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Politics
Term | Definition |
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Impeachment | N / to charge with a crime or misconduct. specifically : to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal (as the U.S. Senate) with misconduct in office. |
Incitement | N / the act of encouraging someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent |
Insurrection | N. an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government |
riot | N. a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd. |
prosecution | |
trial | |
claim | V. to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it: |
mob | N. a large, angry crowd, especially one that could easily become violent: |
allege | V. to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof |
contend | V. to say that something is true or is a fact. |
accountable | ADJ. Someone who is accountable is completely responsible for what they do and must be able to give a satisfactory reason for it. |