Crime and Violence expressions Flashcards

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1
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l’escalade de la violence

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escalating violence

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2
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la violence gratuite

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wanton / gratuitous violence

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une explosion de violence, commettre un délit

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an outburst of violence, to commit an offense

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4
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un délit mineur, être complice d’un délit

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a minor offense, to be an accessory to a crime

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monter un coup, une histoire louche

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to run a scam, a shady business

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un délit d’initié, la fraude fiscale

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insider trading, tax evasion

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blanchir de l’argent

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to launder dirty money

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la maltraitance des enfants, abus sexuels sur enfants

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child abuse, child sex abuse

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un délinquant sexuel

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a child sex abuser / a sexual offender

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10
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un viol collectif, coups et blessures

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a gang rape, assault and battery

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11
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faire du trafic de drogue

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to traffic in drugs

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cambrioler une maison, une tentative de vol

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to break* into a place, attempted robbery

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un vol à la roulotte

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robbery from a parked vehicle

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mettre le feu à qqch

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to set* sth on fire / fire to sth

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une blessure à coups de couteau, la violence à l’arme blanche

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a stab wound, knife crime

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16
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un vol à main armée

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armed robbery

17
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tenir qqn sous la menace d’un revolver ou d’un fusil

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to hold sby at gunpoint

18
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abattre qqn

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to shoot sby dead

19
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un tueur en série, une tentative de meurtre

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a serial killer, a murder attempt

20
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l’arme du crime, un meurtre prémédité

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the murder weapon, a willful murder

21
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le lieu du crime, une vague de criminalité

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the crime scene, a crime wave

22
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le grand banditisme

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organized crime

23
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commettre un acte criminel

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to commit a criminal deed