interview room brhish interrogation room
amewcan /inte'vju: ,гшгп, injera'geijai .пит/ [n U] a room in a police station where people are asked
a crime
investigation /m,vesti'getf<*V [n CI when the police try to find out who committed a crime, for example by asking questions and looking for evidence + into Los Angeles county police are continuing their investigation into о series of armed robberies in a shopping mall. carry oat ал investigation (=try to find out about a serious crime, especially using a lot of police officers) The FBI is carrying out an investigation into the shootings.
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Don't say 'do an investigation'. Say carry out an investigation.
on remand /on rr'mamdl-'maend/ british if someone is on remand, they are being kept in prison while they are waiting for their triaclass="underline" He loqs beaten up by other prisoners while on remand in Park hurst Prison.
police station /p'hs .steijjn/ (n C] the building where the police work, where you go if you want to report a crime, and where people are taken when
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POLICE
POLICE
О When they have enough evidence, they arrest someone, and take them in for questioning.
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The police hold them in custody and question them If the police think that the suspect is guilty, they charge them with the crime.
... or released on bail until the trial
^ for the second part of this
c-Ј • ре^длт не*
story, go to COURT/TRIAL
they are arrested
question/kwestj^i/ [v T] to ask someone questions to find out what they know about a crime, especially someone that the police think may be guilty question sb about sth The po/ice questioned him about the missing $10,000.
report /п'ркЧ/ \v Tj if you report a crime, you tell the police that it has happened report sth to the police We saw о gang of men fighting outside a bar; and reported it to the police•
search /s3irtj/ (и T] if the police search a building or place, they look in it for stolen goods, weapons, drugs, or evidence
suspect/sAspekt/[n C] someone that the police think may have committed a crime*. Police regard the murder victim's ex-wife as their main suspect. I More than 20 suspects hove been questioned.
take sb in for questioning brtush bring sb in
for questioning american /.teik, .briQ (sb) in for kwestjamiy to take someone to the police station, because the police think that they have done something illegal and want to get information from them
trial /ЧгаЫ/ [n С] a process in a law court in which it is officially decided whether or not someone is guilty of a crime
victim /'viktЈm/ [n C] someone who has been attacked, robbed, murdered, or harmed in some way in a crime: The police believe that the victim
knew her attacker
murder/rape etc victim Many rape victims do not report the crime.
+ of He had been the victim of a serious assault three months previously.
witness /'witn^s/ [n C] someone who tells the police or a law court what they know about a crime or the person involved in it: Police are appealing for witnesses (=they want anyone who knows anything about the crime to talk to them) after the death of 4year-old boy last night.
key witness (-someone whose evidence is extremely important) The former basketball star is regarded as a key witness in the trial,
POLITE
behaving in a way that is socially correct and shows respect for
other people
opposite RUDE
see also nice, friendly/unfriendly,
KIND
polite ps'lait [adj] someone who is polite follows the rules of social behaviour and shows respect for other people and their feelings: He seemed a very polite young топ. I a polite request it is polite to do sth I didn't really care what she thought about the book, but I thought it would be polite to ask her. politely (adfj 7 hope your mother is well?' he asked politely. politeness [n UJ when people are polite: During my stay in Japan, 1 was treated with great politeness by everyone I met.
good manners /,god maen^'z/ [n plural]
someone who has good manners knows how to behave politely in social situations, for example, when to say please' and 'thank you': My mother was impressed with Tony's good manners. I At least she had the good manners to let us know she would be late.
well-behaved ,wei hi he uU \adj] а
well-behaved child is polite and does not cause trouble or make noise: His older brother was quieter and far better- behaved.
well-behaved - better-behaved best-behaved
tactful ■■'taektfol/ ladj] careful not to mention something that might embarrass or upset someone: I wish you'd be more tactful - didn t you know she aas divorced?
it is tactful of sb to do sth It wasn't very tactful of you to ask whether she'd put on weight. tactfully [adul Claire tactfully changed the subject when someone mentioned the war.
POLITE
tact [n U] when people are tactfuclass="underline" This job requires tact and patience.
POOR
opposite RICH
BORROW
SUFFER
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expensive 3
having very little money
poor /роэг, [adj] having very little money: They were so poor they couldn't afford to buy shoes for their children. I Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world.
the poor (=poor people) the growing gap between the rich and the poor
Qbe broke/be hard up bi: brook, hi:
haird 'лр/ espf.ciALiy spokhn to have very little money, either permanently or just at the present time: Most students are too hard up to spend much money on clothes. I We're afu>ays broke at the end of the month. I I'm a little hard up just now - can I pay you back next week?
poverty 'pnvyti||'pa:-' [n U| when people have very little money: Charles was shocked by the pouerty he saw in India I Poverty and unemployment are two of the biggest causes of crime. live in poverty Old people should not have to live in pouerty.