Lista de Palabras Nivel B1 - Derecho y Política

a set of ideas and activities involved in governing a country, state, or city

someone who is competing in an election or for a job position

a line that separates two countries, provinces, or states from each other

a group of elected people who govern a city, town, etc.

(in the US) one of the areas into which a state is divided and has a local government of its own

the place in which legal proceedings are conducted

the process in which people choose a person or group of people for a position, particularly a political one, through voting

to choose a person for a specific job, particularly a political one, by voting

the group of politicians in control of a country or state

a country's rules that all of its citizens are required to obey

someone who is elected to be the head of a town or city

the group of elected representatives whose responsibility is to create, amend, and discuss laws or address political matters

an official political group with shared beliefs, goals, and policies aiming to be a part of or form a government

related to or involving the governance of a country or territory

the leader of a country that has no king or queen

a society's ordinary people

the act of making someone suffer because they have done something illegal or wrong

a thing that someone is legally, officially, or morally allowed to do or have

(of law enforcement agencies) to take a person away because they believe that they have done something illegal

to officially forbid a particular action, item, or practice

one of the political areas with limited law-making abilities that together form a federal country, like those of Germany or the US

to do a particular thing that is unlawful or wrong

to get away from captivity

to try to find the truth about a crime, accident, etc. by carefully examining its facts

to unlawfully and intentionally kill another human being

to cause someone suffering for breaking the law or having done something they should not have

to control and be in charge of a country

someone who steals something from a person or place without using violence or threats

to show which candidate one wants to win in an election or which plan one supports, by marking a piece of paper, raising one's hand, etc.

an official meeting where a group of people discuss a certain matter, which often continues for days

a piece of cloth with a mark or pattern that stands for a country, organization, etc.

to release someone from captivity or arrest

the punishment of killing a criminal, which is officially ordered by a court

related to or involving illegal activities

a person who does or is involved in an illegal activity