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Word | Syllables | Categories |
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false imprisonment | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
abuse of process | x///x | Phrase, Noun |
arrest warrant | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
entrapment | x/x | Noun |
habeas corpus | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
tort | / | Noun |
probable cause | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
civil action | /x/x | Name, Name |
complaint | x/ | Noun |
miscarriage of justice | x/x//x | Phrase, Noun |
trespass on the case | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
bench warrant | //x | Phrase, Noun |
due process | //x | Phrase, Noun |
acquittal | x/x | Noun |
defendant | x/x | Noun |
lawsuit | /x | Noun |
warrant | /x | Noun |
attribution | xx/x | Noun |
criminal procedure | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
pain and suffering | ///xx | Phrase, Noun |
assault | x/ | Noun |
indecent assault | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
alienation of affections | /xx/x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
abduction | x/x | Noun |
maintenance | /xx | Noun |
protective custody | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
conversion | x/x | Noun |
robbery | /xx | Noun |
detainer | x/x | Noun |
search warrant | //x | Phrase, Noun |
negligence | /xx | Noun |
aggrieved party | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
court order | //x | Phrase, Noun |
battery | /xx | Noun |
material witness | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
police court | x// | Phrase, Noun |
deceit | x/ | Noun |
bail | / | Noun |
recognizance | x/xx | Noun |
suit | / | Noun |
subpoena ad testificandum | x/x//xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
federal question jurisdiction | /xx/xxx/x | Name, Name |
litigant | /xx | Noun |
presumption of innocence | x/x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
gross negligence | //xx | Name, Name |
wrongful death | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
declaration | xx/x | Noun |
surveillance | x/x | Noun |
accusation | xx/x | Noun |
court appearance | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
prosecution | xx/x | Noun |
intervention | xx/x | Noun |
obstruction of justice | x/x//x | Phrase, Noun |
libel | /x | Noun |
abdication | xx/x | Noun |
abode | x/ | Noun, Verb |
absurd | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
abusive | x/x | Adjective |
accommodation | xxx/x | Noun |
admiralty | /xxx | Noun |
admission | x/x | Noun |
adopt | x/ | Verb |
adulterated | x/xxx | Adjective |
adulterous | x/xx | Adjective |
aforesaid | x/x | Adjective |
all | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
appellate | x/x | Adjective |
appointment | x/x | Noun |
apprehend | xx/ | Verb |
apprehension | xx/x | Noun |
arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
artificial | xx/x | Adjective |
assertion | x/x | Noun |
assignment | x/x | Noun |
assumed | x/ | Adjective |
attachment | x/x | Noun |
autopsy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
bankruptcy | /xx | Noun |
baseless | /x | Adjective |
blame | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
blanks | / | Adjective |
boarding | /x | Noun |
bogus | /x | Adjective, Noun |
booking | /x | Noun |
breakup | /x | Noun |
bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
bunk | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
capture | /x | Verb, Noun |
caught | / | Adjective |
cease | / | Verb, Noun |
cessation | x/x | Noun |
check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
coerced | x/ | Verb |
collar | /x | Noun, Verb |
compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
concentration | xx/x | Noun |
concept | /x | Noun, Verb |
conception | x/x | Noun |
confine | x/ | Verb, Noun |
confinement | x/x | Noun |
contain | x/ | Verb |
cop | / | Noun, Verb |
correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
counterfeit | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
crime | / | Noun, Verb |
criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
curb | / | Noun, Verb |
curtail | x/ | Verb, Noun |
custodial | x/xx | Adjective |
custody | /xx | Noun |
cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
cut down | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
cut out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
deadlock | /x | Noun, Verb |
deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
deceptive | x/x | Adjective |
decision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
decoy | x/ | Noun, Verb |
decree | x/ | Noun, Verb |
defective | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
delusive | x/x | Adjective |
deportation | xx/x | Noun |
desertion | x/x | Noun |
detainee | xx/ | Noun |
detention | x/x | Noun |
deter | x/ | Verb, Noun |
discontinuation | xxxx/x | Noun |
dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
dishonorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
disingenuous | xx/xx | Adjective |
dismissal | x/x | Noun |
distorted | x/x | Noun |
dodgy | /x | Adjective |
dorsal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
dud | / | Noun, Adjective |
dummy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
dwell | / | Verb, Noun |
embargo | x/x | Noun, Verb |
empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
end | / | Noun, Verb |
enlistment | x/x | Noun |
enrollment | x/x | Noun |
erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
eviction | x/x | Noun |
exemplary | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
expulsion | x/x | Noun |
fabricated | /xxx | Adjective |
fabrication | xx/x | Noun |
fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
fallacious | x/x | Adjective |
falsehood | /x | Noun |
falsified | /xx | Adjective |
faulty | /x | Adjective |
faux | / | Adjective, Noun |
feigned | / | Adjective |
fictional | /xx | Adjective |
fictitious | x/x | Adjective |
fictive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
finalize | /xx | Verb |
fishing | /x | Noun |
flawed | / | Adjective |
foreclosure | x/x | Noun |
forged | / | Adjective |
forgeries | /xx | Noun |
foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
fraudulent | /xx | Adjective |
freeze | / | Noun, Verb |
futile | /x | Adjective |
gaol | x/ | Noun, Verb |
garnishment | /xx | Noun |
get | / | Verb, Noun |
grasp | / | Verb, Noun |
groundless | /x | Adjective |
halt | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
handcuffs | /x | Noun |
held | / | Noun |
herring | /x | Noun |
hitch | / | Noun, Verb |
hold back | // | Phrase, Verb |
hollow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
hunt | / | Noun, Verb |
hypocritical | xx/xx | Adjective |
illegal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
illusory | x/xx | Adjective |
imaginary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
imitation | xx/x | Noun |
imitative | /xxx | Adjective |
impactor | x/x | Noun |
impasse | x/ | Noun |
implausible | x/xx | Adjective |
impractical | x/xx | Adjective |
imprisonment | x/xx | Noun |
improper | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
inaccurate | x/xx | Adjective |
inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
incidental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
inconstant | x/x | Adjective |
incorrect | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
inexact | xx/ | Adjective |