The Stranger, Part 2, Chapters 4-6 Vocabulary

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