heinous 復習
MS-13と呼ばれるアメリカなどで活動するギャングが、３人の10代の少女を殺害した疑いで逮捕されました。
Suspected MS-13 gang members arrested in connection with Long Island teen murders
Several suspected gang members were arrested in New York this morning on federal charges, including the brutal murders of three teenagers in Long Island last year, authorities said.
"The murders, particularly of these two girls, young ladies, were particularly heinous," Robert Capers, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said at a news conference today. "They were beaten to death in the street with machetes and bats over seemingly nothing and left in the streets or in the backyard of a house to die. These were terribly heinous crimes."
While the prosecutor declined to discuss specifics of how they apprehended the suspects, Capers suggested catching the members of the gang required the cooperation of other immigrants in the community.
"The message we are getting across to the community is we’re here to serve and protect," he told reporters. "And the only way we can effectively do that is with the assistance of the community.”
Charges against the 13 suspected gang members, unsealed in federal court today, include seven murders, attempted murders, racketeering, assaults, obstruction of justice, arson, conspiracy to distribute marijuana and related firearms and conspiracy charges, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/suspected-ms-13-gang-members-arrested-connection-long/story?id=45855542
記事の中で気になった単語は"heinous"です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、「極悪な、恥ずべき、憎むべき」という意味がありました。LDOCEでは、"very shocking and immoral"や"extremely bad"と定義されています。同意語に"wicked"があります。
今回は"heinous crime"なので「凶悪犯罪」となります。(Akim)
