force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
lawless area; lawless district
distant place; faraway location; far away
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
scale; scope; plan; structure
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; (lit.) anti-social forces
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
establishment; settlement
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
process; course; mechanism
temporary; transitory; short-lived
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by