to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
premeditated crime; deliberate crime
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
the reason is ...; it is because ...
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
foreign; abroad; overseas
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
illegal; illicit; unlawful
smuggling; contraband trade
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)
large number (of); many; majority
to claim victims; to leave casualties
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
newspaper story (article, account)
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
without thinking of the consequences
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
near; close by; within reach; familiar
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
on the occasion of; at the time of
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair