Question 1

to give or cause something unpleasant

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inflict

Question 2

Acting to prevent harm to yourself or others

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in self-defence

Question 3

facts about a situation which make a wrong or illegal action easier to understand or excuse

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extenuating circumstances

Question 4

a feeling of great unhappiness

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misery

Question 5

sb who often breaks the law

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persistent offender

Question 6

to put

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pose

Question 7

in a harmful way; negatively

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adversely

Question 8

intolerable

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unbearable

Question 9

imprisonment

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confinement

Question 10

sb must be too crazy to do sth

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nobody in their right mind

Question 11

final result of a trial

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judgement

Question 12

To allow; to bear; to endure

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tolerate

Question 13

unsteady; wobbly; not reliable

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unstable

Question 14

something that discourages; hindrance

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deterrent

Question 15

person serving a prison sentence

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convict

Question 16

commit a crime again

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reoffend

Question 17

a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

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inmate

Question 18

any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

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officer

Question 19

to get sb into a difficult situation

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land sb in sth

Question 20

kind; compassionate

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humane

Question 21

extended

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prolonged

Question 22

the isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as a punishment

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solitary confinement

Question 23

keep within limits; restrict; limit

Accepted Answer

confine

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