Al Capone Does My Shirts Part One And Two Vocabulary

embezzler

a trusted person who fraudulently directs others’ property, usually money, to themselves

conniver

a person who secretly plots a crime or other wrong

convict

person serving a prison sentence

phonograph

a machine that plays records

affliction

a cause of pain or annoyance

morgue

a place where the bodies of those have died are stored before burial or cremation

amensia

loss of memory caused by an injury

asylum

an institution for the mentally ill who require special treatment

darn

to mend or fix by sewing

heinous

hateful, the worst of all kinds

hordes

large groups or crowds

underworld

criminal world

keen

intense

counterfieters

people who print fake money or make fake products

remedial

corrective

shrill

high pitched and piercing sound

Appeal

a court action asking for a prior case to be looked at again

Notorius

famous for having bad reputation

cultivated

educated and refined with good manners

natters

to talk non-stop with chatter

wheedle

persuasive tone

ratio

the measure of two things in relation to eachother

cotillion

formal ball dancing

preposterous

absurd or ridiculous

indignity

disgrace

shenanigans

deceitful tricks or pranks

distinguished

having great dignity or reputation

culpability

guilt or blame

moral

the principals of right or wrong; ethical

severance

pay to an employee that has been laid off or fired

procuring

holding or hiding