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  1. allegation
    a formal accusation against somebody
    Department of Social Services first reported the abuse allegation to the sheriff's department May 3 after receiving a tip.
  2. metro
    an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
    THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
    GIRL IN FIRE HAD BEEN RAPED
    CORONER SAYS 14-YEAR-OLD WHOSE SIBLINGS ALSO DIED HAD SIGNS OF SEX ASSAULT
    INVESTIGATORS HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ATTACKER; FATHER HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH ABUSING DAUGHTER
    Thursday, August 12, 2004
    Section: METRO
    Edition: THREE
    Page: 1B
    DAN HUNTLEY , HEATHER VOGELL, Staff Writers
    Illustration: GRAPHIC:1 PHOTO:1

    Caption: Jose Denis Meza

    Dateline: ROCK HILL
    A 14-year-old girl who was murdered before her house burned Monday had been r...
  3. law enforcement
    ensuring obedience to the laws
    Williamson said a department investigator would interview county DSS staff and law enforcement about the case.
  4. screening
    the display of a motion picture
    DSS general counsel Virginia Williamson said Wednesday that she couldn't say how many times a caseworker had visited the family since May, or whether the children had received physical screenings for abuse or psychological counseling.
  5. heather
    a low purple-flowered plant grown in the northern hemisphere
    THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
    GIRL IN FIRE HAD BEEN RAPED
    CORONER SAYS 14-YEAR-OLD WHOSE SIBLINGS ALSO DIED HAD SIGNS OF SEX ASSAULT
    INVESTIGATORS HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ATTACKER; FATHER HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH ABUSING DAUGHTER
    Thursday, August 12, 2004
    Section: METRO
    Edition: THREE
    Page: 1B
    DAN HUNTLEY , HEATHER VOGELL, Staff Writers
    Illustration: GRAPHIC:1 PHOTO:1

    Caption: Jose Denis Meza

    Dateline: ROCK HILL
    A 14-year-old girl who was murdered before her house burned Monday had been r...
  6. psychological
    mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
    DSS general counsel Virginia Williamson said Wednesday that she couldn't say how many times a caseworker had visited the family since May, or whether the children had received physical screenings for abuse or psychological counseling.
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