painstaking (adj):
extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort
spectacular (adj):
very exciting to look at
search warrants (n):
an official document that gives police officers the authority to search a building for stolen property, illegal goods, or information that might help to solve a crime
to execute
execute search warrants
syndicate (n):
drug syndicate
an organization that supplies articles and photographs to different newspapers and magazines for publishing
haul (n):
Huge drug haul
a usually large amount of sth that has been stolen or is illegal.
To seize:
if the police or other officials seize sth, they take possession of it with legal authority.
To escalate:
to become or make sth become greater or more serious
Bullet (cn):
a small, metal object that is shot from a gun
Clean-looking (adj)
To smash (v)
[DEFEAT] to defeat someone or to destroy sth completely
Virtue
Hostility (n)
Fraught (adj)
Doomed (adj):
The plan is likely doomed
: certain to fail, die, or be destroyed
Plain (adj)
The Senate crossbench is making plain its view
Dubious (adj):
thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted
To acquaint someone with sth:
: to give someone information about sth
To strike sb down:
If the postal plebiscite is not successful, is struck down in a high court
if someone is struck down, they die suddenly or start to suffer from a serious illness
To shoulder (v): The Prime Minister must shoulder
to accept that you are responsible for sth bad or difficult