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N400 Part 12 Vocabulary

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  • what is a "military unit"?
    Military unit - a group of people that work for a government to fight in a war
  • What does "fraudulant" or "misleading" mean?
    make people believe a lie so you can get something you want
  • What does "arrested" mean?
    Arrested - taken to jail by the police
  • What is "probation"?
    Probation - a time when a person who has broken the law gets out of prison early for good behavior in prison but is required to report regularly to a probation
  • What is a "vigilante" unit?
    Vigilante unit - a group of people who act like the police but are not real police
  • What is a "prostitute"?
    Prostitute- a person who has sex with someone for money
  • What is a " Paramilitary unit"?
    Paramilitary unit - a group of people who act like the military, but do not work for a government
  • What does it mean to "Gamble"?
    Gamble - pay money to guess who will win at sports or games so that you can try to get money.
  • What is "alimony"?
    Alimony - money that you have to pay regularly to a former wife or husband after a divorce
  • What does it mean to be "convicted" of a crime?
    Convict - found guilty of a crime in a court of law
  • What is a "detention facility"?
    Detention facility – a jail or prison where people wait before going to court and have a trial
  • What does it mean to "Smuggle" something?
    Smuggle - bring something illegally into the country
  • What is an "Immigration benefit"?
    Immigration benefit - things that can help you because you are a documented immigrant, like being able to work and live in the United States.
  • What does " Torture" mean?
    Torture - badly hurt someone on purpose
  • What does it mean to be "married"? Can you be married to more than one person?
    Married - having a husband or wife. This means legally married
  • What is a "rebel group"?
    Rebel group - a group of people who fight a national government for power
  • What does "misrepresentation" mean?
    Misrepresentation - not telling the truth
  • What are "Removal, exclusion, rescission and deportation proceedings"?
    the formal process that happens when a non-citizen must leave the United States because the government believes the person is not entitled to be in the country,
  • What is a "prison"?
    Prison - a building where criminals must stay as punishment for breaking the law
  • What does "Genocide" mean?
    Genocide - killing a whole group or race of people because of their religion, race, or other reason
  • What is "jail"?
    Jail - a building where police take people who are arrested for breaking the law
  • What does it mean to be "charged" with a crime?
    Charge - when the police give a formal statement that you have done something ille​​gal
  • What is a "weapon"?
    Weapon - something used to fight such as a gun, knife, or bomb
  • What is a "police unit"?
    Police unit - a group of people who work for a government to catch people who break the law
  • What is "Habitual drunkard"?
    Habitual drunkard - a person who regularly drinks too much alcohol (gets drunk)
  • What is a "Controlled substance" or "narcotic"?
    Controlled substance – drugs or special medicine regulated by the government Narcotics - any illegal or unlawfully possessed drug, including heroin, cocaine
  • What is a "crime or offense"?
    Crime/ Offense - doing something that breaks the law