8th Grade Vocabulary Quarter 2 Lesson 4

acquit

(verb) to declare not guilty

arson

(noun) the crime of deliberately setting fire to something

corruption

(noun) dishonesty or improper behavior in a person of authority

counterfeit

a. (verb) to make a fake or misleading copy of; b. (adjective) made in false imitation; (noun) something made in false imitation

culprit

(noun) a guilty person

felony

(noun) a serious crime

incarcerate

(verb) to put in prison

incriminate

(verb) to cause to appear guilty; to give evidence of guilt

jurisdiction

(noun) the extent or range of authority; control

swindle

a. (verb) to cheat someone out of money or property; b. (noun) a scheme cheating someone out of money or property

universal

present everywhere

tirade

A long, angry speech

theory

A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data

surmise

to guess

spontaneous

(adj.) arising naturally; not planned or engineered in advance

specific

clearly defined or identified

source

a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.

simultaneous

happening or existing at the same time

simulate

to imitate

similar

almost the same