ET laws

Question 1

a regulation

Answer 1

an official rule that controls the way that things are done

Question 2

to prohibit

Answer 2

to forbid

Question 3

red tape

Answer 3

documents, rules or processes that cause delays

Question 4

to put sth into practice

Answer 4

to apply sth

Question 5

to forbid

Answer 5

to ban

Question 6

well-enforced

Answer 6

strongly limited

Question 7

ignored

Answer 7

not followed (law)

Question 8

to prevent from

Answer 8

to stop from happening

Question 9

to cut corners

Answer 9

to undertake sth in what appears to be the easiest, quickest or cheapest way, especially by omitting to do sth important

Question 10

a catch-22. situation

Answer 10

a set of problems that is impossible to escape from because each problem must be solved first before you can solve any of the others

Question 11

a free-for-all

Answer 11

an uncontrolled situation in which people are competing with each other to gain as much as they can for themselves

Question 12

to pass new legislation

Answer 12

to pass a new law

Question 13

to uphold an ordered society

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to make sure the society follows rules a lives in peace and order

Question 14

to curb lawless behaviour

Answer 14

to control behaviour against the law

Question 15

to be tempted into…

Answer 15

to really want to do or have sth, esp. sth that is not good for you

Question 16

juvenile delinquency

Answer 16

crime among young people

Question 17

the legal age

Answer 17

the age at which a person takes on the rights and responsibilities of an adult

Question 18

a disciplinary action

Answer 18

an action which main purpose is to enforce discipline

Question 19

a random crime

Answer 19

without a conscious decision

Question 20

to be suspicious

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to believe that sb has probably done sth wrong

Question 21

to deter sb from doing sth

Answer 21

to make sb decide not to do sth

Question 22

to aid and abet sb

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to help sb to commit a crime

Question 23

a convict

Answer 23

sb who is in prison because they have committed a crime

Question 24

to bring sb to justice

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to arrest sb for a crime and ensure that they are tired in court

Question 25

a legal proceeding

Answer 25

an activity that seeks to invoke the power of a tribunal in order to enforce a law

Question 26

crime prevention

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an attempt to reduce and deter crime and criminals

Question 27

brutality

Answer 27

extreme violence

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to fall victim to sth

Answer 28

to become a victim

Question 29

an online fraud

Answer 29

a crime in which the perpetrator develops a scheme using one or more elements of the Internet to deprive a person of property or money

Question 30

to stand trial

Answer 30

to be tried in a court of law

Question 31

a repeat offender

Answer 31

a person who has committed a crime many times

Question 32

to rehabilitate

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to help a criminal to return to a healthy, independent and useful life

Question 33

to regulate and oversee

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to control and supervise

Question 34

to impose a ban on sth

Answer 34

to forbid sth

Question 35

to abolish sth

Answer 35

to officially get rid of a law, system or practice

Question 36

to implement sth

Answer 36

to make sth start to work and be used

Question 37

to translate sth into action

Answer 37

to put sth into practice

Question 38

to take draconian measures to do sth

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to take strict action

Question 39

government’s laxity in sth

Answer 39

government’s neglect

Question 40

to formulate a policy

Answer 40

to make a policy

Question 41

law and order

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safe and peaceful conditions in society that result when people obey the law

Question 42

too harsh

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too severe

Question 43

anarchy and chaos

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when people are behaving in a way that ignores normal rules and laws and are unable to be controlled

Question 44

a minor offence

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a crime that is not very serious

Question 45

a downright unfair law

Answer 45

an extremely unfair law

Question 46

to get fined

Answer 46

to be made pay an amount of money as punishment for breaking the law

Question 47

to be arrested

Answer 47

to be taken to prison

Question 48

to be sent to gaol (Br)/jail (Am)

Answer 48

to be taken to prison

Question 49

a minor infringement

Answer 49

a petty crime

Question 50

to exercise authority in unjust ways

Answer 50

to have some illegal dealings