The Stranger, Part 2, Chapters 4-6 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
- 3. To clear someone of blame or wrongdoing.
- 4. To arrive at (a conclusion) by reasoning; to infer.
- 6. (Of a crime) planned or thought out beforehand.
- 9. Evidence that a defendant was in another place at the time a crime was committed.
- 11. To be in conflict with; to deny the truth of (a statement).
- 12. An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
- 15. The institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.
- 18. A judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.
- 19. The quality of being believable or worthy of trust.
- 20. To express complete disapproval of; to sentence someone to a particular punishment, especially death.
Down
- 2. (Of evidence) suggesting that something is true without proving it directly.
- 5. The offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.
- 7. To make a problem, injury, or offense worse or more serious.
- 8. To engage in long and careful consideration.
- 10. (Of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.
- 13. To show that someone is involved in (a crime or wrongdoing).
- 14. To declare someone to be guilty of a criminal offense by the verdict of a court.
- 16. To greatly dismay or horrify.
- 17. To make less severe, serious, or painful.