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U.S. Citizenship Vocabulary

hi guys during your citizenship interview depending on the interviewer they may ask you word definitions when asking the yes or no questions we will be providing you fullword definitions based on the new edition of the form in 400 which comes with the 37 questions the definitions of each vocabulary in this video are very simple and short enough so you can memorize them in a short time let's start with the first [Music] word claim to say something is [Music] true to say something is [Music] true claim to be a US citizen to State you are a US [Music] citizen to State you are a US [Music] citizen oh to have a debt to have a debt register to sign [Music] up to sign [Music] up OE taxes to owe the government money to owe the government money vote to elect new leaders to elect new leaders overdue passed a deadline pass pass a deadline Communist party like China North [Music] Korea like China North [Music] Korea nonresident alien a a person who has not passed the green card test a person who has not passed the green card test Advocate to support to support totalitarian party government controls everything and people have no power government controls everything and people have no power overthrow to remove a government from Power to remove a government from Power assassination an action of killing someone an action of killing someone sabotage to destroy something to destroy something kidnap to take someone away illegally to take someone away illegally inight to encourage to encourage hijack to stop and steal a moving airplane to stop and steal a moving airplane genocide to kill a whole race to kill a whole race torture to hurt someone physically to hurt someone physically national origin where a person is from where a person is from police unit a group that protects Community a group that protects Community military unit a group that works for [Music] government a group that works for government vigilante unit a group acts like the police but are not the police a group acts like the police but are not the police paramilitary unit like a military group but but is not official like a military group but is not official gorilla group a group uses weapons to attack the government a group uses weapons to attack the government self-defense unit a group protects a place a group protects a place prison a place where prisoners are kept a place where prisoners are kept Rebel group a group fights a government a group fights a government prison camp a place to keep enemy soldiers a place to keep enemy soldiers jail a place where prisoners are kept a place where prisoners are kept detained held in custody by police held in custody by police labor camp a place to force people to work a place to force people to work threaten to warn to hurt someone to warn to hurt someone Detention Facility a place where people are forced to stay a place where people are forced to stay weapons training to learn how to use a gun to learn how to use a gun recruit to add ask to ask weapon like a knife or gun like a knife or gun paramilitary training learning to fight in combat learning to fight in combat conscript to require someone to join the Army to require someone to join the Army military type training learning to fight in combat learning to fight in combat enlist to sign up in the armed forces to sign up in the armed [Music] forces hostilities fighting in a war fighting in a war offence a minor crime a minor crime cited given a ticket by police given a ticket by police crime an action that breaks the law an action that breaks the law commit a crime to do something that breaks the law to do something that breaks the law suspended sentence delaying of a sentence delaying of a sentence confined to be kept in a place to be kept in a place arrested handcuffed by the police handcuffed by the police probation to report to an officer regularly instead of jail time to report to an officer regularly instead of jail time charged police tell you that you did something illegal police tell you that you did something illegal procure to find someone for sex to find someone for sex manufacture to make something to make something parole the early release of a prisoner the early release of a prisoner prostitute someone who has sex for money someone who has sex for money cultivate to grow plants to grow plants dispense to supply something to supply something Controlled Substances you can buy it with a prescription but with restrictions you can buy it with a prescription but with restrictions produce to make something to make something illegal drugs or narcotics like heroin or cocaine like heroin or [Music] cocaine distribute to supply something to supply something drug paraphernalia equipment to make make illegal drugs equipment to make illegal drugs smuggle to take things to a country illegally to take things to a country illegally gamble to play a game for money to play a game for money immigration benefit things like a Visa green card or [Music] citizenship things like a Visa green card or [Music] citizenship misrepresentation to lie or give wrong information to lie or give wrong information dependent someone who relies on another person someone who relies on another person false not true not true pay alimony to pay money to ex spouse after a divorce to pay money to ex spouse after a divorce misleading giving the wrong idea giving the wrong idea public benefit welfare like food stamps welfare like food stamps admission into the United States the right to enter the United States the right to enter the United States fraudulent to claim something that is not true to claim something that is not true lie to say something that is not [Music] true to say something that is not [Music] true recision to take back a decision to take back a decision Selective Service services in Armed Forces under Law Services in Armed Forces under law deportation proceedings process of removing a person process of removing a person drafted being selected as a soldier being selected as a soldier Deport to force a person to leave a country to force a person to leave a country avoid being drafted to prevent being selected as a soldier to prevent being selected as a soldier Court Marshal to go to military Court to go to military Court discharge a soldier leaves the military a soldier leaves the military US Armed Forces US military Navy Air Force US military Navy Air Force desert to abandon to abandon alien not a US citizen [Music] not a US [Music] citizen order of nobility like king or queen like king or queen Constitution it is the supreme law of the land it is the supreme law of the land hereditary title a royal title like Prince or princess a royal title like Prince or princess form of government of the United States Republic Republic non-combatant Services services that do not involve combat services that do not involve combat civilian Direction a direction from a person who is not in the military a direction from a person who is not in the military civilian a person who is not in the military a person who is not in the military oath of Allegiance a promise to be loyal to the United States a promise to be loyal to the United States work of national importance tasks that are important to a nation tasks that are important to a nation be arms to own or use a gun to own or use a gun