Law and order Flashcards

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L’ordre public

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law and order

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le maintien de l’ordre / maintenir

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law enforcement / to enforce the law

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interdire / une interdiction (par décision de justice)

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to ban / a ban

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coup de force, mesure de répression

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a crackdown on / a clampdown on sth

to call for / organize a crackdown on drug dealers

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5
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une rafle

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a roundup

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un malfaiteur

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an offender

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criminalité / un délit

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crime / a crime

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petit crime insignifiant / important

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petty / serious crime

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crime organisé / cybercrime / crime against humanity

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organized crime / computer, cyber crime / crime against

humanity

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racket / meurtre / homicide / viol

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racketeering / murder / homicide /

voluntary manslaughter / rape

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11
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agresser avec violence

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to mug / a mugger / a mugging

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mettre en garde à vue

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to take sb into custody

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13
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inculper

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to charge (to charge sb disturbing the peace)

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inculper de / inculpation

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to indict sb for sth / indictment

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engager des poursuites contre (qd la justice engage des

poursuites)

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to prosecute sb

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intenter un procès (un particulier, pas la justice)

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to bring a lawsuit against

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poursuivre / intenter un procès à qqun pour

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to sue sb for sth

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porter / retirer sa plainte

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to lodge / withdraw a complaint against

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19
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réclamer des dommages et intérêts

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to make a claim for damages

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20
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une peine / condamner

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a / to sentence

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21
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une amende

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a fine / ticket (to be fined)

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laxiste / strict

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lenient, lax / stringent

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23
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procureur

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the public prosecutor

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avocat

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a lawyer / attorney / solicitor (aussi notaire)

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le prévenu

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a defendant

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le plaignant

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a plaintiff

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tribunal / une audience

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a court / a court hearing

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un procès

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a court case / a trial

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juger

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to try sb for sth

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plaider coupable / non coupable

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to plead guilty / not guilty of doing sth

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déclarer qqun innocent / coupable de…

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to declare sb innocent of / guilty of

32
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fixer une caution

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to set bail at …

33
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une manifestation (x3)

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a demonstration / march / protest

34
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une émeute

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a riot

35
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un vol (x3)

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a theft / a robbery / a larceny

36
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vol à l’étalage a

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shoplifting

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cambriolage / cambrioleur

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a burglary / a burglar

38
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entrer par effraction

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to break into

39
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voleur

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a robber / a thief

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voler

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to steal sth from sb / to rob sb

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un criminel

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a felon / a criminal / a delinquent

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un escroc

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a crook

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un récidiviste / récidiver

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a reoffender (to re-offend)

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un détenu

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a prisoner / an inmate (familier)

45
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en liberté conditionnelle

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on parole

46
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respecter la loi / un citoyen respectueux de la loi

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to abide by the law / a law-abiding citizen

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violer la loi / un hors-la-loi

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to break the law / an outlaw

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légal / illégal

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lawful, legal / unlawful, illegal

49
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une escroquerie

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a hoax

50
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détourner de l’argent / un détournement

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to embezzle / embezzlement

51
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une enquête policière

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a police enquiry

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Ministre de la justice US

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Attorney General

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Ministre de la Justice UK

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Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice

54
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procureur de l’état USA

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DA : District Attorney

55
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Procureur de l’Etat (UK)

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CP : Crown Prosecutor

56
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justice pénale

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criminal justice