19.2.1. gy. A1C2 (példák)

curb verb /kɜːb/ [T] korlátoz vmit (bűnözést, inflációt, stb.)

to curb crime/inflation

establish verb /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ [T often passive] 3 megállapít vmit (kiderít vmit)

The police are trying to establish how he died.

investigate verb /ɪnˈves.tɪ.geɪt/ [I or T] vizsgál, kivizsgál; nyomoz, kutat (bűnügyet, balesetet, visszaélést, stb.)

Police are investigating allegations of corruption involving senior executives.

We are of course investigating how an error like this could have occurred.

reconstruct verb /ˌriː.kənˈstrʌkt/ [T] 2 rekonstruál (eseményeket, tényeket, bűntényt, stb.)

The police tried to reconstruct the crime using evidence found at the scene.

search verb /sɜːtʃ/ 3 motoz, megmotoz (rendőrség/hatóság illegális dolgok/ember után) [T]

They were searched at the airport.

The men were searched for drugs and then released.

suspect verb /səˈspekt/ [T] 2 gyanúsít vkit, gyanakszik vkire

No one knows who killed her, but the police suspect her husband.

The police suspect him of carrying out two bomb attacks.

track verb /træk/ [T] 1 nyomon követ (személyt, állatot, járművet, stb.)

It's difficult to track an animal over stony ground.

The military use radar satellites to track targets through clouds and at night.

The terrorists were tracked to Amsterdam.

uphold verb /ʌpˈhəʊld/ [T] *(upheld, upheld) 2 védelmez (törvényt, rendszert, elvet, stb.)

Police officers are expected to uphold the law.

crackdown noun /ˈkræk.daʊn/ [C] kemény rendőrségi fellépés

The police are having a crackdown on speeding.

detective noun /dɪˈtek.tɪv/ [C] detektív, nyomozó

a private detective

detective stories