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B1 Woordenlijst - Recht en politiek
Hier leer je enkele Engelse woorden over recht en politiek, zoals "border", "council", "election", enz., voorbereid voor B1-leerlingen.
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a set of ideas and activities involved in governing a country, state, or city
politiek
someone who is competing in an election or for a job position
kandidaat, kandidate
a line that separates two countries, provinces, or states from each other
grens, limiet
(in some countries) the group of people who have been elected to make laws, which in the US it consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate
congres, assemblee
a group of elected people who govern a city, town, etc.
raad, gemeenteraad
(in the US) one of the areas into which a state is divided and has a local government of its own
county, district
the place in which legal proceedings are conducted
rechtbank, hof
the job, skill, or act of managing the relationships between different countries
diplomatie
the process in which people choose a person or group of people for a position, particularly a political one, through voting
verkiezing
to choose a person for a specific job, particularly a political one, by voting
verkiezen, kiezen
a group of people who officially represent their government in another country
ambassade
the group of politicians in control of a country or state
regering, bestuur
the government of a city or town and not of a country
lokale overheid, gemeentebestuur
someone who is in charge of a region or town
governor, bestuurder
a country's rules that all of its citizens are required to obey
wet
someone who is elected to be the head of a town or city
burgemeester
the group of elected representatives whose responsibility is to create, amend, and discuss laws or address political matters
parlement, vergadering
an official political group with shared beliefs, goals, and policies aiming to be a part of or form a government
politieke partij, politieke groepering
related to or involving the governance of a country or territory
politiek
the leader of a country that has no king or queen
president
the act of making someone suffer because they have done something illegal or wrong
straf, sanctie
a thing that someone is legally, officially, or morally allowed to do or have
recht
(of law enforcement agencies) to take a person away because they believe that they have done something illegal
arresteren, vastnemen
to officially forbid a particular action, item, or practice
verbieden, uitsluiten
one of the political areas with limited law-making abilities that together form a federal country, like those of Germany or the US
staat, federale eenheid
to do a particular thing that is unlawful or wrong
plegen, verrichten
to try to find the truth about a crime, accident, etc. by carefully examining its facts
onderzoeken, verkennen
to unlawfully and intentionally kill another human being
moorden, doden
to cause someone suffering for breaking the law or having done something they should not have
straffen, bestraffen
someone who steals something from a person or place without using violence or threats
dief, rover
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.
stemmen, een stem uitbrengen
an official meeting where a group of people discuss a certain matter, which often continues for days
conferentie, symposium
an official announcement regarding something specific
verklaring, mededeling
a piece of cloth with a mark or pattern that stands for a country, organization, etc.
vlag, banier
an amount of money given by law to the close relatives of a murdered victim
bloedgeld, compensatie voor moord
the punishment of killing a criminal, which is officially ordered by a court
de doodstraf, doodstraf
related to or involving illegal activities
crimineel, illegaal
someone who does or is involved in an illegal activity
crimineel, overtreder
