Mystery Terms Flashcard

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a guess or feeling not based on known facts

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Hunch

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an advance or discovery that helps solve a crime

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Breakthrough

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a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries

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Clue

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something - such as a witness, statement or object - that is used as proof in a crime

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Evidence

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to ask questions aggressively, closely or formally

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Interrogate

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an excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime

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Alibi

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an inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way

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Motive

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collecting the facts and drawing a possible conclusion

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Deduction

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an investigator or detective

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Sleuth

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a false lead that throws the investigator off track

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Red Herring