rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
police cell; place of detention; jail
criminal offense; criminal offence
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
resolute; determined; bold
vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
to jeer (at); to hoot; to boo; to catcall; to heckle
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
offender; criminal; culprit
hot topic; talk of the town
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
real situations; personal consideration; private circumstances; favoritism; favouritism
homosexuality; homosexual love
illicitly brewed liquor; moonshine
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job
black marketeer; black market trader
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below