Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn’t control himself during a lineup.
When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words, “Give me all your money or I’ll shoot,”
the man shouted, “That’s not what I said!”
v. (-ies, -ied) restore (esp. Separated territories) to a political unity. reunification n.
REUNION
n. - reuniting or being reunited.
- social gathering, esp. Of people formerly associated.
REUNITE
v. (-ting) (cause to) come together again.
REVALUE
v. (-ues, -ued, -uing) give a different, esp. Higher, value to (a currency etc.). revaluation n.
REVENGE
—n. - retaliation for an offence or injury.
- act of retaliation.
- desire for this; vindictive feeling.
- (in games) win after an earlier defeat. —v. (-ging) 1 (in refl. Or passive; often foll. By on, upon) inflict retaliation for (an offence).
- avenge (a person). [latin: related to *vindicate]
REVENUE
n. - a income, esp. A substantial one. B (in pl.) Items constituting this.
- state's annual income from which public expenses are met.
- department of the civil service collecting this. [french revenu from latin revenio return]
REVERIE
n. Fit of abstracted musing, day-dream. [french]
REVERSE
gear n. Gear used to make a vehicle etc. Go backwards.
- —v. (-sing) 1 turn the other way round or up or inside out.
- change to the opposite character or effect.
- (cause to) travel backwards.
- make (an engine etc.) Work in a contrary direction.
- revoke or annul (a decree, act, etc.). —adj. - backwards or upside down.
- opposite or contrary in character or order; inverted. —n. - opposite or contrary (the reverse is the case).
- contrary of the usual manner (printed in reverse).
- piece of misfortune; disaster; defeat.
- reverse gear or motion.
- reverse side.
- side of a coin etc. Bearing the secondary design.
- verso of a printed leaf. reverse arms hold a rifle with the butt upwards. Reverse the charges have the recipient of a telephone call pay for it. reversal n. Reversible adj. [latin verto vers- turn]
REVISED
standard version n. Revision published in 1946–57 of the american standard version of the bible (itself based on the english rv).
- version n. Revision published in 1881–95 of the authorized version of the bible.
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