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💥Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial - Nabbing Absconders - on fugitive economic offenders ordinance💥

nab (verb) – catch/seize, arrest, take into custody.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nabbing absconders: on Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 

absconder (noun) – a person who is running away/fleeing/escaping (and fail to surrender).
Hindu Editorial usage : Nabbing absconders: on Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 

fugitive (adjective) – escaping, runaway, fleeing.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nabbing absconders: on Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 

plug (noun) – stop, block, end.
Hindu Editorial usage : The ordinance is not enough; the government needs to plug many more legal loopholes Last Saturday

loophole (noun) – an ambiguity in the law; flaw/fault, defect.
Hindu Editorial usage : The ordinance is not enough; the government needs to plug many more legal loopholes Last Saturday

wilful defaulter (noun) – a person who is purposefully not repaying banks/lenders’ debt on time for 
various reasons.
Hindu Editorial usage : the passports of some wilful defaulters are being impounded too.

impound (verb) – seize, confiscate/appropriate, take possession of.
Hindu Editorial usage : the passports of some wilful defaulters are being impounded too.

belated (adjective) – late, delayed, not on time.
Hindu Editorial usage : Given that the proposed legislation was announced well over a year ago, the trigger for this belated haste is easy to see.

haste (noun) – rush, hurry, urgency.
Hindu Editorial usage : Given that the proposed legislation was announced well over a year ago, the trigger for this belated haste is easy to see.

washout (noun) – failure, disappointment, let-down/loser.
Hindu Editorial usage :  but it was only introduced in the Lok Sabha this March, in a session that proved to be a washout. 

clamour (noun) – protest, complaints, outcry/commotion.
Hindu Editorial usage : The government is no doubt conscious of the clamour for tough action on absconding offenders, particularly those involved in financial misdemeanours and wilful defaulters of bank loans.

misdemeanour (noun) – wrongdoing, evil deed, crime act.
Hindu Editorial usage : The government is no doubt conscious of the clamour for tough action on absconding offenders, particularly those involved in financial misdemeanours and wilful defaulters of bank loans.

consternation (noun) – unexpected dismay; shock, surprise.
Hindu Editorial usage : There remains great consternation over liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s flight from the country,

defunct (adjective) – no longer existing, inoperative, non-functioning.
Hindu Editorial usage : with his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines having run up outstanding loans of over ₹9,000 crore from Indian banks. 

run up (phrasal verb) – accumulate/collect, accrue, amass (a debt).
Hindu Editorial usage : with his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines having run up outstanding loans of over ₹9,000 crore from Indian banks. 

climes (noun) – a region; town, city.
Hindu Editorial usage :  They left Indian shores for safer climes under the NDA government’s watch, as did diamond merchants Nirav Modi,

watch (noun) – stint, spell, turn.
Hindu Editorial usage :  They left Indian shores for safer climes under the NDA government’s watch, as did diamond merchants Nirav Modi,

extradition (noun) – deportation, expulsion, banishment.
Hindu Editorial usage : India is no closer to getting Mr. Modi or Mr. Mallya back to face the law, with extradition proceedings against the latter crawling through U.K. courts.

crawl (verb) –  move, proceed, progress (very slowly).
Hindu Editorial usage : India is no closer to getting Mr. Modi or Mr. Mallya back to face the law, with extradition proceedings against the latter crawling through U.K. courts.

expedite (verb) – speed up, accelerate, hurry.
Hindu Editorial usage : No clear indications about whether their return could be expedited emerged during Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with his British counterpart Theresa May last week. 

counterpart (noun) – a person who serves the same job/function but in a different location; equivalent.
Hindu Editorial usage : No clear indications about whether their return could be expedited emerged during Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with his British counterpart Theresa May last week. 

disallow (verb) – reject, refuse, dismiss.
Hindu Editorial usage : an American court has disallowed the sale of their assets in other jurisdictions while allowing their U.S.-based entity to offload its assets.

offload (verb) – unload/empty out; get rid of, transfer.
Hindu Editorial usage : an American court has disallowed the sale of their assets in other jurisdictions while allowing their U.S.-based entity to offload its assets.

moot (verb) – put forward, propose, suggest (an idea).
Hindu Editorial usage : India is yet to pass a model law mooted by the UN for cross-border insolvency cases

insolvency (noun) – a condition in which the financial difficulties of an individual or organisation are such it is unable to pay its debts. bankruptcy (noun) – legal state of insolvency. An individual or organisation is declared bankrupt if a court judges that the party involved can no longer meet debt payments to creditors. it is defined as the outcome of a legal procedure.
Hindu Editorial usage : India is yet to pass a model law mooted by the UN for cross-border insolvency cases

tide over (phrasal verb) – sustain, keep someone going, help/assist (someone in difficulty).
Hindu Editorial usage :  It is not clear whether this ordinance can tide over this major handicap.

handicap (noun) – impediment, hindrance, obstacle.
Hindu Editorial usage :  It is not clear whether this ordinance can tide over this major handicap.

deflect (verb) – divert, avert; distract/deviate.
Hindu Editorial usage : The government may have opted for the ordinance route to deflect the heat from these cases of fraud,

heat (noun) – intensive pressure, criticism (unwelcomed).
Hindu Editorial usage : The government may have opted for the ordinance route to deflect the heat from these cases of fraud,

coherent (adjective) – logical, reasonable, rational.
Hindu Editorial usage : but it needs to present a coherent vision about its plans to bring back those fugitives who have already got away and plug the remaining loopholes in the system.

get away (phrasal verb) – escape, run away/take flight, abscond.
Hindu Editorial usage : but it needs to present a coherent vision about its plans to bring back those fugitives who have already got away and plug the remaining loopholes in the system.

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