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

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