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14. TERRORISM Flashcards

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un terroriste

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a terrorist

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un attentat

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a terrorist attack

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un attentat à la bombe

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a bomb attack, a bombing

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une tentative d’attentat

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an attempted bomb attack

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un attentat manqué

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a failed bomb attack

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un complot terroriste

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a terrorist plot

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le terrorisme d’origine intérieure

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homegrown terrorism

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un comploteur

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a plotter

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une conspiration, un complot

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a conspiracy

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une cible

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a target

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viser, avoir pour cible une ambassade

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to target an ambassy

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une organisation terroriste

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a terrorist organization

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avoir recours à la violence

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to ressort to violence

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terroriser

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to terroriez

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faire peur aux gens

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to scare, to frigthen people

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terrorisme psychologique

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scare tactics

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le chantage

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blackmail

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faire chanter qn

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to blackmail sb

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intimider qn

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to intimidate sb

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la violence aveugle

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indiscriminate violence

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semer la terreurr

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to sow fear

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la psychose

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obsessive fear

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la panique

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panic

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paniquer

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to panic

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une menace
a threat
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menacer
to threaten
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céder à une menace
to give in to a threat, to yield to a threat
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exécuter une menace
to carry out a threat
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une menace d'attentat à la bombe
a bomb threat
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une alerte à la bombe
a bomb scare
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une fausse alerte à la bombe
a bomb hoax
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un site sensible
a vulnerable site
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le 11 septembre
9/11
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un kamikaze
a suicide bomber
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se suicider
to commit suicide, kill oneself
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faire exploser une bombe
to detonate, to set off a bomb
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exploser
to go of, to explode
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un engin explosif
an explosive device
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un explosif
an explosive
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le plastique
plastic explosive
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le semtex
Semtex
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un mélange détonant/explosif
an explosive mixture
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une bombe à retardement
a time bomb
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une lettre piégée
a letter bomb
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un objet piégé
a booby trap
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désarmorcer une bombe
to defuse a bomb
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une voiture piégée
a car bomb
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une victime
a casualty, a victim
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être blessé
to be injured
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être mutilé
to be maimed
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le nombre de victimes
the death toll
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un massacre
a slaugther
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un carnage
carnage
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une effusion de sang, un massacre
bloodshed
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la guerre contre le terrorisme
the war on terror
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s'attaquer au terrorisme
to tackle terrorism
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combattre, lutter contre le terrorisme
to combat, to fight terrorism
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le contre terrorisme
counterterrorism
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la lutte antiterroriste
the fight againt terrorism
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faire échouer un complot
to thwart a plot
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déjouer, faire échouer un attentat
to foil a terrorist attack
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démanteler un réseau terroriste
to dismantle a terrorist network
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éradiquer le terrorisme
to eradicate terrorism
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le renseignement
intelligence
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un service de renseignement
an intelligence agency
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mesures de sécurité
security measures
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renforcer les mesures de sécurité
to tighten security
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intercepter un message
to intercept a message
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surveiller les appels téléphoniques
to monitor phone calls
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transfert illégal de détenus vers des prisons o^ils peuvent se faire torturer
extraordinary rendition
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simulation de noyade
waterboarding
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un fanatique
a fanatic, a zealot
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le fanatisme
fanaticism
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un intégriste
a fundamentalist
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l'intégrisme
fundementalism
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le sectarisme
bigotry
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un extrémiste
an extremist
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l'axe du mal
the Axis of Evil
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un Etat-voyou
a rogue state
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soutenir le terrorisme
to sponsor terrorism
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héberger, abriter des terroristes
to harbour terrorists
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encourager la violence
to foster violence
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un otage
a hostage
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prendre/tenir qn en otage
to take/hold sb hostage
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être pris en otage
to be taken hostage
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libérer, relâcher un otage
to free, to release a hostage
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kidnapper, enlever qn
to abduct sb, to kidnap sb
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un enlèvement, un kidnapping
an abduction, a kidnapping
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un ravisseur, un preneur d'otage
a hostage-taker, an abductor, a kidnapper, a captor
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une rançon
a ransom
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négocier
to negociate
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détournement d'avion
hijacking
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détourner un avion
to hijack a plane
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un pirate de l'air
a hijacker

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