Crime and punishment Flashcards

1
Q

Le taux de criminalité

A

the crime rate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Le grand banditisme

A

organized crime

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

La criminalité en col blanc

A

white-collar crime

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

La délinquance/un délinquant juvénile

A

juvenil delinquency, a young offender

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

La petite délinquance

A

petty crime

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Un crime

A

a crime, a felony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Commetre un crime

A

to commit a crime

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Un criminel

A

a criminal, a felon

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Un casier judiciaire

A

a criminal record

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Un délit, une infraction

A

an offence, (a misdemeanour)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Un délinquant

A

an offender

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Homicide

A

manslaughter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Le col

A

theft

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Un voleur

A

a thief, a robber

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Voler une montre

A

to steal a watch

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Voler quelqu’un

A

to rob someone of something

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Le viol

A

rape

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Vol à main armée

A

armed robbery

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Un cambriolage

A

a burglary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Agresser quelqu’un

A

to mug someone, to attack someone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Le blanchiment d’argent

A

money-laundering

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Entreindre la loi

A

to break the law

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Légal/illégal

A

lawful/unlawful

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Une personne qui enfreint la loi

A

a lawbreaker

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Des méfaits, un malfaiteur
wrongdoing, a wrongdoer
26
Se moquer de la loi
to flout the law
27
Une zone de non-droit
a no-go area
28
Obéir à la loi
to obey the law
29
Respecter la loi
to abide by the law
30
Un citoyen respectueux des lois
a law-abiding citizen
31
La justice
the justice system
32
Un tribunal
a court, aa court of law
33
Un juge
a judge
34
Un avocat
a lawyer, a barrister (GB), an attorney (US)
35
Le jury
the jury
36
Poursuivre quelqu'un
to prosecute someone
37
Engager des poursuites contre quelqu'un
to bring a lawsuit agains someone
38
Le procureur
the prosecutor
39
Un suspect
a suspect
40
Accuser quelqu'un de meutre
to charge someone with murder
41
Une accusation
a charge
42
Avouer un crime
to confess to a crime
43
Un aveu
a confession
44
Un accusé, un prévenu
a defendant
45
Un témoin, un témoin oculaire
a witness, an eye witness
46
Une affaire
a case
47
Un procès
a trial
48
Passer en jugement, être jugé
to be tried, stand trial
49
La présomption d'innocence
the principle that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty
50
Un coupable
a culprit
51
Acquitter quelqu'un, acquittement
to acquit someone, acquittal
52
Condamner, Reconnaitre quelqu'un coupable
to find someone guilty
53
Une condamnation
a conviction
54
Une amende
a fine
55
Condamner quelqu'un à une amende
to fine someone for something
56
Etre condamner pour
to be sentenced to
57
Une condamnation à mort
a death sentence
58
Une condamnation à perpétuité
a life sentence
59
Une condamnation avec sursis
a suspended sentence
60
Incarcérer
to incarcerate
61
Un détenu, un prisonnier
a prisoner, an inmate, a detainee
62
Une cellule
a cell
63
La surpopulation carcérale
prison overcrowding
64
Une erreur judiciaire
a miscarriage of justice
65
Etre innocenté
to be proven innocent
66
Libérer un prisonnier
to free/release a prisoner
67
Gracier un condamner
to pardon
68
Etre en liberté conditionnelle
to be on parole