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Question		Answer
hacking start learning		illegal accessing of a computer system
penalize start learning		to subject do a penalty (~ for illegal...)
infiltrate start learning		pass through or into smth (~ computer systems)
tamper start learning		interfere with (computer ~)
classified start learning		secret (~ information)
vulnerable start learning		not protected (~ data)
prying start learning		snooping (~ eyes)
snoop around start learning		pry into matters ahich are not one's own (~ the files)
perpetrator start learning		person guilty of doing smth outrageous (~ of offences)
impregnable start learning		secure (system entirely ~)
malicious start learning		showing a desire to harm others (~ behaviour)
prankster start learning		person who plays tricks at the expense of another (malicious ~)
count start learning		thing of which a person has been accused (~ of doing smth)
sensitive start learning		involving information of a highly secret nature (~ material)
tap start learning		obtain information by making an illegal telephone connection (~ing into computers)
disruption start learning		disturbance
remand start learning		to send back (~ in custody)
custody start learning		imprisonment (remand in ~)
blackmail start learning		demanding money for not doing smth damaging (~ blackmail)
deception start learning		cheating (obtain by~)
contaminate start learning		make impure (~ the products)
extort start learning		take smth from sb who is unwilling to give it (~ money)
dwarf start learning		overshadow (~ed by potential loss)
slump start learning		decline (sales ~)
leak out start learning		reveal (the news ~ed)
intricate start learning		elaborate (~ plot)
caustic start learning		able to burn od destroy by chemical action (~ soda)
recall start learning		take back (~ products from shops)
apprehend start learning		arrest
predictable start learning		foreseeable (~ actions)
copycat start learning		imitative (~ hoaxer)
hoaxer start learning		someone who plays tricks for a joke (predictable ~)
tamper-proof start learning		preventing any interference
spot start learning		locate (~ because of marks)
arson start learning		act of setting smth on fire intentionally (charged with ~)
incendiary start learning		causing fire (~ device)
asphyxiate start learning		suffocate (~ed victims)
noxious start learning		toxic (~ fumes)
obstruct start learning		block (~ed exit)
discard start learning		dump (~ed furniture)
engulf start learning		envelop (flames ~)
ferocity start learning		intensity (~ of the fire)
gut start learning		destroy the inside of a buildig
deteriorate start learning		decline, worsen (~ing mental condition)
scold start learning		reprimand (~ for unruly behaviour)
forensic start learning		connected with courts of law (~ scientists)
unruly start learning		undisciplined
warrant start learning		written order giving authority to do smth (issue a ~)
grievous start learning		serious (~ bodily harm)
capture start learning		take by force (~ of gang)
burglar start learning		person who enters a building intending to steal
make off with start learning		steal and hurry away with smth
ransack start learning		rob and plunder (~ed shops)
establishment start learning		place of business (burgled ~)
outpace start learning		drive faster than (~ patrol vehicles)
siege start learning		surrounding and blockading a place (a bank ~)
robber start learning		person who steals using force on any other person
tip-off start learning		hint (following ~)
parole start learning		conditional release of a person from prison (be on ~)
teller start learning		person who receives and pays out money in a bank
vault start learning		secure room for safe-keeping (open the ~)
balaclava start learning		knitted cap that covers the head and the neck (~ helmets)

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