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1
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l’ordre public

A

law and order

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le maintien de l’ordre

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law enforcement

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3
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une rafle

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roundup

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interdire
une interdiction (décision de justice)
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to ban

a ban

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un coup de force / une mesure de répression

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a crackdown / a clampdown on sth

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commettre un délit/infraction

un malfaiteur

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to commit an offence

an offender

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la criminalité

un délit

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crime

a crime

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crime contre l’humanité

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crime against humanity

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un meurtre (3)

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a murder
an homicide
a voluntary manslaughter

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un racket

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a racketeering

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viol

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rape

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agresser avec violence
agresseur
une agression

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to mug
a mugger
a mugging

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mettre en garde a vue

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to take sb into custody

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inculper

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to charge sb with sth

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engager des poursuites contre (action de la justice)

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to prosecute sb

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intenter un procès (action d’un particulier)

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to bring a lawsuit against

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poursuivre qqun pour qqch

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to sue sb for sth

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18
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poursuivre pour diffamation

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to sur sb for libel

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19
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porter plainte contre

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to lodge a complaint against

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retirer sa plainte contre

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to withdraw a complain against

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réclamer des dommages et intérêts

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to make a claim for damages

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22
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condamner

une peine

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to sentence

a sentence

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une amende (2)

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a ticket

a fine

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laxitse

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lenient-lax

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sévère

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stringent

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le procureur (2)

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the public prosecutor

the attorney

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un avocat (2)

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a lawyer
a solicitor (peut aussi vouloir dire 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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un tribunal

une audience

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a court

a court hearing

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un procès (2)

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a court case

a trial

32
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juger qqun pour

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to try sb for sth

33
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plaider coupable

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to plead guildy of doing sth

34
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plaider non coupable

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to plead not guilty of doing sth

35
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déclarer qqun coupable de

A

to declare sb guilty of

36
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déclarer qqun inocent

A

to declare sb innocent of

37
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fixer une caution

A

to set a bail at

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manifestation (4)

A

a rally
demonstration
march
protest

39
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une émeute

A

a riot

40
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un vol (3)

A

a robbery
a larceny
a theft

41
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vol à l’étalage

A

a shoplifting

42
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cambriolage

cambrioleur

A

a burglary

a burglar

43
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entrer par effraction

A

to break into

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un voleur (2)

A

a robber

a thief

45
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voler qqch

voler qqun

A

to steal sth from sb

to rob sb/a bank

46
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un criminel (2)

A

a felon

a delinquent

47
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un escroc

une escroquerie

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a crook

a hoax

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un récidiviste

récidiver

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a reoffender

to reoffend

49
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un détenu

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a prisoner

50
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en liberté conditionnelle

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on parole

51
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respecter la loi

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to abide by the law

a law-abiding citizen

52
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faire une enfreinte a la loi

A

to break the law

53
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un détournement d’argent

détourner de l’argent

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embezzlement

to embezzle

54
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une enquête

A

a police inquiry

55
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ministre de la justice USA

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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

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Procureur de l’état USA

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District Attorney (DA)

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Procureur de l’état UK

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Crown Prosecutor (CP)

59
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Justice pénale

A

criminal justice

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