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CH72: Society: Crime fighting Flashcards

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Empêcher —> la prévention

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to prevent, prevention

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Sûr, sans danger —> la sécurité

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safe ; safety

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fermer à clé

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to lock

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protégé, à l’abri des effractions / la sécurité / un vigile

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secure / security / a security guard

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renforcer —> blindé

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to reinforce —> reinforced

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un gardien d’immeuble

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a janitor

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un garde du corps

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a bodyguard

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une caméra de surveillance

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a CCTV camera

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surveiller

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to monitor, to watch

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déclencher une alarme

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to set off an alarm

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donner l’alerte

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to raise, to sound the alarm

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se déclencher (une alarme)

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to go off

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l’ordre public

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law and order

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le contrôle des armes à feu

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gun control

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la surveillance policière / un policier / un service de police

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policing, a police officer, a police department

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un commissaire / un commissariat / un fourgon cellulaire

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a police superintendent / a police station, precinct / a police wagon, a prison van

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un inspecteur

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an inspector, a constable

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un détective privé

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a private eye

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s’informer ; une enquête

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to inquire, an inquiry

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un indice

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a clue

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un portrait-robot

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a photo fit, an identikit

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des soupçons / ê considéré comme suspect

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suspicion ; to be under suspicion

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dénoncer qqun // un indicateur

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to inform against sby, to give sby away // an informer

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une descente ; faire une descente

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a raid, to raid a place

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un pistolet hypodermique

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a stun gun

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un (pistolet) Taser

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a Taser (gun)

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fouiller -> une fouille -> un mandat de perquisition

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to search -> a search -> a search warrant

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traquer qqun -> une traque

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to hunt sby down, a hunt

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suivre, filer qqun -> une filature

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to shadow, to trail sby -> shadowing/tailing

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poursuivre -> une poursuite

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to chase -> a chase

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la médecine légale

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forensics, forensic medicine

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une expertise légale ; un médecin légiste ; un expert médico-légal

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forensic science ; a forensic scientist ; a forensic expert

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passer les menottes à qqun

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to handcuff sby

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se rendre

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to give oneself up

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la garde à vue

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custody

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mettre qqun sous les verrous

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to lock sby up/away

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soumettre à un interrogatoire —> un interrogatoire

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to question, to interrogate —> an interrogation

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accuser qqun de qq chose

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to accuse sby of stg

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prendre les empreintes de qqun

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to fingerprint sby

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un échantillon d’ADN / un profil génétique

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a DNA sample / a DNA profile

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faire une déposition

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to make a statement

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inculper —> une inculpation/chef d’accusation

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to charge —> a charge

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une bavure, commettre une bavure

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a blunder, to blunder

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une brute —> maltraiter, brutaliser

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a bully —> to bully

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tabasser

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to beat up

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relâcher, remettre en liberté —> la mise en liberté

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to release —> the release

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une société de surveillance

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a surveillance company

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«voisins vigilants»

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neighbourhood watch

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les résidences sécuritées

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gated communities

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une alarme anti-effraction

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a burglar alarm

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un système de sécurité

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a safety device

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une serrure de sécurité

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a safety lock

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faire attention aux voleurs

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to watch out for thieves

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tout fermer pour la nuit

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to lock up for the night

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ouvrir une enquête

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to open, to set up an inquiry

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mener une enquête

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to hold , to conduct an inquiry / to carry out an investigation

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mettre sur écoute téléphonique

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to tap phones

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faire une ronde

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to be on the beat

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faire la police dans un quartier

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to police a district

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police de proximité

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community policing

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un contrôle d’identité

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an identity check

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un policier en civil

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a plain-clothes policeman

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un barrage de police

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a police roadblock

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la brigade criminelle

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the Crime Squad

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la brigade des stupéfiants

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the Narcotics Squad

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la brigade des mœurs

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the Vice Squad

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faire respecter la loi —> le maintien de l’ordre

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to enforce the law —> law enforcement

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un laboratoire de police scientifique

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a forensic science laboratory

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se lancer à la poursuite de qqun

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to give chase

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une course poursuite en voiture

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a high-speed car chase

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être pris en flagrant délit, la main dans le sac

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to be caught in the act, red-handed

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contraindre qqun à faire acheter par la menace

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to bully sby into doing stg

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être mis en état d’arrestation

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to be taken into custody

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ê placé en garde à vue

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to be held in custody

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être en détention provisoire

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to be remanded in custody

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sous l’inculpation de

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on charge of

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