--- title: Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 27 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… # Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police The 17 questions of lesson 27 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 101 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t1/) — News: "A 34-year-old man is helping police with their inquiries after the robbery." What is really happening? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t2/) — "Shut up about my brother. He's inside, all right? Three years." Where is the brother? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t3/) — Shop owner: "Shrinkage cost us two thousand pounds this year." What happened? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t4/) — Gossip: "Watch your purse round Dave, he's got sticky fingers." What is the warning? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t5/) — A US news line: "Police have named a person of interest in the case." Which is true? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t6/) — "The suspect is known to police," says the reporter. What does it tell you? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t7/) — Report: "Officers used a less-lethal weapon to stop the man." Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t8/) — Mate: "lol he got a five-finger discount on them sweets." What did he do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t9/) — "Her uncle's been a guest of His Majesty since last spring," laughs a neighbour. Where is the uncle? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t10/) — A US prison report: "The inmate was placed in administrative segregation." What happened to him? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t11/) — "My cousin did time, back in the 90s — no wait, early 2000s." What did the cousin do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t12/) — A police statement says "an officer-involved shooting occurred on Main Street". What happened? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t13/) — Old film: "Ten years up the river, that's what you'll get!" What is the threat? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phrase "detained at His Majesty's pleasure"? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/e2/) — Identify the principal meaning of "use of force" as employed in police reports. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of "protective custody" within a prison. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/e4/) — It is given that an applicant is described as "justice-involved". Ascertain what is thereby indicated. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [26. 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