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El crimen y la corrupción
de Mexico
76
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
04/05/2009
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Term
el capo
 Definition
gangster, head of drug ring
Term
el cártel
 Definition
mafia or drug cartel
Term
el delincuente
 Definition
criminal
Term
el delito
 Definition
crime, criminal act
Term
el encarecelmiento
 Definition
imprisonment
Term
la extradición
 Definition
extradition
Term
la huella
 Definition
footprint
Term
la huella digital
 Definition
finger print
Term
el lavado de dinero
 Definition
money laundering
Term
la pandilla
 Definition
gang
Term
la pista
 Definition
track or trail but also clue
Term
la mordida
 Definition
kickback, bribe
Term
la multa
 Definition
fine
Term
el narcotráfico
 Definition
drug trafficking
Term
el secuestro
 Definition
kidnapping
Term
el secuestrador
 Definition
kidnapper
Term
el sicario
 Definition
hired killer
Term
el sospecho
 Definition
suspect
Term
aprehender
 Definition
to seize
Term
atracar
 Definition
to rob
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correr el riesgo de
 Definition
to run the risk of
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denunciar
 Definition
to report a crime
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detener
 Definition
to arrest
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encabezar
 Definition
to head a group
Term
enfrentar
 Definition
to confront
Term
juzgar
 Definition
to judge, to try (legal)
Term
involucrar
 Definition
to involve
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realizar
 Definition
to carry out
Term
acuchillado
 Definition
knifed
Term
apuñalado
 Definition
stabbed
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culpable
 Definition
guilty
Term
infranqueable
 Definition
insurmountable
Term
intocable
 Definition
untouchable
Term
omnipotente
 Definition
omnipotent
Term
ajustar cuentas
 Definition
to settle a dispute, to get even
Term
poner en jaque mate
 Definition
to put in check mate
Term
por todos lados
 Definition
everywhere
Term
ser interrogado
 Definition
to be interrogated
Term
el acoso
 Definition
harassment, hounding
Term
la amenaza
 Definition
threat
Term
el asesinato
 Definition
murder
Term
el asesino
 Definition
murderer
Term
el atraco
 Definition
robbery, mugging
Term
la golpiza
 Definition
beating
Term
la herida
 Definition
wound
Term
el imán
 Definition
magnet
Term
la maldad
 Definition
wickedness, evil
Term
el paradero
 Definition
whereabouts
Term
el robo
 Definition
robbery
Term
la señal
 Definition
sign, signal
Term
la señal
 Definition
sign, signal
Term
el soborno
 Definition
bribe
Term
la víctima
 Definition
victim
Term
amenazar
 Definition
to threaten
Term
contar con
 Definition
to count on
Term
delinquir
 Definition
to commit a criminal act
Term
enterarse de
 Definition
to found out
Term
extorsionar
 Definition
to extort money from
Term
fugarse
 Definition
to flee, run away
Term
platicar
 Definition
to chat (méx., colloq.)
Term
raptar
 Definition
to kidnap
Term
violar
 Definition
to rape
Term
creciente
 Definition
growing
Term
grueso
 Definition
thick, complicated
Term
mugriento
 Definition
filthy
Term
policiaca
 Definition
police (adj)
Term
vinculado
 Definition
linked
Term
a diferencia de
 Definition
unlike
Term
al cabo de
 Definition
after
Term
apenas
 Definition
hardly
Term
a plena luz
 Definition
in broad daylight
Term
pese a
 Definition
despite
Term
pinche
 Definition
rotten, lousy (méx., colloq.)
Term
por las buenas (malas)
 Definition
(un)willingly
Term
quedar impune
 Definition
to go unpunished
Term
sin tregua
 Definition
relentlessly
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