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1
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le taux de criminalité

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crime rate

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criminalité en col blanc

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white-collar crime

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la délinquance juvénile

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juvenile delinquency

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la petite délinquance

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petty crime

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un délinquent juvénile

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a juvenile delinquent/ a young offender

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programme (politique)

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platform

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résumer

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to encapsulate

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“Tough on crime, tough on the cause of crime”

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Tony Blair’s Slogan

  • -> severe with criminals
  • -> the need to fight social inequalities, which are the root cause of crime
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un crime

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a crime

a felony

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commetre 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

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an offense

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une infraction (GB)/ Délit (US)

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a misdemeanour

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un récidiviste

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a repeat offender

a recidivist

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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 vol

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theft

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un voleur

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a thief

a robber

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voler qqc à qqn

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to steal stg from sby

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voler qch a qqn

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to rob sb of sth

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le viol

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rape

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vol à main armée

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armed robbery

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un cambriolage

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a burglary

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agresser qqn

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to mug sb

to attack sb

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le blanchiemment d’argent

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money-laundering

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enfreindre une loi

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to break a law

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légal/ illégal

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lawful/ unlawful

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un délinquant

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a lawbreaker

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des méfaits

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wrongdoing

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un malfaiteur

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wrongdoer

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se moquer de la loi

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to flout the law

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une zone de non-droit

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a no-go area

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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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la justice

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the justice system

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un tibunal

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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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(GB): a lawyer
a barrister
(US): an attorney

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le jury

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the jury

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poursuivre qqn en justice

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to prosecute sby
to sue sby
to bring sby to court

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intenter un procès à qqn/ engager des poursuites contre qqn

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to bring a lawsuit against sb

to sue sb

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le procurreur

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the prosecutor

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un suspect

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a suspect

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accuser/ inculper qqn de meurtre

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to charge sb with murder
to accuse sb of
to indict sb for

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une accusation/ un chef d’inculpation

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a charge

46
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avouer un crime

avoir détourner de l’argent

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to confess to a crime

to confess to embezzling money

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un aveu

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a confession

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un accusé/ un prévenu

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a defendant

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un témoin/ un témoin occulaire

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a witness

an eye witness

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par la suite

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subsequently

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condamnation

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conviction

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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

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to be tried/ to stand trial

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être en attente d’un jugement

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to await trial

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la présomption d’innocence

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the principle that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty

57
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preuves relevées lors d’une expertise

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forensic evidence

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un coupable

A

a culprit

59
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acquitter qqn

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to acquit sb

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acquittement

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an acquittal

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condamner qqn/ reconnaître qqn coupable

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to find sb guilty

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reconnaître qqn coupable de meurtre

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to convict sb of rape/ murder

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une amende

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a fine

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condamner qqn pour qch

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to fine sb for sth

65
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être condamné à 5 ans de prisons

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to be sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment/ 5 years in jail

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une condamnation à mort

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a death sentence

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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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incarcérer qqn

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to incarcerate sb

to imprison sb

70
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le taux d’incarcération

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to incarceration rate

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une cellule

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a cell

a confinment

72
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un détenu

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a prisoner
an inmate
a detainee
a convict

73
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un gardien de prison

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a prison officer

a prison warder

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une prison de haute sécurité

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a high-security prison

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l’isolement carcéral

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solitary confinment

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la surpopulation carcérale

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prison overcrowding

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libre arbitre

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free will

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une erreur judiciaire

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a miscarriage of justice

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fabriquer des preuves

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to fabricate evidence

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être innocenté

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to be proved innocent

to be exonerated

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libérer/ relâcher un prisonnier

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to free

to release a prisoner

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grâcier un condamné

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to pardon a convict

83
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mettre qqn en liberté conditionnelle

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to parole sb

84
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se présenter à la police

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to report to the police

85
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être en liberté conditionnelle

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to be on parole

86
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un bracelet de surveillance électronique

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an electronic tag

87
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Old Bailey

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one of the most important law court in London

88
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to pack people into

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entasser des gens dans

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l’accusé

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the accused the defendant

90
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être dans le couloir de la mort

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to be on death row

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être jugé pour un crime

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to be tried/ judged for a crime

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une preuve

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a piece of evidence

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un indice

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a clue

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déstinée

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destiny

fate

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Potence

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the gallows

96
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to be blindfolded

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avoir les yeux bandés

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être décapité
être pendu
être exécuté par injection mortelle
être électrocuté

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to be beheaded
to be hanged
to be injected with lethal substance
to be elctrocuted

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indiscipliné

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unruly

indisciplined

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to be on probation

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être en liberté surveillée

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être régler à l’amiable

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to be settled out of court

to be sold out of court

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entrer sans autorisation

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to trespass

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clément

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lenient

103
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détourner des fonds

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to embezzle money

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un pyromane

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an arsonist

105
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faire chanter qqn pour qu’il fasse qqc

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to blackmail sby into doing stg

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marcher en rodant

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to be on the prowl

107
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un expert comptable

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a chartered acountant

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faussaire

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a forger/ a counterfeiter

109
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pirates de l’air

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hijackers

carjackers/ homejackers

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répondre aux exigences

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to meet/ satisfy/ yield demands

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