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27. Law / La loi I Flashcards

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1
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la pegre

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the underworld

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le grand banditisme

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organized crime

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le syndicat du crime

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the crime syndicate

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un contrevenant

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an offender

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un recidiviste

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a previous offender

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une crapule

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a scoundrel

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un criminel endurci

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a hardened criminal

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un complice

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an accomplice

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un delinquant

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a delinquent

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un voyou

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a hooligan

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un jeune delinquant

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a young offender

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un vandale

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a vandal

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un casseur

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a thug

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un pillard

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a looter

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un agresseur

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a mugger

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un cambrioleur

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a burglar

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un voleur a l’arrachay

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a bag snatcher

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un voleur a l’etalage

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a shoplifter

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un voyageur sans ticket

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a fare dodger

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un escroc

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a crook, a swindler

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un maitre chanteur

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a blackmailer

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un faussaire

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a forger

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un diffamateur

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a slanderer

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un contrebandier

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a smuggler

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un revendeur

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a drug pusher

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un reseau de trafiquants

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a drugs ring

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un souteneur

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a pimp

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un pyromane

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an arsonist

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une bande

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a gang

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un perceur de coffre fort

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a safe breaker

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un braqueur

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a raider

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un chef

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a ringleader

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le cerveau

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the mastermind

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un repaire

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a haunt

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une planque

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a hideway

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un mafioso

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a mobster

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un fou dangereux

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a homicidal maniac

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un voyeur

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a Peeping Tom

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un pervers sexuel

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a sexual pervert

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une transgression

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an infringement

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la petite criminalite

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petty crime

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la grande criminalite

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serious crime

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un mobile

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a motive

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l’ignominie

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baseness

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un vol

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a theft

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le vol

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stealing

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vol a main armee

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armed robbery

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un racket

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an extorsion racket

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un ravisseur d’enfants

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a baby snatcher

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une rancon

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a ransom

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une agression

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a mugging

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une agression brutale

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a vicious attack

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une cambriolage

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a burglary

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un rossignol

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a picklock

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55
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les objets de valeur

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valuables

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le butin

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loot

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57
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la contrefacon

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forgery

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un pot-de-vin

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a bribe

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la fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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le delit d’initie

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insider trading

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faire une viree dans une voiture volee

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joyriding

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des degradations volontaires

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criminal damage

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63
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un casse belier

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a ram raid

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detournement de fonds

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embezzlement

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le blanchiment

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laundering

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exces de vitesse

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speeding

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67
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un controle radar

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a radar trap

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conduite en etat d’ebriete

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drinking and driving

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le trafic de drogue

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drug trafficking

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la contrebande

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smuggling

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71
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l’usage de stups

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drug abuse

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un narcotique

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a narcotic drug

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les mauvais traitements

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abuse, ill treatment

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les sevices sexuels

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sexual abuse

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75
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une agression au couteau

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a stabbing

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un homicide (par imprudence)

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manslaughter

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77
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un assassinat (politique)

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an assassination

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le lynchage

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lynching

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un permis

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a permit

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une lettre piegee

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a letter bomb

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un colis piege

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a parcel bomb

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un cocktail Molotov

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a petrol bomb

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une arme a feu

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a gun

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un pistolet

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a handgun

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une carabine

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a rifle

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une fusillade

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gunfire

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un cran d’arret

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a flick knife

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un coup de poing americain

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a knuckleduster

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une bagarre

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a scuffle

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le vagabondage

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vagrancy

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mauvais

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evil, malevolent

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gratuit

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mindless

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feroce

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savage

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delibere

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wilful

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trompeur

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deceitful

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ruse, malin

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cunning

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sans etre vu

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unobserved

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louche

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shady, fishy, queer

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malhonnete

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crooked

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douteux

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dubious

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de mauvaise reputation

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disreputable

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deprave

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depraved

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notoire

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notorious

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mechant

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mean

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mal famay

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seamy

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en etat d’ebriete

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inebriated

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injurieux

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abusive

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malveillant

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vicious

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atroce

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atrocious

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sordide

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sordid

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abominable

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vile

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ignoble

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villainous

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scandaleux

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outrageous

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sanglant

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bloody

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BESTIAL

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beastly

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sans pitiay

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ruthless

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faucher

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to nick

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penetrer par effraction

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to break into

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corrompre

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to bribe

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escroquer

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to swindle

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frauder

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to defraud

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trainer

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to hang about

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roder

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to loiter

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se tapir

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to lurk

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saccager

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to vandalize

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piller

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ransack

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tout casser

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to smash up

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piller

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to loot

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abattre

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to shoot down

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une escalade de violence

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an escalation of violence

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une vague de criminalite

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a crime wave

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se faire justice soi-meme

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to take the law into one’s own hands

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etre au dessus des lois

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to be above the law

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une parodie de justice

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a travesty of justice

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contraire au reglement

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against the regulation

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formellement interdit

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strictly prohibited

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faire une viree dans une voiture volee

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to go for a joyride

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une agression raciste

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a racially motivated attack

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vol avec coups et blessures

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robbery with violence

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coups et blessures

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assault and battery

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etre victime d’injures

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to be verbally abused

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subir des sevices sexuels

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to be sexually abused

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la reglementation des armes

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gun control

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la guerre des gangs

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gang warfare

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une pluie de balles

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a hail of gunfire

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etre pris d’une crise de folie meurtriere

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to go on a shooting spree

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une balle perdue

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a stray/random bullet

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prendre quelqu’un en otage

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to take someone hostage

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etre mele a

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to be mixed up in

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etre pris la main dans le sac

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to be caught red-handed

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en flagrant delit

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in flagrante delicto

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faire le guet

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to be on the look-out

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prendre la fuite

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to make a getaway

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un accident avec delit de fuite

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a hit-and-run accident

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un chauffard

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a reckless driver

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en etat d’ivresse publique

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drunk and disorderly

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en etat d’ebriete

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under the influence of drink

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une limitation de vitesse

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a speed limit

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un P.V. pour exces de vitesse

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a speeding ticket

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une amende payable immediatement

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an on-the-spot fine

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le permis a points

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the points system

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un attentat a la pudeur

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an act of indecency

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empieter sur les droits de qqun

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to impinge on someone’s rights

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se rendre

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to give oneself up

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se faire pincer

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to get pinched

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balancer quelqu’un

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to squeal on someone

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tenir sous la menace d’une arme a feu

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to hold someone at gunpoint

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une carabine a canon scie

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a sawn-off shotgun

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a bout portant

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at point-blank range

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une mare de sang

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a pool of blood

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le lieu du crime

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the scene of the crime

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identifier formellement

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to make a positive ID

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port d’arme prohibe

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illegal possession of firearm

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etre arrete sur presomption de meurtre

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to be arrested on suspicion of murder

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poser une bombe

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to plant a bomb

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etre mis en garde a vue

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to be kept in custody

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de la graine de criminel

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a criminal in the making

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se mettre a la drogue

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to take to drugs

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une bande de voleurs

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a pack of thieves

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les hommes de loi

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the legal profession

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un avocat

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a lawyer

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un notaire, un juriste

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a solicitor

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un magistrat

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a magistrate

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l’avocat de la defense

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the defence counsel, defending counsel

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un conseiller juridique

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a legal adviser

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le procureur

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the public prosecutor

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l’avocat general

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the prosecuting attorney, the counsel for the prosecution

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un medecin legiste

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a coroner

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la medecine legal

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forensics

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un laboratoire medico-legal

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a forensic laboratory

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un expert legiste

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a forensic scientist

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le code

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the statute book

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la jurisprudence

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case law

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le code penal

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the penal code

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un amendement

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an amendment

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un reglement

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a regulation

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une disposition, une clause

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a provision

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une amnistie

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an amnesty

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la salle d’audience

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the court room

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une cour d’assises

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a criminal court

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la cour d’appel

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the Appeal Court

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un proces en diffamation

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a libel suit

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un precedent

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a test case

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un proces pour meurtre

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a murder case

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les frais de justice

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legal costs

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une audience

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a court hearing

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un huissier

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an usher

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une suspension d’audience

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a recess

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le requerant

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the claimant

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un plaignant

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a litigant

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un litige

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a litigation

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une partie

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a party

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une assignation

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a summons

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une plaidoirie

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a pleading

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une requete

A

a petition

216
Q

un acte judiciaire

A

a writ

217
Q

des aveux

A

a confession

218
Q

le repentir

A

repentance

219
Q

un coupable

A

a culprit

220
Q

une condamnation

A

a conviction

221
Q

l’emprisonnement

A

imprisonment

222
Q

un p.v.

A

a record

223
Q

un acquittement

A

an acquittal

224
Q

un non-lieu

A

a dismissal

225
Q

une injection mortel

A

a lethal injection

226
Q

une chambre a gaz

A

a gas chamber

227
Q

le fouet

A

flogging

228
Q

un moyen de dissuasion

A

a deterrent

229
Q

la reeducation

A

rehabilitation

230
Q

un educateur

A

a youth worker

231
Q

un criminel repenti

A

a reformed criminal

232
Q

un bracelet emetteur

A

a tag

233
Q

un detenu

A

a convict, an inmate

234
Q

un gardien de prison

A

a prison guard

235
Q

une evasion

A

a jailbreak

236
Q

un fuyard

A

a runnaway

237
Q

judiciaire

A

judicial

238
Q

rogatoire

A

rogatory

239
Q

en instance

A

pending

240
Q

severe, rigoureux

A

strict

241
Q

clement

A

lenient, merciful

242
Q

interroger

A

to examine, to question

243
Q

confronter

A

to confront

244
Q

avouer

A

to confess

245
Q

nier

A

to deny

246
Q

se derober a

A

to elude

247
Q

temoigner

A

to testify

248
Q

se retracter

A

to retract

249
Q

se parjurer

A

to perjure

250
Q

deferer, renvoyer

A

to remand

251
Q

decider, declarer

A

to rule

252
Q

outrepasser

A

to override

253
Q

casser, annuler

A

to overrule

254
Q

abroger

A

to repeal

255
Q

sevir contre

A

to crack down on

256
Q

rendre plus sever

A

to toughen

257
Q

condamner

A

to condemn, to sentence

258
Q

acquitter

A

to acquitt

259
Q

innocenter

A

to vindicate

260
Q

gracier

A

to pardon

261
Q

disculper de

A

to exonerate from

262
Q

casser

A

to invalidate

263
Q

mettre sous liberte sous caution

A

to bail

264
Q

mettre sous les verrous

A

to lock up

Vocabulaire Anglais (4 decks)

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