Fiche - La violence au Royaume-Uni et US 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 felony, a crime

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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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Comment appelle-t-on un crime de faible ampleur?

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a misdemeanour (UK) / a misdemeanor (US)

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Comment appelle-t-on un crime d’ampleur importante

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a crime/ a felony

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le détournement

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embezzlement

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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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un 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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agresser qqn

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to mug sb, to attack sby

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agresser sexuellement

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to molest

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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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voler une montre

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to steal a watch

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voler qqch à qqn

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to rob sb of sth

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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-laudering

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légal

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lawful

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illégal

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unlawful

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enfreindre une loi

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to break a law

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un délinquant, une personne qui 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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fouiller

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to fisk

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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, a barrister, an attorney

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poursuivre qqn en justice

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to prosecute sb

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le procureur

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the prosecutor

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intenter un procès à qqn, engager des poursuites contre qqn

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to sue sb

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soupçonner qqn d’avoir volé qqch

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to suspect sby of stealing smth

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accuser, inculper qqn de meurtre

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to charge sb 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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Des politiciens de tout bord

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Politicians of all stripes

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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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55
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preuves relevées lors d’une expertise médicolégale

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forensic evidence

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un témoin

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a witness

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un témoin oculaire

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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 qqn, reconnaitre coupable

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to convict

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une amende

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a fine

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condamner qqn à une amende

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to fine sby

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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 qqn à mort

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to sentence sb to death

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être condamné à 5 ans de prison

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to be sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, 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, to overturn a decision

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innocenter qqn

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to prove sb innocent, to exonerate sb

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les tests ADN

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DNA analysis

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incarcérer qqn

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to jail, to incarcerate sb, to imprison sb

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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

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la surpopulation carcérale

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prison overcrowding

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libérer, relâcher un prisonnier

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to free, to release a prisoner

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mettre qqn en liberté conditionnelle

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to parole sb

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être en liberté conditionnelle

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to be on parole

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un bracelet electronique

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an electronic tag

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la peine de mort

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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 s stay of execution, a reprieve

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grâcier un condamné

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to pardon a convict

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exécuter un condamné

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to execute a convict

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mettre qqn à mort

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to put sb 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 qqn

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to inject sb a lethal substance

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pendre qqn

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to hang sb

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la chaise électrique

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the electric chair

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lapider qqn, tuer qqn à coups de pierre

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to stone sb to death

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abolir la peine capitale

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to abolish, 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, 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’arme à feu

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a gun-owner

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porter une arme

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to bear, 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 de 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 hands

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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 kiling spree, a shooting spree, a shooting rampage

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blesser qqn

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to injure sb, to wound sb

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un cadavre

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a corpse

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la règlementation du port d’armes

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gun control

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limiter l’accès aux armes

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to restrict access to gun

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un terroriste

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a terrorist

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un attentat (terroriste)

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a terrorist attack

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un attentat à la bombe

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a bomb attack, a bombing

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une tentative d’attentat

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an attempted bomb attack

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un attentat manqué

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a failed bomb attack

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un complot terroriste

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a terrorist plot

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le terrorisme “d’origine intérieure”

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homegrown terrorism

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un comploteur

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a plotter

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une conspiration, un complot

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a conspiracy

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une cible

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a target

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viser, avoir pour cible une ambassade

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to target an embassy

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une organisation terroriste

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a terrorist organisation

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avoir recours à la violence

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to resort to violence

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terroriser

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to terrorize

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faire peur aux gens

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to scare, to frighten people

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terrorisme psychologique

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scare tactics

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le chantage

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blackmail

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faire chanter qqn

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to blackmail sb

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intimider qqn

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to intimidate sb

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la violence aveugle

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indiscriminate violence

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semer la terreur

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to sow fear

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la psychose

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obsessive fear

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la panique

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panic

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paniquer

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to panic

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une menace

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a threat

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menacer

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to threaten

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céder à une menace

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to give in to a threat, to yield to a threat

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exécuter une menace

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to carry out a threat

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une menace d’attentat à la bombe

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a bomb threat

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une alerte à la bombe

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a bomb scare

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une fausse alerte à la bombe

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a bomb hoax

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un site sensible

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a vulnerable site

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le 11 septembre

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9/11

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un kamikaze

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a suicide bomber

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se suicider

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to commit suicide, kill oneself

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poser une bombe

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to plant a bomb

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faire exploser une bombe

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to detonate, to set off a bomb

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exploser

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to go off, to explode

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un engin explosif

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an explosive device

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un explosif

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an explosive

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le plastique

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plastic explosive

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le semtex

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semtex

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un mélange détonant, un mélange explosif

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an explosive mixture

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une bombe à retardement

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a time bomb

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une lettre piégée

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a letter bomb

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un objet piégé

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a booby trap

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une voiture piégée

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a car bomb

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désamorcer une bombe

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to defuse a bomb

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une victime

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a casualty, a victim

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être blessé

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to be injured

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être mutilé

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to be maimed

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le nombre de victimes

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the death toll

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un massacre

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a slaughter, a massacre

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un carnage

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carnage

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une effusion de sang, un massacre

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bloodshed

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la guerre contre le terrorisme

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the war on terror

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s’attaquer au terrorisme

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to tackle terrorism

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combattre, lutter contre le terrorisme

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to combat, to fight terrorism

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la contre-terrorisme

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counterterrorism

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la lutte antiterroriste

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the battle, the fight against terrorism

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faire échouer un complot

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to thwart a plot

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déjouer, faire échouer un attentat

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to foil a terrorist attack

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démanteler un réseau terroriste

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to dismantle a terrorist network

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éradiquer le terrorisme

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to eradicate terrorism

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le renseignement

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intelligence

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un service de renseignement

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an intelligence agency

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mesures de sécurité

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security measures

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renforcer les mesures de sécurité

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to tighten security

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intercepter un message

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to intercept a message

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surveiller les appels téléphoniques

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to monitor phone calls

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transfert illégal de détenus vers des prisons où ils peuvent être torturés

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extraordinary rendition

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simulation de noyade

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waterboarding

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un fanatique

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a fanatic/ a zealot

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le fanatisme

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fanaticism

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un intégriste

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a fundamentalist

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l’intégrisme

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fundamentalism

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le sectarisme

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bigotry

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un extrémiste

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an extremist

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l’axe du Mal

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the Axis of Evil

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un État-voyou

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a rogue state

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soutenir le terrorisme

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to sponsor terrorism

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héberger, abriter des terroristes

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to harbour terrorists

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encourager la violence

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to foster violence

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un otage

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a hostage

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prendre, retenir en otage

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to take/ to hold sb hostage

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être pris en otage

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to be taken hostage

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libérer, relâcher un otage

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to free, to release a hostage

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kidnapper, enlever qn

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to abduct sb, to kidnap sb

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un enlèvement, un kidnapping, un rapt

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an abduction, a kidnapping

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un ravisseur, un preneur d’otage

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a hostage-taker, an abductor, a kidnapper, a captor

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une rançon

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a ransom

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négocier

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to negociate

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détournement d’avion

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hijacking

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détourner un avion

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to hijack a plane

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un pirate de l’air

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a hijacker