Advocate: agree with and tell others about an idea.
Aliases: different names you use
Arrested: taken to jail by the police.
Bear arms: to own or use a gun.
Cited: given a ticket by the police
Civilian: a person who is not in the military.
Claim to be a U.S. citizen: to state you are a U.S. citizen
Claim: to say that something is true.
Constitution: the supreme law of the land
Country of Nationality: the country where you are currently a citizen or national.
Crime: an action that breaks the law.
Current: the present time
Declared legally incompetent: to be diagnosed that you are not able to make decisions for yourself due to mental problems under the law.
Detention facility: a jail or prison where people wait before they go to court and have a trial.
Disability: a problem with your body or mind that prevents you from doing things that other people can do (for example blindness or deafness).
Divorce: legally stop being married
Eligible/Eligibility: meet the requirements to do something
Fail: not pass a test; not complete or do something. Examples: “I failed my driving test,” means “I did not pass.” “I failed to stop at the red light,” means “I did not stop.”
False: not true.
File a tax return: send tax paperwork to the government.
Forcing sexual contact or relations: touching the male or female parts of the body when someone doesn’t want it.
Form of government in the U.S.: Republic
Fraudulent: to claim something that is not true.
Gamble: pay money to guess who will win at sports or games so that you can try to get more money.
Genocide: killing a whole group or race of people because of their religion, race, or other reason.
Guerrilla group: a group of people who use weapons against or attack the military, police or government.
Habitual drunkard: a person who regularly drinks too much alcohol (gets drunk).
Have you ever: in your lifetime.
Immigration benefit: things like a visa, green card, or citizenship
Illegal gambling: to play a game for money that is not allowed under the law.
Insurgent organization: a group of people that uses weapons to fight a government.
Jail: a building where police take people who are arrested for breaking the law.
Kill: to cause someone to die
Labor camp: a jail or prison where the prisoners have to do a lot of difficult work.
Legally incompetent: can’t make decisions for yourself because you have mental problems.
Lie: to say things that are not true.
Marital Status: whether you are legally married, single, divorced or widowed.
Married: having a husband or wife. This means legally married. You can be legally married even if you don’t currently live with your husband or wife.
Mental institution: a hospital for people with mental health problems.
Military unit: a group of people that work for a government to fight in a war; they may do this work on land, in boats or in airplanes.
Militia: an army that does not work for a government.
Misleading: causes a person to believe something that is not true to get something that you want.
Misrepresentation: to lie about who you are or something you did so that you can get something you want.
Naturalization: the process of becoming a citizen of a country
Noncombatant services: services that do not engage in fighting during a war such as nursing and translation.
Non-U.S. resident: a person who doesn’t live in the U.S.
Oath of Allegiance to the United States: a promise to be loyal to the United States.
Obtain: to get something.
Offense: minor crime
Overdue taxes: didn’t pay taxes on time.
Owe: to have a debt.
Paramilitary unit: a group of people who act like the military, but do not work for a government.
Pay alimony: to pay money to an ex-spouse after a divorce.
Persecute: to hurt someone badly because of religious or political beliefs.
Polygamy: being married to more than one person at the same time.
Prison: a building where criminals must stay as punishment for breaking the law.
Police unit: a group of people who work for a government to catch people who break the law
Prison camp: a jail or prison for enemy soldiers or other military during a war.
Probation: a time when a person who has broken the law gets out of prison early but is required to regularly report to the police.
Procure: to find a prostitute for someone.
Prostitute: someone who has sex with another person for money.
Public benefit: money from the government for things that can help you such as food stamps.
Rebel group: a group of people who fight a government or other group with power.
Register: sign up.
Resident: a person who lives in a specific place.
Single: not married now and never married before.
Self-defense unit: a group of people who work to protect a place if another group comes to fight them with weapons.
Smuggle: to take things/people to or from a country illegally.
Spouse: the person you are married to; your husband or wife.
Terrorist organization: an organization that uses violence for political or religious purposes.
Title of nobility: a position given by a King or Queen.
Torture: to cause great pain to someone.
Vigilante unit: a group of people who act like the police, but are not the police.
Weapon: something used to fight such as a gun, knife, or bomb.
Widowed: your marital status if your husband or wife died and you have not married again
Work of National Importance: tasks that are important to a nation during a crisis
Example of a Work of National Importance under civilian direction: helping the Red Cross during an earthquake
