Glossary
defy – to resist or to
challenge
bafflement – total
confusion
Scotland Yard – the
headquarters of London Metropolitan Police Service
Flying Squad – a police
force ready to plunge into action
levitation – the
action of rising and floating in air
fakir – a holy person
who lives on alms and has the power to levitate
ginger – alert
and cautious
fiend – demon
feline – cat
depravity – evil quality
larder – cupboard for storing food
rifle – ransack to steal
Peke – a Pekinese dog
stifle –
to suppress someone from acting
trellis –
wooden bar used as a support for creepers
Admiralty – a Government
Department that administered the British Navy
deceitfulness
– cunningness
suavity –
confidence and sophistication
alibi –
a claim of evidence that one was elsewhere when a crime was committed
Mungojerrie and Griddlebone – fictional characters specialised in petty thefts and mischief in T.S. Eliot’s book ‘Old Possom’s Book of Practical Cats’
Napoleon of Crime– the commanding leader of criminals
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