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Law (chapter 27) Flashcards

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L’ordre public

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Law and order

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un commissariat

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a police station

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un agent de police

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a policeman

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une femme agent

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a policewoman

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un(e) contractuel(le)

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a traffic warden

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un “flic” (2)

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a cop, a bobby

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un agent, un gardien de la paix

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a constable (GB)

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une patrouille à pied

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a foot patrol

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un policier

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a police officer

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un inspecteur de police

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a police inspector

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un indicateur (2)

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a police informer, a police spy

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un policier en civil

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a detective

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un détective privé (2)

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a private detective, a private eye

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un commissaire

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a superintendent

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une brigade

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a squad

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la brigade des stupéfiants

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the drugs squad

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la brigade criminelle

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the crime squad

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un tireur d’élite

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a marksman

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une descente

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a raid

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une rafle

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a roundup

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un piège

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a trap

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une perquisition

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a house search

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un mandat de perquisition

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a search warrant

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une fouille corporelle

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a strip-search

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une voiture de police

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a patrol car

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un panier à salade

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a Black Maria

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des menottes

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handcuffs

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la police anti-émeute

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the riot police

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une balle en caoutchouc

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a rubber bullet

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une matraque (2)

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a truncheon, a baton

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un bouclier

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a riot shield

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un casque

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a helmet

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du gaz lacrymogène

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a teargas grenade

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une empreinte

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a fingerprint

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un alcootest

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a breathalyser

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un indice

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a clue

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une piste

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a lead

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une arrestation

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an arrest

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une amende

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a fine

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une contravention, un P.V.

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a ticket

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la mise en fourrière

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impoundment

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une enquête (2)

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an inquiry, an investigation

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une chasse à l’homme

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a manhunt

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des preuves

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evidence

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une preuve

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a piece of evidence

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une pièce à conviction

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an exhibit

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les écoutes téléphoniques

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phone-tapping

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la prévention

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prevention

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la répression

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repression

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légal, licite (2)

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lawful, legal

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légitime

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legitimate

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moral

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moral

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honnête

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honest

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respectueux

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respectful

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malhonnête

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dishonest

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immoral

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immoral

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irresponsable

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irresponsible

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mineur

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underage

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sans loi, anarchique

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lawless

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illégal (2)

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illegal, unlawful

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criminel, délictueux

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criminal

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interdit (2)

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prohibited, banned

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obligatoire (2)

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compulsory, mandatory

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non résolu

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unsolved

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sans preuves

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unsupported

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peu coopératif

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uncooperative

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sûr, sans danger

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safe

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dangereux

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unsafe

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vrai

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true

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tangible

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tangible

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faux, erroné

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untrue

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voter, faire passer

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to pass

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appliquer

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to implement

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faire respecter

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to enforce

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légaliser

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to legalize

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resteindre

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to restrict

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proscrire

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to outlaw

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interdire

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to prohibit

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enfreindre (2)

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to infringe, to offend against

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violer, profaner

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to violate

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respecter

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to respect

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infliger

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to inflict

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abolir

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to abolish

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rétablir

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to restore

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prouver

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to prove

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dissuader

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to deter

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prévenir, empêcher

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to prevent

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enquêter

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to investigate

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organiser

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to mastermind

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élaborer, planifier

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to plan

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suivre

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to follow

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filer (2)

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to stalk, to tail

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poursuivre

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to chase

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pister

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to track

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traquer

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to hunt down

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piéger

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to trap

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fouiller

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to search

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faire une descente

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to raid

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signaler

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to report

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alerter

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to warn

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frapper d’une amende

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to fine

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soumettre à l’alcootest

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to breathalyse

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dresser procès verbal à

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to book

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emmener en fourrière

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to tow away

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se rendre

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to surrender

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soupçonner

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to suspect

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arrêter

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to arrest

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matraquer

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to club

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tabasser

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to beat up

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rouer de coups

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to thrash

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maltraiter

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to abuse

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torturer

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to torture

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hurler

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to yell

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respecte la loi

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to abide by the law

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les citoyens respectueux de la loi

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law-abiding citizens

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selon la loi

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under the law

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prendre contact avec la police

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to get in touch with the police

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les questions d’ordre public

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law-and-order issues

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se sentir en sécurité

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to feel secure

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la police

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the police force

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entrer dans la police

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to join the police force

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une école de police

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a police academy (US)

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un tribunal de police

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a police court

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le harcèlement policier

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police harassment

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des abus policiers

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police misconduct

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torturer qqn

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to put someone to torture

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une bavure policière

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a police blunder

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ouvrir une enquête

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to launch an investigation

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faire l’objet d’une enquête

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to be under investigation

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être fiché par la police

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to be on police files

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avoir un casier judiciaire

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to have a police record

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un contre-interrogatoire

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a cross-examination

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avoir un casier judiciaire chargé

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to have a long criminal record

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avoir un casier judiciaire vierge

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not to have a criminal record

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échapper aux recherche

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to escape detection

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un faux passeport

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a forged passport

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une carte d’identité

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an identity card

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un signe particulier

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an identification mark

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un policier en civil (phrase)

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a plain-clothes policeman

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enquêter

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to make enquiries

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faire une ronde

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to go on patrol

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une voiture banalisée

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an unmarked police car

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faire sa ronde

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to do one’s round

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faire la circulation

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to be on traffic duty

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la police londonienne

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the Metropolitan Police

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la brigade volante

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the Flying Squad

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le service de répression des fraudes

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the Fraud Squad

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la brigade des Moeurs

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the Vice Squad

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la brigade des stupéfiants

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the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) (US), the Narcotics Squad (US), the drugs squad (GB)

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les services secrets

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the Intelligence Service

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un officier des renseignements

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an Intelligence officer

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le FBI

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the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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153
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mettre qqn sur écoute

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to tap someone’s phone

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154
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les services de l’immigration

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the immigration authorities

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155
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passer la douane

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to go through customs

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156
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être en service

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to be on duty

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157
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ne pas être en service

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to be out of duty

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158
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en service commandé

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in the course of duty

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159
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Ceux qui ne respectent pas la loi

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Lawbreakers

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la pègre, le milieu

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the underworld

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la Mafia (3)

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the Mafia, the Syndicate, the mob

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le grand banditisme

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organized crime

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le syndicat du crime

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the crime syndicate

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un contrevenant

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an offender

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un récidiviste (2)

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a previous offender, a repeat offender

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un multirécidiviste

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a persistent offender

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un criminel, un malfaiteur

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a criminal

168
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un auteur (crime)

A

a perpetrator

169
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une crapule

A

a scoundrel

170
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un criminel endurci

A

a hardened criminal

171
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un dur

A

a tough guy

172
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un complice

A

an accomplice

173
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un hors-la-loi

A

an outlaw

174
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un bandit

A

a bandit

175
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un délinquant

A

a delinquent

176
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un voyou

A

a hooligan

177
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un jeune délinquant

A

a young offender

178
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un vandale

A

a vandal

179
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un casseur

A

a thug

180
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un pillard

A

a looter

181
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un agresseur

A

a mugger

182
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un voleur

A

a thief

183
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un voleur (à main armée)

A

a robber

184
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un cambrioleur

A

a burglar

185
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un voleur à la tire

A

a pickpocket

186
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un voleur à l’arraché (2)

A

a bag snatcher, a purse snatcher

187
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un voleur à l’étalage

A

a shoplifter

188
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un kleptomane

A

a kleptomaniac

189
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un voyageur sans billet

A

a fare dodger

190
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un escroc (2)

A

a crook, a swindler

191
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un imposteur

A

an impostor

192
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un maître chanteur

A

a blackmailer

193
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un faussaire

A

a forger

194
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un fraudeur fiscal

A

a tax evader

195
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un diffamateur

A

a slanderer

196
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un contrebandier, un trafiquant

A

a smuggler

197
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un revendeur (2)

A

a drug peddler, a drug pusher

198
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un réseau de trafiquants

A

a drugs ring

199
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les drogues douces

A

soft drugs

200
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un toxicomane

A

a drug addict

201
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un héroïnomane

A

a heroin addict

202
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un opiomane

A

an opium addict

203
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un(e) prostitué(e) (2)

A

a prostitute, a street walker

204
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un souteneur

A

a pimp

205
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un ravisseur

A

a kidnapper

206
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un otage

A

a hostage

207
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un pirate de l’air

A

a hijacker

208
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un pirate informatique

A

a hacker

209
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un terroriste

A

a terrorist

210
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un pyromane

A

an arsonist

211
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une bande

A

a gang

212
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un gangster

A

a gangster

213
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un perceur de coffre-fort

A

a safe breaker

214
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un braqueur

A

a raider

215
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un réseau, un gang

A

a ring

216
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un chef

A

a ringleader

217
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le cerveau (d’une bande)

A

the mastermind

218
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un repaire

A

a haunt

219
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une planque

A

a hideaway

220
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un mafioso

A

a mobster

221
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un racketteur

A

a racketeer

222
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un meurtrier, un assassin (2)

A

a murderer, a killer

223
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un tueur en série

A

a serial killer

224
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un ennemi public

A

a public enemy

225
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un fou dangereux

A

a homicidal maniac

226
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un voyeur

A

a Peeping Tom

227
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un délinquant sexuel

A

a sex offender

228
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un violeur

A

a rapist

229
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un pédophile

A

a paedophile

230
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un pervers sexuel

A

a sexual pervert

231
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un tortionnaire

A

a torturer

232
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une victime

A

a victim

233
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un traître

A

a traitor

234
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un espion

A

a spy

235
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les délits

A

Criminal offences

236
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un délit, une infraction

A

an offence

237
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un délit mineur

A

a minor offence

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une transgression

A

an infringement

239
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une violation

A

a violation

240
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un crime

A

a crime

241
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la criminalité

A

crime

242
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la petite criminalité

A

petty crime

243
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la grande criminalité

A

serious crime

244
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la délinquance

A

delinquency

245
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un mobile

A

a motive

246
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l’ignominie

A

baseness

247
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un vol

A

a theft

248
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le vol

A

stealing

249
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le vol à l’étalage

A

shoplifting

250
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la kleptomanie

A

kleptomania

251
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le vol à l’arraché

A

bag-snatching

252
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vol (attaque) à main armée

A

armed robbery

253
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un hold-up, un braquage (2)

A

a hold-up, bank raid

254
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un racket

A

an extortion racket

255
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un enlèvement (2)

A

a kidnapping, an abduction

256
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un ravisseur d’enfants

A

a baby snatcher

257
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une personne disparue

A

a missing person

258
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un braquage

A

a holdup

259
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la prise d’otages

A

hostage-taking

260
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une rançon

A

a ransom

261
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une agression

A

a mugging

262
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une agression brutale

A

a vicious attack

263
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un cambriolage

A

a burglary

264
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un rossignol

A

a picklock

265
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les objets de valeur

A

valuables

266
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le butin

A

loot

267
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la contrefaçon

A

forgery

268
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le chantage

A

blackmail

269
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un pot-de-vin

A

a bribe

270
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la diffamation (2)

A

libel, slander

271
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la fraude fiscale

A

tax evasion

272
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le délit d’initié (bourse)

A

insider trading

273
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l’espionnage industriel

A

industrial espionage

274
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un détournement d’avion

A

a hijacking

275
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vol de véhicule avec agression

A

carjacking

276
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faire une virée dans une voiture volée

A

joyriding

277
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le vandalisme

A

vandalism

278
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des dégradations volontaires (2)

A

criminal damage, willful damage

279
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un casse bélier

A

a ram raid

280
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la piratage informatique

A

hacking

281
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détournement de fonds

A

embezzlement

282
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le blanchiment (d’argent)

A

laundering

283
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excès de vitesse

A

speeding

284
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un contrôleur radar

A

a radar tap

285
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conduite en état d’ébriété (2)

A

drinking and driving, drunk(en) driving

286
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le trafic de drogue

A

drug trafficking

287
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la contrebande

A

smuggling

288
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l’usage de stupéfiants

A

drug abuse

289
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la toxicomanie

A

drug addiction

290
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un narcotique

A

a narcotic drug

291
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une overdose

A

an overdose

292
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les mauvais traitements (2)

A

abuse, ill treatment

293
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les enfants battus

A

battered children

294
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l’infanticide

A

infanticide

295
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la prostitution

A

prostitution

296
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la harcèlement sexuel

A

sexual harassment

297
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les sévices sexuels

A

sexual abuse

298
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la pédophilie

A

paedophilia

299
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l’inceste

A

incest

300
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un viol

A

a rape

301
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un viol collectif

A

a gang rape

302
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une agression au couteau

A

a stabbing

303
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une plaie

A

a wound

304
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un meurtre

A

a murder

305
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un coup de feu

A

a shot

306
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un meurtre, une exécution

A

a shooting

307
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homicide (par imprudence)

A

manslaughter

308
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un assassinat (politique)

A

an assassination

309
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le lynchage

A

lynching

310
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un massacre

A

a slaughter

311
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une arme

A

a weapon

312
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un permis

A

a permit

313
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une lettre piégée

A

a lettre bomb

314
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un colis piégé

A

a parcel bomb

315
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un cocktail Molotov

A

a petrol bomb

316
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une arme à feu

A

a gun

317
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un pistolet

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a handgun

318
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une carabine

A

a rifle

319
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un fusil de chasse

A

a shotgun

320
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une fusillade

A

gunfire

321
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un couteau

A

a knife

322
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un cran d’arrêt

A

a flick knife

323
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un coup de poing américain

A

a knuckleduster

324
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une bagarre

A

a scuffle

325
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un clandestin

A

an illegal immigrant

326
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le vagabondage

A

vagrancy

327
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recherché

A

wanted

328
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sain d’esprit

A

sane

329
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dément

A

insane

330
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mauvais, malfaisant (2)

A

evil, malevolent, wicked

331
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gratuit

A

mindless

332
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incestueux

A

incestuous

333
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pervers

A

perverse

334
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infâme

A

infamous

335
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violent

A

violent

336
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féroce

A

savage

337
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délibéré, prémédité

A

wilful

338
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trompeur, fourbe

A

deceitful

339
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rusé, malin

A

cunning

340
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sans être vu

A

unobserved

341
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louche (3)

A

shady, fishy, queer

342
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malhonnête

A

crooked

343
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douteux, suspect

A

dubious

344
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suspect (2)

A

suspect, suspicious

345
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de mauvaise réputation

A

disreputable

346
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dépravé, perverti

A

depraved

347
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endurci

A

hardened

348
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notoire

A

notorious

349
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méchant

A

mean

350
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mal famé

A

seamy

351
Q

ivre

A

drunk

352
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en état d’ébriété (2)

A

inebriated, intoxicated

353
Q

injurieux, grossier

A

abusive

354
Q

honteux

A

shameful

355
Q

révoltant

A

revolting

356
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choquant

A

shocking

357
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dégradant

A

degrading

358
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malveillant, brutal

A

vicious

359
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atroce

A

atrocious

360
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sordide

A

sordid

361
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abominable

A

vile

362
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ignoble

A

villainous

363
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scandaleux, monstrueux

A

outrageous

364
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sanglant

A

bloody

365
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bestial, brutal

A

beastly

366
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cruel

A

cruel

367
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cruel, sans pitié

A

ruthless

368
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perpétrer

A

to perpetrate

369
Q

voler

A

to steal

370
Q

faucher

A

to nick

371
Q

s’échapper (de)

A

to espace (from)

372
Q

pénétrer par effraction

A

to break into

373
Q

cambrioler (2)

A

to burglarize (US), to burgle (GB)

374
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braquer

A

to raid

375
Q

corrompre

A

to bribe

376
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escroquer

A

to swindle

377
Q

détourner (des fonds)

A

to embezzle

378
Q

frauder

A

to defraud

379
Q

faire chanter

A

to blackmail

380
Q

espionner

A

to spy (on)

381
Q

trahir

A

to betray

382
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se venger

A

to take revenge

383
Q

falsifier, maquiller

A

to fake

384
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contrefaire

A

to forge

385
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blanchir (l’argent)

A

to launder

386
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faire la contrebande de

A

to smuggle

387
Q

traîner

A

to hang about

388
Q

rôder

A

to loiter

389
Q

se tapir

A

to lurk

390
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saccager

A

to vandalize

391
Q

piller, saccager

A

to ransack

392
Q

tout casser

A

to smash up

393
Q

agresser (2)

A

to mug, to assault

394
Q

kidnapper (2)

A

to kidnap, to abduct

395
Q

violer

A

to rape

396
Q

piller

A

to loot

397
Q

faire sauter, faire exploser

A

to blow up

398
Q

poignarder

A

to stab

399
Q

tuer

A

to kill

400
Q

abattre

A

to shoot down

401
Q

assassiner (2)

A

to murder, to assassinate (politique)

402
Q

la loi de la jungle

A

the law of the jungle

403
Q

une escalade de la violence

A

an escalation of violence

404
Q

un vague de criminalité

A

a crime wave

405
Q

les chiffres de la criminalité

A

crime figures

406
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(se) faire justice soi-même

A

to take the law into one’s own hands

407
Q

être au-dessus des lois

A

to be above the law

408
Q

une parodie de justice

A

a travesty of justice

409
Q

contraire au règlement

A

against the regulations

410
Q

formellement interdit

A

strictly prohibited

411
Q

la délinquance juvénile

A

juvenile delinquency

412
Q

faire une virée dans une voiture volée

A

to go for a joyride

413
Q

une agression raciste

A

a racially motivated attack

414
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vol avec coups et blessures

A

robbery with violence

415
Q

coups et blessures

A

assault and battery

416
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être victime d’injures

A

to be verbally abused

417
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subir des sévices sexuels

A

to be sexually abused

VII. Social Institutions (2 decks)

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