police; police officer; police station
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
special selection; finest pick; top pick
intelligence operative; spy
firmly rooted; deep-seated
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
popular will; will of the people
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
main cause; primary factor
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
abusive language; violent language; wild words