| agreement | acordo, entendimento, aliança = alliance, covenant |
| air force | aeronáutica |
| alliance | aliança = a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes |
| army | exército |
| assault | assalto (guerra) = a sudden violent attack; onslaught |
| ballot / ballot-box | 1) cédula; voto = sheet of paper used for voting / 2) votação = the number of votes cast // ballot box = urna / to vote by ballot = votar com céculas
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| battle | batalha |
| bomb / bomb (to) / bombardment | bomba / bombardear = to drop explosives / bombardeio = strong and steady attack by cannons or bombs / bombardear |
| border | fronteira |
| bourgeois (n /adj) / bourgeoisie | burguês (subst. / adj) // burguesia = the middle class / he property-owning capitalist class, who by definition are in conflict with the working class (Marxist theory) |
| cannon | canhão = a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles |
| census | recenseamento = survey |
| colony / colonize (to) / colonization | colônia / colonizar / colonização = settlement |
| combat / combat (to) | combate / combater = fight (to) |
| conflict | conflito; "the conflict over the territory lasted two years" |
| country | país / native country = pátria |
| coup d'état | golpe de estado |
| covenant | acordo, pacto = a formal agreement between two or more persons to do or not do something. |
| crime | crime = offense (US), offence (UK) |
| crisis | crise |
| crown | coroa |
| curfew | toque de recolher; "the army imposed a curfew on certain days and all evenings" |
| defeat | derrota |
| defense / defend (to) | defesa / defender |
| democracy | democracia |
| dictator / dictatorship | ditador = a ruler who has absolute power without the consent of the people / ditadura |
| diplomacy | diplomacia |
| elect (to) / election | eleger / eleição |
| empire | império |
| feud / feudalism / feudal | feudo= land held in return for service / feudalismo; "Feudalism was prevalent throughout Europe during the Middle Ages" / feudal; "feudal societies" |
| flag | bandeira |
| gallows | forca |
| govern (to) / government | governo / governar |
| guard | guarda (soldados) = sentry |
| homeland; fatherland; motherland | pátria |
| intervene (to) / intervention | intervir / intervenção |
| invade (to) / invasion | invadir / invasão |
| judge (to) / judgement | julgar / julgamento |
| justice | justiça |
| king / kingdom / reign | rei / reino / reinado; "Queen Elizabeth II's reign began in 1952" |
| labor, labour / labor union | trabalho, mão-de-obra / sindicato = trade union; syndicate |
| law / legislation / legal | lei / legislação / legal |
| liberty / free (to) | liberdade = freedom / libertar = to set free |
| mandate | mandato = authorization to act in a particular way given by the people to an elected representative |
| military | militar / the military = os militares |
| minister / prime-minister | ministro / primeiro-ministro |
| ministry | ministério |
| nation / national | nação / nacional |
| navy / merchant marine | marinha / marinha mercante |
| nobility | nobreza |
| nuclear | nuclear |
| offense (us); offence (UK) | ofensa, crime, delito, transgressão; sexual offense = abuso sexual; tax offense = sonegação de impostos |
| party | partido político = political organization |
| peace | paz |
| penalty | pena, punição = punishment / death penalty = pena de morte = capital punishment |
| police | polícia |
| policy | política, norma, regra, princípios = a definite course of action followed by a business, government, etc / apólice (seguro) |
| politics | política (governo, partidos) = the science or art of political government: |
| prison | prisão |
| province | província |
| punishment | punição, pena = penalty / capital punishment = pena de morte = death penalty |
| republic / republican | república / republicano |
| riot | tumulto, revolta, sublevação popular = uproar |
| royalty | realeza |
| senate | senado |
| sentry | sentinela = guard |
| shot; gunshot / shoot (to), shot, shot | tiro / atirar |
| siege | cerco (guerra); sítio; "the siege of the town lasted for nine days" / under siege = sob sitio. "the city was under siege for months" |
| social security | seguridade social, previdência social |
| state / state of siege | estado / estado de sítio |
| strike | greve |
| summit conference | conferência de cúpula; reunião de líderes |
| troop, troops | tropa, destacamento (soldados) / number of troops = number of soldiers |
| truce | trégua, armistício = a stopping of hostilities for a certain period of time; cease-fire |
| union | união |
| uproar | tumulto = riot |
| victory | vitória = a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war; triumph |
| vote (n) / vote (to) | voto / votar |
| war | guerra |
| warrant | mandado / mandado de prisão; "the judge issued a warrant for the suspect's arrest" |
