1. One director of a major credit company has already been forced to ________ because of the bad publicity his company has attracted.

2. When there is a ________ inquiry taking place, the rush to get more details is intense.

3. One solution that has been suggested to control credit is to ________ the regulations to make it more difficult to get credit in the first place.

4. Gradually however as the days went by even his greatest supporters were beginning to ________ him.

5. People tended not to believe a word he said and maintained that his protestations of innocence were wearing a bit ________ .

6. We often hear that such and such a piece of information cannot be released into the public ________ in the interest of national security.

7. Sometimes a journalist will get hold of sensitive information knowing that he will get ________ by government agencies if he dares reveal it.

8. So many of these animals have been shot over the years that they are now classed as ________ species.

9. Going on a spending ________ with your credit card and no concern about how you pay back the money you borrow, is a growing habit these days.

10. The main problem is that a debt ________ has developed recently believing that it is cool to owe large sums of money.