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CA chapter 6
vocab guid
Term | Definition |
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Unresolved | something that's not resolved |
Regulations | a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority |
controversial | giving a rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement |
heinous | utterly odious or wicked |
perpetrators | a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act |
accountability | the fact or condition of being accountable ; responsibility |
Superficial | existing or occurring at or on the surface |
Incident | an event or occurrence |
Suspicious | having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something |
Scenario | a written outline of a movie, novel, or stage working giving details of the plot and individual scences |
Accosted | approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively |
Resist | withstand the action or effect of |
Oppression | prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control |
Apartheid | segregation on grounds other than race |
Exonerated | release someone from (a duty or obligation) |
Injustice | lack of fairness or justice |
Culpability | responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame |
Prosecutorial misconduct | an illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt o sway the jury to wrongly convict |
Incarceration | the state of the being confined in prison; imprisonment |