getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
lately; recently; nowadays
state police; provincial police
assistant ...; probationary ...
offender; criminal; culprit
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
arrest; apprehension; capture
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
dry riverbed; river beach
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
citizens' campaign; citizens' group
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
clear; precise; definite; distinct
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
illegal resident (in a country); illegal alien; illegal overstayer (person who has overstayed their visa)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
must not; should not; do not
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
society; the world; the times
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
secretary general; chief secretary
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)