English Vocabulary in Use Advanced 35 Authorities: customs and police

landing card

a card on which passengers on a plane or boat have to write details about themselves and which they then show to officials when they arrive in a foreign country

~ Thẻ khai nhập cảnh

• Our officer will scan your passport and check your l___________ _________.

customs declaration

an official document that lists and gives details of goods that are being imported or exported:

~ Tờ khai hải quan

• Imported goods must be accompanied by a c__________ d_________ FORM.

• file/make/submit a ~

• Alternatively, you may submit your c_________ d___________ electronically.

• complete/fill in/fill out a c__________ d___________

vaccination certificate

paper proving you have had the necessary health injections

• Do you have a v_____________ c____________ for him that shows when he last had his shots?

entry regulations

rules about who can enter a country and for how long

• As Syria tightens e_________ r____________ for refugees crossing the border from Iraq, UNICEF and its partners continue to advocate for humanitarian exceptions to the rules.

facial recognition technology

computer application that can automatically identify a person from a visual image

• Recently, I heard that Facebook is employing powerful new f_________ r___________ t___________.

spot check

a check that is made suddenly and without warning on a few things or people chosen from a group to see that everything is as it should be

• to carry out random _s on vehicles

• In a series of _s, police searched buses crossing the border.

banned or restricted goods

items that are forbidden or only permitted in specified quantities

b__________ or r__________ g_________

~ hàng cấm

allowance

[C] an amount of something that you are allowed

• The baggage/luggage a______________ for most flights is 20 kilos.

sniffer dog

a dog that is trained and used by the police or army to find hidden drugs or bombs, or to find someone the police are looking for, using its sense of smell

• Russian scientists have crossed a jackal with a husky to make the ultimate s________ d______ .

also: detector dog

detect (/dɪˈtekt/)

find something hidden

• Airport security checkpoints also need better equipment to d_________ explosives.

clear customs

successfully get through baggage checking

~ thủ tục hải quan

He was not allowed to c_________ c__________ and, instead, was questioned by immigration officials.

port of entry

a place where a person enters a country, or goods are taken off a ship, etc.

~ Cảng nhập cảnh

• You will need to present the documents at your p_______ ____ e_______.

refugee (/ˌref.juˈdʒiː/)

a person who has escaped from their own country for political, religious, or economic reasons or because of a war:

Thousands of r________s FLED across the border.

asylum (/əˈsaɪ.ləm)

[ U ] protection or safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because of war

~ Nơi an toàn, nơi ẩn nấp

to seek/apply for political a___________

claim asylum

to request permission to stay in another country to avoid persecution back home

• Frankly if no one has ever heard of you you're not important enough to c________ a_________.

asylum seeker

someone who leaves their own country, often for political reasons or because of war, and who travels to another country hoping that the government will protect them and allow them to live there

• genuine/bogus a____________ s___________s

• A record number of a________ s__________s arrived in the UK last month.

persecution (/ˌpɜː.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/)

unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time because of race, religion, or political beliefs:

~ Sự khủng bố, sự ngược đãi, sự hành hạ; bức hại.

• They left the country out of fear of p_____________.

• refugees escaping from political p_______________

enforce

to make people obey a law, or to make a particular situation happen or be accepted

• It isn't always easy for the police to e_________ speed limits.

• The new teacher had failed to e__________ any sort of discipline.

stop and search

to stop a person or vehicle and search them or it, because you believe the person is carrying, or the vehicle contains, drugs, a weapon, or stolen property

• The police must have adequate grounds to s_______ a____ s________.

• Police began s_______ing a____ s________ing men in predominantly black neighbourhoods.

• (also US s______ and frisk)

suspicion

[ C ]a belief or idea that something may be true:

• [ + that ] I have a s____________ that he only asked me out because my brother persuaded him to.

• She had a nagging/sneaking s___________ that she might have sent the letter to the wrong address.

search warrant

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

~ Lệnh khám xét

• Officers armed with a s_________ w__________ entered the flat.

speed camera

a camera at the side of the road that takes pictures of cars that are going faster than is legally allowed

• We are looking at ways to make better use of s_________ c_________s which are particularly effective at sites prone to accidents.

exceed the speed limit

go faster than the permitted speed

• More and more municipalities are using enforcement cameras that snap photographs of vehicles that e_________ t___ s________ l_______ or run a red light.

traffic warden (/ˈtræf.ɪk ˌwɔː.dən/)

someone whose job is to make certain that people do not leave their cars in illegal places

~ nhân viên kiểm soát giao thông, đảm bảo việc thực thi quy định về đỗ xe và trật tự đường phố.

A t________ w_________ gave me a ticket for parking on a double yellow line.

parking ticket

an official notice put on your vehicle when you have parked illegally that tells you that you must pay a fine

I've just got a p_____ t____ - my first in years.

surveillance (/səˈveɪ.ləns/)

the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or is expected

~ sự giám sát

• The police have kept the nightclub under s________ because of suspected illegal drug activity.

• More banks are now installing s_______ cameras.

CCTV (closed-circuit television) (/ˌsiː.siː.tiːˈviː/)

a system that sends television signals to a limited number of screens, and is often used in shops and public places to prevent crime

~ Camera quan sát

~ cameras

The whole incident was captured on C_____.

security forces

often a name for the army and police working together

~ Lực lượng an ninh

S_____ f____ battled some of the protesters, who defied a curfew to be there.

plain-clothes police

police who do not wear uniform

P_____-______ p_____ reportedly go from house to house looking for real or perceived rebels.

undercover police (/ˌʌn.dəˈkʌv.ər/)

police who are working secretly, using a false identity

U______ p_____ had arranged to meet Dunn and another man to sell 1 kilogram of cocaine.

drug squad

police specially trained to fight the illegal drug trade

A d____ s____ also raided Rhymes's hotel room but came up empty-handed.

corruption

illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions of power

~ Tham nhũng

• The film is about a young police officer and his struggle to expose c______ in the force.

bribery

[C2] an attempt to make someone do something for you by giving the person money, presents, or something else that they want

~ sự đút lót, sự hối lộ, sự mua chuộc, sự ăn hối lộ

He was jailed on charges of b_____.

anti-corruption squad

police specially trained to discover and fight bribery/corruption

El-Amin, whose district covers northwest St. Louis, becomes the latest public official ensnared in a crackdown by the FBI's local a____-_______ s_____.

cybercrime (/ˈsaɪ.bə.kraɪm/)

crime or illegal activity that is done using the internet

C_______ is a real plague, threatening to compromise the stability and security of our information systems.

cyberwarfare (/ˌsaɪ.bəˈwɔː.feər/)

the use of the internet to attack an enemy, by damaging things such as communication and transport systems or water and electricity supplies

~ Chiến tranh mạng

cyberterrorism (/ˈsaɪ.bəˌter.ə.rɪ.zəm/)

the use of the internet to damage or destroy computer systems for political or other reasons

~ Khủng bố mạng

phishing

an attempt to trick someone into giving information over the internet or by email that would allow someone else to take money from them, for example by taking money out of their bank account

~ Tấn công giả mạo

• Simple homographic matching of domain names has resulted in p______ attacks where a domain can appear to be legitimate, but is not.