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) change into glass or a glasslike substance, esp. By heat. vitrifaction n. Vitrification n. [french or medieval latin: related to *vitreous]
VITRIOL
n. - sulphuric acid or a sulphate.
- caustic or hostile speech or criticism. [latin vitrum]
VOCABLE
n. Word, esp. With reference to form not meaning. [latin voco call]
VOLCANO
n. (pl. -es) 1 mountain or hill from which lava, steam, etc. Escape through openings in the earth's crust.
- volatile situation. [latin volcanus vulcan, roman god of fire]
VOLTAGE
n. Electromotive force expressed in volts.
VOLUBLE
adj. Speaking or spoken fluently or at length. volubility n. Volubly adv. [latin volvo roll]
VOUCHER
n. - document exchangeable for goods or services.
- receipt. [from anglo-french, or from *vouch]
VULGATE
n. 4th-c. Latin version of the bible. [latin: related to *vulgar]
VULPINE
adj. - of or like a fox.
- crafty, cunning. [latin vulpes fox]
VULTURE
n. - large carrion-eating bird of prey, reputed to gather with others in anticipation of a death.
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