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CH70: Society: Violence and crime Flashcards

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commettre une infraction/un délit -> un contrevenant

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to offend -> an offender

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un délit/une infraction

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an offence, a crime

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escroquer qq un -> un escroc

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to swindle sby -> a swindler / a crook

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véreux, malhonnête

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crooked

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une escroquerie

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a scam

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falsifier -> un faussaire -> un faux

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to forge -> a forger -> a forgery

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contrefaire -> la contrefaçon

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to counterfeit -> counterfeiting

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détourner -> un détournement de fonds

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to embezzle -> embezzlement

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faire de la contrebande, la contrebande, un contrebandier

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to smuggle , smuggling, a smuggler

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un délinquant ; la déliquance

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a delinquent ; delinquency

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un loubard

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a yob

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un voyou, un casseur

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a thug, a hooligan

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un vandale -> le vandalisme -> vandaliser,saccager

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a vandal -> vandalism -> to vandalize

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un coup

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a blow

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frapper ≠ battre -> une raclée, un passage à tabac

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to hit ≠ to beat ->a beating

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agresser -> une agression -> un agresseur

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to mug -> mugging -> a mugger

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blesser -> une blessure

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to wound, a wound

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un pédophile, la pédophilie

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a paedophile, paedophilia

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molester,malmener

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to molest

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battre,martyriser

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to batter

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le trafic de drogue -> un trafiquant de drogue

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drug trafficking -> a drug trafficker

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vendre de la drogue -> un revendeur de drogue

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to deal drugs -> a drug dealer, a drug pusher, a drug peddler

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un voleur à la tire

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a pickpocket

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un voleur -> vol

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a thief -> a theft <=> a robber -> a robbery

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un voleur à l’étalage ; le vol à l’étalage

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a shoplifter ; shoplifting

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cambrioler ; un cambrioleur

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to burgle/burglarize -> a burglar/a burglary

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braquer qq un -> un braquage

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to hold sby up -> a hold-up / a heist

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faire sauter

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to blow up

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un incendie criminel -> un pyromane

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arson -> an arsonist

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prendre qq un en otage

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to take sby hostage

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détourner (un avion) ; détournement d’avion ; un pirate de l’air

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to hijack ; hijacking ; a hijacker

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faire chanter qq un ; le chantage ; un maître-chanteur

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to blackmail ; blackmail ; a blackmailer

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donner un coup de couteau à qq un

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to knife sby

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un coup de poignard ; une agression à l’arme blanche

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a stab ; a stabbing

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une arme à feu

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a firearm

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un fusil ; un individu armé ; un coup de feu

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a gun ; a gunman ; gunshot

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un pistolet/revolver

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a handgun

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tirer sur qqun / une fusillade

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to shoot at sby / a shooting, a shoot-out

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braquer (une arme)

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to aim

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assassiner -> un meurtre -> un meurtrier

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to murder -> a murder -> a murderer

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assassiner (politique- -> un assassinat (politique)

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to assassinate -> an assassination

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massacrer -> un massacre

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to slaughter -> a slaughter

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un carnage/ bain de sang

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a bloodshed

44
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la pègre

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the underworld

45
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la mafia -> un truand

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the mob -> a mobster

46
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l’escalade de la violence

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escalating violence

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la violence gratuite

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gratuitous violence

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une explosion de violence

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an outburst of violence

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commettre un délit

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to commit an offence

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un délit mineur

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a minor offence

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être complice d’un délit

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to be an accessory to a crime

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monter un coup

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to run a scam

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une histoire louche

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a shady business

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un délit d’initié

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insider trading

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la fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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blanchir de l’argent

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to launder dirty money

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la maltraitance des enfants / abus sexuels sur enfants / un délinquant sexuel

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child abuse / child sex abuse / a child sex abuser, a sexual offender

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un viol collectif

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a gang rape

59
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coups et blessures

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assault and battery

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faire du trafic de drogue

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to traffic in drugs

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cambrioler une maison

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to break into a place

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une tentative de vol

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attempted robbery

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un vol à la roulotte

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robbery from a parked vehicle

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mettre le feu à qq chose

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to set stg on fire

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une blessure à coups de couteau

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a stab wound

66
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la violence à l’arme blanche

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knife crime

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un vol à main armée

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armed robbery

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tenir qqun sous la menace d’un revolver

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to hold sby at gunpoint

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abattre qqun

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to shot sby dead

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une tentative de meurtre

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a murder attempt

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l’arme du crime

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the murder weapon

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un meurtre prémédité

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a wilful murder

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le lieu du crime

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the crime scene

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une vague de criminalité

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a crime wave

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le grand banditisme

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organized crime

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commettre un acte criminel

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to commit a criminal deed

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