Law & Crime Flashcards

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1
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l’infraction (f)

A

offence

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le délit

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offence, crime

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la contravention

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fine, parking ticket

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le criminel endurci

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hardened criminal

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l’agression (f)

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attack, assault, mugging

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un agresseur

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assailant

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agresser

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to mug

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poignarder

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to stab

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l’homicide involontaire (m)

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manslaughter

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le meurtre

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murder

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le meurtrier/la meurtrière

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murderer

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l’assassinat (m)

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murder

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l’assassin/l’assassine

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murderer

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le viol

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rape

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le violeur

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rapist

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enlever

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to abduct

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l’enlèvement (m)

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kidnapping

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le rapt

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abduction

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le kidnappeur/la kidnappeuse

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kidnapper

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le ravisseur/la ravisseuse

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kidnapper

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l’otage (m/f)

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hostage

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la rançon

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ransom

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le cambriolage

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burglary

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le cambrioleur

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burglar

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piller

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to loot

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mettre à sac

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to loot

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le hold-up (m)

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hold up

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le gangster

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gangster

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29
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le vol avec violences

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robbery

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30
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la corruption

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bribery

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corruptible

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open to bribery

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32
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le pot de vin

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bribe

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le chantage

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blackmail

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34
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faire chanter

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to blackmail

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soudoyer

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to blackmail

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36
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l’extorsion (f)

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extortion

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la fraude

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fraud

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le trafic de drogues

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drug trafficking

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le revendeur de drogues

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drug pusher

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le poste de police

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police station

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la police-secours

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emergency services

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les agents de circulation (m)

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traffic police

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le policier/la policière en civil

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plain-clothes policeman

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le chien policier

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police dog

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l’enquête (f)

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inquiry, investigation

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les recherches (f)

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investigation

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l’enquêteur/ l’enquêteuse or l’enquêtrice

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investigator

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l’interrogatoire (m)

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interrogation

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49
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le détective privé

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private detective

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50
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la pièce d’identité

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identification

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51
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le bureau des objets trouvés

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lost property office

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52
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le procès

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trial

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53
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le procureur

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public prosecutor

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le magistrat

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magistrate

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le jury

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jury

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56
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le/la juré(e)

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juror

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le/la juriste

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lawyer

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l’avocat/l’avocate

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lawyer

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le notaire

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solicitor

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60
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l’inculpation (f)

A

indictment

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61
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l’accusé(e)

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defendant

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la preuve

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proof

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les preuves (f)

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evidence

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le/la poursuivant(e)

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plaintiff

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le témoin

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witness

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66
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plaider coupable

A

to plead guilty

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67
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plaider non coupable

A

to plead not guilty

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68
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faire une déclaration

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to make a statement

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69
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faire une déposition

A

to make a testimony

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le constat

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statement

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71
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l’aveu (m)

A

confession

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72
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inculper

A

to charge

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73
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interjeter appel

A

to appeal

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la cour d’appel

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court of appeal

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75
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la caution

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bail

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l’acquittement (m)

A

acquittal

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77
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acquitter

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to acquit

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78
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relaxer

A

to discharge

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79
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être reconnu coupable

A

to be found guilty

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80
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la détention

A

detention

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81
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la grâce

A

pardon

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82
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l’incarcération (f)

A

imprisonment

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83
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le casier judiciaire

A

criminal record

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84
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avoir un casier vierge

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to have a clean record

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85
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le malfaiteur

A

law-breaker

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86
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le/la complice

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accomplice

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l’instigateur/l’instigatrice

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instigator

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le/la délinquante juvénile

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juvenile delinquent

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le/la délinquante primaire

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first offender

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90
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le vol à la tire

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pocket-picking

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le vol à l’étalage

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shop-lifting

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le vol à main armée

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armed robbery

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93
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à bout portant

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at point blank

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le vol avec effraction

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breaking and entry

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95
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entrer par effraction

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to break in

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96
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le/la faussaire

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forger

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le maître-chanteur

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blackmailer

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le faux témoignage

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perjury

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99
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le parjure

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perjury

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100
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la fraude fiscale

A

tax evasion

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101
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le trafiquant d’armes

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gun-runner

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102
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la contrebande

A

smuggling

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103
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l’évasion (f)

A

escape

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104
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l’évadé(e)

A

escaped prisoner

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105
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le fuyard

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fugitive

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106
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la bagarre

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scuffle

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107
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l’émeute (f)

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riot

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108
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le voyou (m)

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thug

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109
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l’incendie volontaire (m)

A

arson

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110
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l’incendiaire (m/f)

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arsonist

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111
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le/la pyromane

A

arsonist

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112
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le détournement

A

hijacking

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113
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le préfet de police

A

chief constable

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114
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le commissaire

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superintendent

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115
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le mandat d’arrêt

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arrest warrant

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116
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le mandat de perquisition

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search warrant

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117
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le mandat de comparution

A

summons

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118
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le mandat d’expulsion

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expulsion order

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119
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la perquisition

A

search

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120
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la rafle

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raid

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121
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la descente de police

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police raid

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122
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la saisie

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seizure

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123
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la chasse à l’homme

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manhunt

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124
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être sur la piste

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to be on the trail

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125
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se livrer à la police

A

to give oneself up

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126
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le/la détenu(e)

A

prisoner

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127
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l’indicateur/l’indicatrice

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informer

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128
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la fausse identité

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cover

129
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une personne disparue

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missing person

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l’indice (m)

A

clue

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le signalement

A

description, particulars

132
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ne pas être de service

A

to be off-duty

133
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le litige

A

litigation

134
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l’audience (f)

A

hearing

135
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l’audition (f)

A

examination

136
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le demandeur/la demandeuse

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claimant, plaintiff

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une action civile

A

civil action

138
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porter plainte contre

A

to bring a charge against

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engager des poursuites contre

A

to take legal action against

140
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entamer des poursuites

A

to begin proceedings

141
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intenter un procès

A

to bring action against

142
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poursuivre quelqu’un en justice

A

to bring action against

143
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procéder à des inculpations

A

to prefer charges

144
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abandonner les poursuites

A

to drop charges

145
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casser un jugement

A

to quash a judgement, set aside a judgement

146
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être présenté au parquet

A

to appear before magistrates

147
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relâcher sous caution

A

to release on bail

148
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fixer la caution à

A

to set bail at

149
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se porter caution pour

A

to stand bail for

150
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mettre en détention provisoire

A

to remand in custody

151
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le centre de détention

A

remand centre

152
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remettre en liberté

A

to release

153
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la remise de peine

A

suspended sentence

154
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les circonstances atténuantes (f)

A

extenuating circumstances

155
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la circonstance aggravante

A

aggravation

156
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la peine de mort

A

death penalty

157
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la pendaison

A

hanging

158
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la chaise électrique

A

electric chair

159
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demander des dommages

A

to sue for damages

160
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des dommages et intérêts

A

compensation

161
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le règlement à l’amiable

A

out-of-court settlement

162
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les honoraires (m)

A

fees

163
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les biens (m)

A

estate

164
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la responsabilité

A

liability

165
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faire faillite

A

to go bankrupt

166
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le créancier/la créancière

A

creditor

167
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le débiteur/la débitrice

A

debtor

168
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antidater

A

to backdate

169
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le point faible

A

loophole

170
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le/la récividiste

A

habitual offender

171
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le repris de justice

A

persistent offender

172
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la subornation

A

bribery

173
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le détournement de fonds

A

embezzlement

174
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le délit d’initié

A

insider trading

175
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le fraudeur/la fraudeuse du fisc

A

tax-dodger

176
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l’escroquerie (f)

A

swindle

177
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la contrefaçon

A

forgery

178
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la mystification

A

hoax

179
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la carambouille

A

scam

180
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le vagabondage

A

vagrancy

181
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le rôdeur

A

prowler

182
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le tapage nocture

A

disturbance of the peace

183
Q

la rixe

A

affray

184
Q

le larcin

A

petty larceny

185
Q

le butin

A

loot

186
Q

le recel

A

receiving

187
Q

le receleur/la receleuse

A

receiver

188
Q

la contumace

A

defaulting

189
Q

le/la contumace

A

defaulter

190
Q

la pègre

A

underworld

191
Q

le Milieu

A

the mob

192
Q

le grand banditisme

A

organised crime

193
Q

la mafia

A

Mafia

194
Q

le parrain

A

godfather

195
Q

le tueur à gages

A

hit-man

196
Q

la canaille

A

rabble, riffraff

197
Q

la racaille

A

rabble, riffraff

198
Q

le meurtre sur commande

A

contract killing

199
Q

le hors-la-loi

A

outlaw

200
Q

balancer quelqu’un

A

to grass on someone

201
Q

donner un tuyau

A

to tip off

202
Q

tuyauter

A

to tip off

203
Q

la zone interdite

A

no-go area

204
Q

le règlement de comptes

A

settling of scores

205
Q

régler son compte à

A

to settle a score with

206
Q

la tuerie

A

mass murder

207
Q

le bain de sang

A

blood bath

208
Q

la fusillade

A

shoot out

209
Q

le proxénétisme

A

procuring

210
Q

le proxénète

A

procurer

211
Q

le souteneur

A

procurer

212
Q

le maquereau

A

procurer

213
Q

l’argent repérable

A

marked money

214
Q

le loubard/la loubarde

A

delinquent, hooligan

215
Q

le loulou

A

thug

216
Q

le braquage

A

hold-up

217
Q

des coupures usagées

A

used notes

218
Q

le casse

A

break-in

219
Q

le casseur

A

burglar

220
Q

forcer un coffre-fort

A

to crack a safe

221
Q

crocheter une serrure

A

to pick a lock

222
Q

la calomnie

A

slander, libel

223
Q

violences sur enfants (f)

A

child molesting

224
Q

le détournement de mineur

A

corruption of a minor

225
Q

l’attentat à la pudeur (m)

A

indecency

226
Q

braconner

A

to poach

227
Q

le braconnier

A

poacher

228
Q

brouiller les pistes

A

to cover one’s tracks

229
Q

fuir le pays

A

to skip the country

230
Q

être en cavale

A

to be on the run

231
Q

la brigade criminelle

A

crime squad

232
Q

la brigade des moeurs

A

vice squad

233
Q

la brigade financière

A

fraud squad

234
Q

le maître-chien

A

dog handler

235
Q

le garde du corps

A

body guard

236
Q

le limier

A

sleuth

237
Q

le bouclier

A

riot shield

238
Q

le casque

A

helmet

239
Q

la matraque

A

truncheon

240
Q

le gilet pare-balles

A

bullet-proof vest

241
Q

les menottes (f)

A

handcuffs

242
Q

le gaz lacrymogène

A

tear gas

243
Q

la fourgonnette de police

A

police van

244
Q

la reconstitution

A

reconstruction

245
Q

surveiller

A

to stake out

246
Q

faire la planque

A

to stake out

247
Q

faire une descente

A

to swoop

248
Q

perquisitionner

A

to search

249
Q

les empreintes digitales (f)

A

fingerprints

250
Q

les traces de pneu (f)

A

tyre-tracks

251
Q

faire suivre

A

to put a tail on

252
Q

être sur les talons de

A

to be in hot pursuit

253
Q

installer un barrage

A

to put up a road-block

254
Q

la voiture de patrouille

A

patrol car

255
Q

la voiture banalisée

A

unmarked car

256
Q

le portrait-robot

A

photofit picture

257
Q

installer un micro

A

to bug

258
Q

intercepter

A

to listen in on

259
Q

la radio émetteur

A

two-wave radio

260
Q

la flicaille

A

fuzz

261
Q

le bleu

A

rookie

262
Q

le spécialiste de médecine légale

A

forensic specialist

263
Q

monter un coup

A

to frame

264
Q

le coup monté

A

frame-up

265
Q

déterminer la cause du décès

A

to determine the cause of death

266
Q

l’huissier (m)

A

bailiff

267
Q

le greffier/la greffière

A

clerk of the court

268
Q

l’aide judiciaire (m)

A

legal aid

269
Q

le témoin à charge

A

witness for the prosecution

270
Q

le témoin à décharge

A

witness for the defence

271
Q

le témoin oculaire

A

eye witness

272
Q

la barre des témoins

A

witness box

273
Q

la citation à comparaître

A

summons

274
Q

des témoignages irrecevables

A

inadmissible evidence

275
Q

des pièces à conviction (f)

A

incriminating evidence, exhibit

276
Q

des preuves recevables (f)

A

admissible evidence

277
Q

des preuves indirectes (f)

A

circumstantial evidence

278
Q

des preuves irrecevables (f)

A

inadmissable evidence

279
Q

à huis clos

A

in camera

280
Q

les minutes du procès(f)

A

trial transcripts

281
Q

plaider la légitime défense

A

to plead self-defence

282
Q

la responsabilité atténuée

A

diminished responsibility

283
Q

l’aliénation mentale (f)

A

insanity

284
Q

inapte à se défendre

A

unfit to plead

285
Q

négocier une peine

A

to plea bargain

286
Q

le manque de preuve

A

lack of evidence

287
Q

témoigner contre ses complices

A

to turn state’s evidence

288
Q

mettre en liberté surveillée

A

to put on probation

289
Q

l’agent de probation (m)

A

probation officer

290
Q

le/la probationnaire

A

probationer

291
Q

mettre en liberté conditionnelle

A

to release on parole

292
Q

écrouer

A

to jail

293
Q

la prison à vie

A

life imprisonment

294
Q

le centre d’observation

A

assessment centre

295
Q

la maison de redressement

A

reform school

296
Q

le centre de réadaptation

A

halfway house

297
Q

la réclusion solitaire

A

solitary confinement

298
Q

le régime cellulaire

A

solitary confinement

299
Q

l’effet dissuasif (m)

A

deterrent effect

300
Q

le recours en grâce

A

plea for clemency

301
Q

le délai de grâce

A

reprieve

302
Q

le sursis à l’exécution

A

stay of execution

303
Q

le bagne

A

penal colony

304
Q

le bagnard

A

convict

305
Q

la taule

A

jail, clink

306
Q

le taulard

A

jailbird

307
Q

purger une peine de prison

A

to serve a prison sentence

308
Q

commuer une peine

A

to commute a sentence

309
Q

la remise de peine

A

remission

310
Q

la résiliation de contrat

A

termination of contract

311
Q

juridiquement contraignan

A

legally binding

312
Q

la procuration

A

power of attorney

313
Q

reprendre possession de

A

to repossess

314
Q

la reprise de possession

A

repossession

315
Q

extrader

A

to extradite

316
Q

l’extradition (f)

A

extradition

317
Q

le brevet d’invention

A

patent

318
Q

être radié d’une profession

A

to be struck off