishonest, often by paying them
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Law & Order S3E9: English vocabulary
Season 3, Episode 9CrimeDrama
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mystify
to confuse someone so they do not understand something
churchgoing
the habit of regularly going to church
looker
a person who is very attractive
nursemaid
a woman employed to look after children
distrustful
not trusting people or things easily
perpetrate
to commit a serious crime or other harmful act
construe
to interpret a word, phrase, or action in a particular way
hailstorm
a storm in which small balls of ice fall from the sky
scavenge
to search for and collect useful things, especially from waste or discarded material
indiscretion
a careless or embarrassing mistake, especially in speech or behavior
mooned
to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult
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arraignment
a court hearing where a person is formally told the criminal charge against them and asked to respond
dereliction
the state of being abandoned and left to fall into ruin
silvering
the process of turning silver in color
molestation
the act of sexually abusing or harassing someone, especially a child
nosing
the front edge of a step or stair
thumbed
past tense and past participle of thumb through
matrimony
the state of being married
sanctity
the quality of being holy or sacred
jinx
a person or thing that brings bad luck
copped
to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way
abler
more able or skilled than someone or something else
gullible
too willing to believe what other people say; easily fooled