0327 Flashcards
plight
I need someone sympathetic to my plight
a very bad situation that someone is in
plight of
the desperate plight of the flood victims
the country’s economic plight
plight your troth: old use to promise someone that you will marry them
kickback
He had a deal with a defense attorney, sending him clients in exchange for a kickback.
informal money that someone pays secretly and dishonestly in return for someone’s help SYN bribe
retainer
He talked to his dad, and the lawyer got his retianer the nexty day.
1 an amount of money paid to someone, especially a lawyer, so that they will continue to work for you in the future
2 British English a reduced amount of rent that you pay for a room, flat etc when you are not there, so that it will still be available when you return
slick
I was feeling pretty slick.
2 if someone is slick, they are good at persuading people, often in a way that does not seem honest
1 if something is slick, it is done in a skilful and attractive way and seems expensive, but it often contains no important or interesting ideas
profanities
A day in jail is mostly silence punctuated by passing guards shouting profanities at you.
1 [countable usually plural] offensive words or religious words used in a way that shows you do not respect God or holy things
maim
They’re known for being brutally violent - maiming, tourturing, raping, cutting off people’s heads - not for the sake of making money but just to prove how ruthless and savage they are., like Mexicab drug cartels.
to wound or injure someone very seriously and often permanently
cartel
a group of people or companies who agree to sell something at a particular price in order to prevent competition and increase profits → monopoly
incarceration
Thsi is my brilliant plan to survive incarceratio.
to put or keep someone in prison SYN imprison
scrounge
He was wearing clothes the police has scrounged up for him at the station.
to get money or something you want by asking other people for it rather than by paying for it yourself
scrounge for
a group of children scrounging for food
scrounge something off/from somebody
I managed to scrounge some money off my dad.
scrounge around (for something) American English
Leroy would scrounge around for old car parts.
menace
No one else in the cell know what to make of us, the rithless colored gangster and his menacing, Hulk-like friend.
formal to threaten
