Gun & Crime Flashcards

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1
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Munitions

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Ammunition

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Effusion de sang

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Bloodshed

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Gilet pare-balles

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A bullet-proof vest

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Cartouche

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A cartridge

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Une arme à feu

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A firearm, à fin

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La législation sur les armes à feu

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Gun control

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Lois sur le port d’armes

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Gun laws

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Homme armé

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A gunman

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Arme de poing

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A handgun

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Meurtre

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A murder

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Un délit

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An offence

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Délinquant

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An offender

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Un criminel

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A felon, a criminal

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Le trafic

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Racket

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Cran de sûreté

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A safety catch

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Fusillade

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A shootout

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Gâchette

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A trigger

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A bout portant

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At gunpoint

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Un kamikaze

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A suicide bomber

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La vengeance

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Vengeance

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La cruauté, la méchanceté

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Wickedness, cruelty

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Le souci, l’inquiétude

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Concern, worry

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Les représailles

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Retaliation

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Un accès de colère

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An outburst, a fit of anger

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Un bourreau

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A torturer, an executioner

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Le gendarme du Monde (US)

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The global policeman

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La souffrance

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Suffering

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La douleur

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Pain

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Le taux de criminalité

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The crime rate

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Armes automatiques

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Automatic weapons

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Balle

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A bullet

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Crosse

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The butt

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Fusillade en voiture

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A drive-by shooting

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Guerre des gangs

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Gang warfare

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Coups de feu

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Gunfire

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Permis de port d’armes

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A gun licence

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37
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Blessure par arme

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A gunshot wound

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Mitrailleuse

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A machine gun

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Meurtrier

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A murderer

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Un crime

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A felony

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Récidiviste

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A repeat offender

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Le taux de criminalité

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The crime rate

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Carabine

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A rifle

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Un meurtre par balle

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A shooting

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Fusil

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A shotgun

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46
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Lobby des armes (US)

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The National Rifle Association (NRA)

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Un stand de tir

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A shooting range

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Un attentat

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A bomb attack

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Une vengeance

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An act of revenge

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La tristesse

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Sorrow, sadness

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Un ennemi

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An enemy, a foe

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La haine

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Hate / hatred

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Une violation, un abus

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An abuse

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54
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Emprisonnement

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Imprisonment

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55
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La peur

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Fear

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La souffrance intense

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Agony

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Une arme

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A weapon, an arm

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58
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Un vol à main armé

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An armed robbery

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59
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Une tuerie

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A mass shooting

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Un fabricant d’armes

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A gun manufacturer

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61
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La garde à vue

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Custody

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Une menace

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A threat

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Un crime organisé

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Organized crime

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Un casier judiciaire

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A criminal record

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65
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La fraude fiscale

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Tax evasion

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Le détournement de fonds

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Embezzlement

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Un voleur

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A thief, a robber

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Un vol à l’arrachée

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Snatching

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Un cambriolage

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A burglary

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Un cambrioleur

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A burglar

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Du chantage

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Blackmail

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Un agresseur

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A mugger

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Un casseur

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A rioting demonstrator

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Une matraque

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A bludgeon

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Une répression sévère

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A clamp-down on

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Un homicide involontaire

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A manslaughter

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Un attentat à la pudeur

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Indecent assault

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La violence conjugale

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Domestic violence

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Un mari violent

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A wife beater

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Un pédophile

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A peadophile (GB)
A pedophile (US)
A child molester / abuser
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La peine de mort

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The death penalty

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Une condamnation à tort

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A wrongful conviction

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La légitime défense

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Self-defense / defence

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La peine capitale

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The capital punishment

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Une bavure, une erreur judiciaire

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A miscarriage of justice

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La criminalité

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Crime

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La délinquance juvénile

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Juvenile delinquency

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La fraude, l’escroquerie

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Fraud

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Un fraudeur fiscal

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A tax evader, tax dodger

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La petite délinquance

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Petty crime

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Un vol

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A theft / a hold-up, a robbery

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Un voleur à l’étalage

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A shoplifter

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Un pyromane

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An arsonist

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Un incendie criminel

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An arson

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Un pillage

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A looter

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Un incendie de voiture

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A car torching

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La police anti-émeutes

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The riot police

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Des menottes

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Handcuffs

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Le gaz lacrymogène

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Tear gas, pepper gas

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Un homicide involontaire

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A homicide

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Un violeur

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A rapist

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La maltraitance

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Ill-treatment

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La violence infligée aux enfants

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Child abuse

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L’ordre public

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Law and Order

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Un condamné à mort

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A death row inmate

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Polémique

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Controversial, polemic

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Insultant

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Offensive, insulting

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Insensible, cruel

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Inhumane

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Disparu

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Missing

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Sans peur

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Fearless

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Sans pitié

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Pitiless

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Mal-intentionné

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Malevolent

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Fâché, en colère

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Cross, angry with

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Angoissé

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Anguished

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Douloureux

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Painful

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De sang-froid

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In cold-blood

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Battue

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Battered (wife)

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Se disputer

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To quarrell (with), to have an argument

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Tyranniser

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To bully

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Agacer quelqu’un

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To get on somebody’s nerves

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Le faire payer à quelqu’un, rendre la monnaie de sa pièce à quelqu’un

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To pay somebody back

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Riposter, rendre les coups

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To hit back, to fight back

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Être hors de soi

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To be beside oneself with anger

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Persécuter

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To victimize

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Rendre infirme

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To crippler

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Abattre quelqu’un

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To shoot somebody down

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Prendre les armes

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To take up arms

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Se faire tuer

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To get killed

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Tirer sur (en restant caché)

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To snipe at

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Commette un délit

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To commit a crime

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La prison à perpétuité

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To be jailed for life

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Empêcher quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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To prevent somebody from V+ING

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Être dans les couloirs de la mort

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To be on death row

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Menacer

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To threaten

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Contrefaire, introduire clandestinement

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To smuggle

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Harceler, importuner

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To pester

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Insulter, injurier

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To insult, to abuse

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Se moquer de

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To laugh at / to make fun of / to mock

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Venger, rendre le coups

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To avenge somebody / something

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User de représailles

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To retaliate

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Baigner dans la violence

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To be steeped in violence

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Réduire au silence, bâillonner

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To silence (figuré)
To gag (littéral)
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Mutiler

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To mutilate

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Estropier

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To maim

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Ouvrir le feu

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To open fire

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Frapper, porter un coup

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To strike

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Transgresser la loi

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To break the law

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Avoir recours à la violence

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To resort to violence

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Dissuader quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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To deter somebody from V+ING

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Être accablé par, être en proie à

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To be plagued with

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Gracier quelqu’un

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To pardon somebody

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Contrefaire, falsifier (faux)

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To counterfeit

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Détourner des fonds

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To embezzle

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Saccager, vandaliser

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To wreck

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Réprimer la violence urbaine

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To repress street violence

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Importuner / agresser sexuellement

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To molest

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Suivre, prendre en filature

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To shadow

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Commette une bavure

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To blunder

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Tout saccager

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To rampage around

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Poignarder

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To stab

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Enquêter

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To carry an investigation = to investigate

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Faire une déposition / une déclaration

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To make statement

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Relâcher

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To release

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Être un excité de la gâchette, avoir la gâchette facile

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To be trigger-happy