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CH71: Society: Social unrest, collective violence Flashcards

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manifester ; une manifestation ; un manifestant

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to demonstrate ; a demonstration ; a demonstrator

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protester ; la contestation ; un manifestant

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to protest ; protest ; a protester

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défiler ; un défilé, une marche ; un manifestant

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to march ; a march ; a marcher

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une banderole

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a banner

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une pancarte

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a placard

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réclamer ; une revendication

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to claim ; a claim

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exiger ; une exigence

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to demand ; a demand

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une occupation (d’usine)

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a sit-in

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paralyser la circulation

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to block traffic

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la foule (en colère) -> la violence collective

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the mob -> mob violence

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prendre d’assaut

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to mob

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être le détonateur

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to ignite

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déclencher

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to trigger, to spark off

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s’affronter ; un affrontement

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to clash (with) ; a clash

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se battre -> des échauffourées, incidents

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to fight -> fighting

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faire une émeute ; une émeute ; un émeutier, casseur ; déchaîné, séditieux

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to riot ; a riot ; a rioter ; riotous

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un meneur

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a ringleader

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troubles,agitation / créer des troubles / un fauteur de troubles

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trouble ; to cause trouble ; a troublemaker

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agiter, perturber -> un agitateur

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to agitate -> an agitator

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un hooligan ; le hooliganisme

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a hooligan ; hooliganism

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provoquer ; provocateur (adj) ; de manière provocante

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to provoke ; provocative ; provocatively

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renverser (des voitures)

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to overturn (cars)

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incendier

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to burn out

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détruire ; la destruction ; destructeur ; de façon destructrice

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to destroy ; destruction ; destructive ; destructively

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saccager -> les décombres

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to wreck -> wreckage

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se déchaîner, tout saccager

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to rampage about/around

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des dégâts -> endommager -> causer des dégâts

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damage -> to damage -> to cause damage

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le grabuge, la destruction

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mayhem

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piller ; le pillage ; un pillard

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to loot ; looting ; a looter

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la violence raciale

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racial violence

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lyncher qqun ; lynchage ; les lyncheurs

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to lynch sby ; lynching ; the lynch mob

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un attentat

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a terrorist attack

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une bombe ; un terroriste ; un attentat (à la bombe)

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a bomb ; a bomber ; a bomb attack

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un otage / une prise d’otages / prendre des gens en otage

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a hostage / hostage taking / to take hostages

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libérer des otages

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to release hostages

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troubler, perturber -> troubles, émeutes

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to disturb -> (social) disturbances

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une rebelle ; une rébellion ; rebelle (adj) ; dans un esprit de révolte

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a rebel ; a rebellion ; rebellious ; rebelliously

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se révolter contre -> une révolte

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to revolt against -> a revolt

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s’insurger contre -> un soulèvement

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to rise up against -> an uprising

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un insurgé

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an insurgent

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une insurrection

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an insurgency, insurrection

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une barricade

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a barricade

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réprimer -> la répression

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to repress -> repression

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dur/répressif -> durement

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heavy-handed -> heavy-handedly

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frapper

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to beat (up)

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matraquer

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to club

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une matraque

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a baton, a truncheon

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une matraque -> matraquer

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a bludgeon -> to bludgeon

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boucler (un quartier)

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to seal / cordon off

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renforcer les contrôles

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to tighten controls

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manifester

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to hold a demonstration

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une manifestation pacifique

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a peaceful protest

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organiser une pétition contre

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to get up a petition against

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exprimer sa colère contre

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to voice/vent one’s anger at

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organiser une manifestation

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to stage a protest

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agiter des banderoles

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to wave banners

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édifier une barricade

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to set up a barricade

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un cocktail molotov

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a petrol bomb

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lancer des pierres/bouteilles sur

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to hurl rocks/bottles at

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se livrer au saccage

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to go on the rampage

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des incendies de voiture

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car burnings, car torchings

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causer des dégâts

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to wreak havoc

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une alerte à la bombe

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a bomb scare

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un attentat à la voiture piégée

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a car bombing

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un colis piégé

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a parcel bomb

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un attentat-suicide

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a suicide bomb attack

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l’auteur d’un attentat-suicide

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a suicide bomber

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se faire sauter

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to blow oneself up

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revendiquer un attentat

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to claim (responsibility for) an attack

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renforcer les effectifs de police

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to bolster the police lines

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prendre des mesures répressives

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to clamp down on

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une répression sévère de

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a clamp-down on

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les unités anti-émeutes

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the riot police

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un bouclier anti-émeutes

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a riot shield

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du gaz lacrymogène

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tear gas

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une grenade fumigène

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a smoke grenade

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une charge à la matraque

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a baton charge

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disperser un rassemblement

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to disperse a gathering

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ouvrir le feu sur qqun

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to fire at sby

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décréter un couvre-feu ≠ lever un couvre-feu

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to impose ≠ to lift a curfew

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