investigation

Diane K. (United States of America)
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  1. abandon
    forsake; leave behind
  2. abusive
    characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
  3. accede
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  4. accumulate
    get or gather together
  5. affluent
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  6. allege
    report or maintain
  7. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  8. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
  9. bribe
    payment made to corrupt a person in a position of trust
  10. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  11. commission
    the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
  12. commissioner
    a member of a special group considering some matter
  13. compliance
    the act of submitting, usually surrendering power to another
  14. confluence
    a place where things merge or flow together
  15. conspiracy
    a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
  16. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  17. controversial
    marked by or capable of causing disagreement
  18. conviction
    an unshakable belief in something without need for proof
  19. cooper
    a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
  20. corporate
    of or belonging to a business firm
  21. correlation
    a reciprocal connection between two or more things
  22. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  23. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  24. embezzlement
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property
  25. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  26. enabling
    providing legal power or sanction
  27. enforcement
    ensuring observance of or obedience to
  28. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  29. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  30. exploit
    use or manipulate to one's advantage
  31. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  32. extort
    obtain by coercion or intimidation
  33. federal
    of a government with central and regional authorities
  34. forfeit
    lose the right to or lose by some error, offense, or crime
  35. furor
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
  36. galleon
    a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts
  37. impending
    close in time; about to occur
  38. initiative
    readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  39. injunction
    a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
  40. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  41. intelligent
    having the capacity for thought and reason to a high degree
  42. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  43. investigation
    an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
  44. litigation
    a legal proceeding in a court
  45. mandate
    a formal statement of a command to do something
  46. negligence
    failure to act with the prudence of a reasonable person
  47. negligible
    so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
  48. opportunist
    a person who places expediency above principle
  49. panel
    sheet that forms a distinct section of something
  50. perpetrate
    perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  51. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  52. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  53. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  54. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  55. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
  56. purchaser
    a person who buys
  57. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  58. racketeer
    someone who commits crimes for profit
  59. regulatory
    restricting according to rules or principles
  60. stall
    a small area set off for special use
  61. statute
    an act passed by a legislative body
  62. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  63. subpoena
    a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
  64. traceable
    capable of being tracked or detected
  65. unregulated
    not subject to rule or discipline
  66. violation
    an act that disregards an agreement or a right
Created on Sat Jul 28 22:30:58 EDT 2012

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