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

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

候选人, 应聘者
a line that separates two countries, provinces, or states from each other

边界, 国界
(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

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

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

县, 郡
the place in which legal proceedings are conducted

法庭, 法院
the job, skill, or act of managing the relationships between different countries

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

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

选举, 投票选出
the group of politicians in control of a country or state

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

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

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

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

政党, 政治团体
related to or involving the governance of a country or territory

政治的, 政务的
the leader of a country that has no king or queen

总统, 首席执行官
a society's ordinary people

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

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

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

逮捕, 拘留
to officially forbid a particular action, item, or practice

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

州, 邦
to do a particular thing that is unlawful or wrong

犯罪 (fànzuì), 实施 (shíshī)
to get away from captivity

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

调查, 侦查
to unlawfully and intentionally kill another human being

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

惩罚, 处罚
to control and be in charge of a country

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

小偷, 窃贼
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.

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

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

旗帜, 国旗
to release someone from captivity or arrest

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

死刑, 死亡刑罚
related to or involving illegal activities

犯罪的, 刑事的
