Crime Flashcards

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1
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La criminalité

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Crime

Criminality

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Le taux de criminalité

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The crime rate

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La criminalité organisée

Le grand banditisme

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Organized crime

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La criminalité en col blanc

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White-collar crime

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La petite délinquance

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Petty crime

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Un crime

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A crime

A felony

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Commettre un crime

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To commit a crime

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Un casier judiciaire

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A criminal record

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Un délit

Une infraction

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An offense

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Un délinquant

Un contrevenant

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An offender

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Un récidiviste

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A repeat offender

A recidivist

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Le meurtre

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Murder

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Un meurtrier

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A murderer

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Homicide

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Manslaughter

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Un tueur en série

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A serial killer

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Le viol

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Rape

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Un violeur

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A rapist

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Un délinquant sexuel

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A sex offender

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19
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Agresser quelqu’un

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To mug somebody

To attack somebody

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Le vol

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Theft

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Un voleur

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A thief

A robber

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Un cambrioleur

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A burglar

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23
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Voler une montre

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To steal a watch

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Voler quelque chose à quelqu’un

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To rob somebody of something

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Vol à main armée

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Armed robbery

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Le blanchiment d’argent

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Money-laundering

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Légal

Illégal

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Lawful

Unlawful

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Enfreindre une loi

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To break a law

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Un délinquant

Une personne sui enfreint la loi

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A lawbreaker

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Obéir à la loi

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To obey the law

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Respecter la loi

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To abide by the law

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32
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La justice

Le système judiciaire

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The justice system

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Un tribunal

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A court

A court of law

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Un juge

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A judge

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Un avocat

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A lawyer
An attorney (US)
A barrister (UK)
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Poursuivre quelqu’un en justice

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To prosecute somebody

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Le procureur

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The prosecutor

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38
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Intenter un procès à quelqu’un

Engager des poursuites contre quelqu’un

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To sue somebody

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39
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Soupçonner quelqu’un d’avoir volé quelque chose

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To suspect somebody of stealing something

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Accuser quelqu’un de meurtre

Inculper quelqu’un de meurtre

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To charge somebody with murder

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Une accusation

Un chef d’inculpation

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A charge

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Avouer un crime

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To confess to a crime

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Un aveu

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Confession

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Un accusé

Un prévenu

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A defendant

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Une affaire

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A case

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Un procès

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A trial

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Passer en jugement

Être jugé

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To be tried

To stand trial

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Preuves relevées lors d’une expertise médicolégale

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Forensic evidence

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Un témoin

Un témoin oculaire

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A witness

An eye witness

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Un coupable

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A culprit

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Une condamnation

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A conviction

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Condamner quelqu’un

Reconnaître quelqu’un coupable

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To convict somebody

To find somebody guilty

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Une amende

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A fine

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Condamner quelqu’un à une amende

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To fine somebody

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Une condamnation à perpétuité

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A life sentence

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Une condamnation avec sursis

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A suspended sentence

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Condamner quelqu’un à mort

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To sentence somebody to death

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Être condamné à cinq ans de prison

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To be sentenced to five years’ imprisonment

To be sentenced to five years in jail

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Faire appel d’une décision

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To appeal against a decision

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Une erreur judiciaire

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A miscarriage of justice

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Une condamnation à tort

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A wrongful conviction

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Casser une décision de justice

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To quash a decision

To overturn a decision

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Innocenter quelqu’un

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To prove somebody innocent

To exonerate somebody

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Les tests ADN

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DNA analysis

DNA testing

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Incarcérer quelqu’un

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To jail somebody
To incarcerate somebody
To imprison somebody

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Un détenu

Un prisonnier

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A prisoner

An inmate

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Un gardien de prison

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A prison officer

A prison warder (GB)

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La surpopulation carcérale

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Prison overcrowding

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Libérer un prisonnier

Relâcher un prisonnier

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To free a prisoner

To release a prisoner

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Mettre quelqu’un en liberté conditionnelle

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To parole somebody

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Être en liberté conditionnelle

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To be on parole

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Un bracelet de surveillance électronique

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An electronic tag

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La peine de mort

La peine capitale

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Capital punishment

The death penalty

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Une condamnation à mort

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A death sentence

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Être dans les couloirs de la mort

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To be on death row

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Commuer une condamnation à mort en réclusion à perpétuité

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To commute a death sentence to life

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Surseoir à l’exécution d’un condamné

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To grant a convict a stay of execution

To grant a reprieve

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Grâcier un condamné

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To pardon a convict

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Executer un condamné

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To execute a convict

80
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Mettre quelqu’un à mort

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To put somebody to death

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Une piqûre mortelle

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A lethal injection

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Faire une piqûre mortelle à quelqu’un

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To inject somebody with a lethal substance

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Pendre quelqu’un

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To hang somebody

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La chaise électrique

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The electric chair

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Lapider quelqu’un

Tuer quelqu’un à coup de pierre

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To stone somebody to death

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Abolir la peine capitale

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To abolish capital punishment

To do away with capital punishment

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Un abolitionniste

Un partisan de l’abolition de la peine de mort

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An abolitionist

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Rétablir la peine de mort

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To reinstate the death penalty

To reintroduce the death penalty

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Les armes à feu

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Firearms

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Une arme à feu

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A gun

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Un fusil d’assaut

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An assault rifle

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Une balle

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A bullet

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Tirer

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To shoot

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Des coups de feu

Une fusillade

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A shooting

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Coups de feu

Fusillade

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Gunfire

Gunfight

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Un homme armé

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A gunman

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Propriétaire d’armes à feu

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A gun-owner

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Porter une arme

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To bear a gun

To carry a gun

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Déclarer une arme

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To register a gun

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Un permis de port d’arme

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A gun permit

A gun license

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Le lobby des armes à feu

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The gun lobby

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Un fabricant d’armes

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A gun maker

A gun manufacturer

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Se faire justice

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To take the law into one’s own hand

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La légitime défense

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Self-defence

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Un membre d’un groupe d’autodéfense

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A vigilante

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Un massacre

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A slaughter

A massacre

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Avoir la gâchette facile

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To be trigger-happy

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Être pris d’un accès de folie meurtrière

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To go on a killing spree
To go on a shooting spree
To go on a shooting rampage

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Blesser quelqu’un

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To injure somebody

To wound somebody

110
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Un cadavre

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A corpse

111
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La réglementation du port d’armes

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Gun control

112
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Limiter l’accès aux armes

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To restrict access to guns