trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
offender; criminal; culprit
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
doing whatever one pleases
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
the real criminal; true culprit
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
to take back; to recapture
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to take to task; to take it out on
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
custom; common practice; habit
sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
very likely; very probable
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to figure out; to get an idea