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Chicago P.D. S3E19: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 19CrimeDrama

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  • specious

    Word

    seeming true or reasonable, but actually false or misleading

  • cherokees

    Word

    the plural form of Cherokee, a Native American people from the southeastern United States

  • personalize

    Word

    to change something so it fits a person's needs or preferences

  • abductor

    Word

    a person who takes someone away by force or trickery

  • furlough

    Word

    a temporary leave from work, military service, or prison

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • solicitation

    Word

    the act of asking people for money, help, or business

  • patrolman

    Word

    a police officer who patrols an area

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • palmed

    Word

    to hide something in your hand, especially secretly

  • ahold

    Word

    the ability to contact or reach someone, especially in get ahold of

  • consensual

    Word

    done with the agreement of everyone involved

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  • dearborn

    Word

    a city in southeastern Michigan, near Detroit

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • requisition

    Word

    to officially take and use something, especially property or supplies, for a particular purpose

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • terrify

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • waive

    Word

    to give up a right, claim, or rule requirement

  • paternity

    Word

    the fact of being a father

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • evener

    Word

    something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

  • penciled

    Word

    written or marked lightly with a pencil

  • concubine

    Word

    a woman who lives with a man and has a lower legal or social status than his wife or wives

  • narcotic

    Word

    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

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  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • purify

    Word

    to make something clean or pure

  • visualize

    Word

    to form a clear picture of something in your mind

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • one short

    Phrase

    In cricket, a run that does not count because the batter did not make it safely to the crease

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • strangle

    Word

    to kill or try to kill by squeezing someone's throat or neck

  • to the house

    Phrase

    home; to or at home

  • flooring

    Word

    material used to cover a floor

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • camera right

    Phrase

    the right side of the set or stage as seen from the camera

  • kidnapper

    Word

    a person who kidnaps someone

  • blackmailing

    Word

    the act of demanding money or something else by threatening to reveal damaging information

  • vested

    Word

    earned or officially guaranteed, so it cannot be taken away

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • forearm

    Word

    the part of your arm between the elbow and the wrist

  • anecdote

    Word

    a short, interesting story about a real person or event

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • circulate

    Word

    to move around within a system or area, or make something do this

  • seize on

    Phrase

    to start using or supporting an idea, plan, or remark quickly

  • do you know what I'm saying

    Phrase

    used at the end of a sentence to check that someone is following or agrees

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • abduction

    Word

    the act of taking someone away by force and keeping them somewhere against their will

  • pooling

    Word

    the act of combining money, resources, or efforts for a shared purpose

  • maroon

    Word

    a dark red-purple color

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • bleach

    Word

    to make something white or lighter using a chemical process

  • prostitution

    Word

    the practice of having sex with people in exchange for money

  • top to bottom

    Phrase

    completely, from one end to the other

  • arming

    Word

    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • let me tell you

    Phrase

    used to introduce something surprising, important, or emphatic

  • about time

    Phrase

    used to say that something should have happened earlier

  • drive off

    Phrase

    to force someone or something to leave by chasing or pushing them away

  • cross check

    Phrase

    a careful comparison to make sure two things match

  • paternity test

    Phrase

    a test that shows who the biological father of a child is

  • pop for

    Phrase

    to pay for something as a treat or gift

  • sit in with

    Phrase

    to join a meeting, class, or performance as an extra participant or observer

  • fingerprint

    Word

    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • burner

    Word

    a device on a stove or heater that produces a flame or heat

  • dope

    Word

    very good or impressive

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • drug abuse

    Phrase

    the harmful or excessive use of illegal drugs

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • cheat on

    Phrase

    to be sexually unfaithful to your partner

  • narrow down

    Phrase

    to reduce the number of possibilities so something becomes more specific

  • drag into

    Phrase

    to involve someone in a difficult or dangerous situation

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • blacked out

    Phrase

    made dark so that light cannot pass through

  • scotch

    Word

    to stop something from happening or continuing

  • audit

    Word

    an official check of a company's accounts or finances

  • approximate

    Word

    close to the exact amount, size, or number, but not exact

  • match up

    Phrase

    to be the same as something else or agree with it

  • prostitute

    Word

    a person who has sex for money

  • carve

    Word

    to cut or shape something with a knife or tool

  • composite

    Word

    made of different parts or materials combined together

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • get through

    Phrase

    to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

  • narrowing

    Word

    the process of becoming narrower

  • runaway

    Word

    a person, especially a child or teenager, who has run away from home or another place where they were staying

  • cherish

    Word

    to care about someone or something very much and value them deeply

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • serial number

    Phrase

    a number or code used to identify one specific product or device

  • hank

    Word

    a loose coil of yarn, rope, or hair

  • pawn

    Word

    the smallest chess piece, which can move forward and capture diagonally

  • soy

    Word

    a bean used as food and to make oil

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • premise

    Word

    a statement or idea that forms the basis of an argument or theory

  • subtitle

    Word

    the words shown at the bottom of a screen that translate or show what people are saying

  • tasting

    Word

    the activity of trying food or drink to judge its flavor

  • manifest

    Word

    clear and obvious

  • starve

    Word

    to suffer or die from lack of food

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