search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
(police) detective; criminal matter
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
by means of; due to; because of; according to
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
lethality; killing effectiveness
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
plural; multiple; several
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to get accustomed to using
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
go that far; to that extent
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage