Legal & Government Terms
Withholding
The act of holding back or not giving something that is expected or required.
Tariffs
Taxes on imported or exported goods.
Isolated
Separated or set apart from the rest.
Pandemic
A global outbreak of a disease that affects a large number of people.
Consumption
The act of using up a resource, such as drinking alcohol.
Rollbacks
The reversal or removal of policies or regulations.
Levy
A tax or fee imposed by a government.
Spat
A brief and often trivial argument or disagreement, often public.
Substance Abuse
The harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and drugs.
Coping Mechanism
A strategy people use to deal with stress or difficult emotions.
Crackdown
A severe or strict enforcement of rules or laws.
Retaliate Against
To take revenge or respond to an attack.
Sweeping
Having a broad or extensive impact.
Cirrhosis
A late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as chronic alcohol abuse.
Curbing
Controlling or limiting something.
Flouts
Openly disregards or violates a rule, law, or convention.
Stagflationary
Relating to a period of slow growth, high unemployment, and inflation.
Strain
To put pressure or tension on something
Fentanyl
A powerful synthetic opioid drug.
Defamatory
False and damaging to someone's reputation.
Enshrine
To preserve or protect something as an important principle, often in a legal or formal way.
Rippling
Spreading outward in waves or effects.
Drawn Out
Prolonged or extended for a longer time than necessary.
Prevalence
The commonness or frequency of something happening within a particular group or area.
Slammed
Strongly criticized.