Law and order Flashcards

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un attentât à la bombe

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a bombing

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a barrister

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un avocat

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un cambrioleur

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a burglar

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un tribunal

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a court of law

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le coupable

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a culprit

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un inspecteur

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a detective

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une amende

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a fine

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la science médico/légale

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forensics

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une prison

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a jail

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prisonnier

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an inmate a prisoner

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a misdemeanor

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un délit

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un agresseur

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a mugger

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un délit

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an offense

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un récidiviste

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a repeat offender

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un casier judiciaire

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a criminal record

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la réinsertion

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rehabilitation

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un vol

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a robbery

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un coffre fort

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a safe

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un poste de police

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a police station

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une fusillade

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a shooting

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une contravention pour excès de vitesse

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a speeding ticket

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un voleur

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a thief

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un procès

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a trial

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un témoin

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a witness

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respectueux de la loi

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law-abiding

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obligatoire de par la loi

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legally-binding

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indulgent

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lenient

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coupable

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guilty

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paranoïaque

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paranoid

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respecter la loi

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to abide the law

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enfreindre la loi

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to break the law

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accuser de faire

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to accuse OF doing

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avoir un effet dissuasif

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to act as a deterrent

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etre en fuite

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to be ON the run

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inculper qql

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to charge sb with

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commettre un crime

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to commit a crime

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se plier à une règle

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to comply with a rule

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déclarer qql coupable

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to convict sb

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priver qql de sa liberté

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to deprive sb OF their freedom

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dissuader de

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to deter sb FROM doing

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faire appliquer la loi

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to enforce the law

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etre condamné à vie

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to get a life sentence

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accorder la liberté conditionnelle

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to grant parole

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mener une enquête

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to investigate sthg

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agresser

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to mug sb

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gravier

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to pardon a convict

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to prosecute

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Engager des poursuites contre

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to redress a wrong

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réparer un tort

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to repeal

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abroger

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purger sa peine

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to serve time IN prison

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passer qql chose en contrebande

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to smuggle

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éradiquer

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to stamp down

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se faire justice

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to take the law into one’s hands

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par auto défense

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IN self-defense

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coller qql à qql

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to steal sthg FROM sb ou To rob sb of sthg

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un indice

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a clue

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to bind

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obliger

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legally binding

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qui engage juridiquement

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to be presented w something

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se voir soumettre qql chose

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to turn the tide

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renverser la vapeur

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to strike down

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annuler

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an offence

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une infraction un délit

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d’autant plus que

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all the more…. as/since

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to stoke a controversy

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alimenter une controverse

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across the political spectrum

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toutes tendances politiques confondues

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mandatory minimum sentences

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peines minimales obligatoires

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to condone

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approuver fermes les yeux sur

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de façon disproportionnée

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disproportionately

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provenir de

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to originate IN

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to rip up families

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détruire des familles

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a prosecutor

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un procureur

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procureur représentant le ministère public

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a district attorney

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mieux se faire connaître

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to raise ones profile

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a shoplifter

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vol à l’étalage

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to use ones discretion

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to exert ones choice to make a decision

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a clueless addict

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an addict who does not understand what is going on

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drug busts

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police operations to fight drug dealers

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a kingpin

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the leader of a crime syndicate

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an inmate

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un prisonnier

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hope crushing sentences

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sentences that leave no hope for a future