Predicate Offence: A foundational or scheduled criminal act (like corruption) that generates illegal funds, which acts as the basis for a subsequent money laundering charge.
Double-Deflation: An economic statistical technique where both the inputs and outputs of an industry are adjusted for inflation separately to measure the true “Real Value Added”.
Nadir: The lowest, darkest, or most unsuccessful point in a situation (e.g., “India-Canada relations touched a nadir in 2023”).
Conflagration: An extensive destructive fire; historically used to describe a massive, spreading geopolitical war or conflict.
Sub judice: Under judicial consideration; a matter currently being heard in court and therefore prohibited from public discussion or legislative interference.
Uncorroborated: Evidence or statements not supported, confirmed, or backed up by independent, secondary proof.
Pragmatism: Dealing with situations sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical or moralistic considerations (e.g., India’s foreign policy shift).
Syncretic: Attempting to amalgamate or reconcile differing principles, beliefs, or cultural practices (used to describe Kerala’s historical civilization).
Ostensibly: Apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually.
Indomitable: Impossible to subdue or defeat.
Imbroglio: An extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing political or interpersonal situation.
Subsumed: Included or absorbed into something else (used in the context of older labour laws being subsumed by the new Labour Codes).
Self-flagellation: The act of criticizing oneself excessively.
