Public Order (Vocab) Flashcards

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L’application de la loi

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Law enforcement

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2
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La police

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The police= the force

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3
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Un motard de la police

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A motorcycle cop

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4
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Un inspecteur

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An inspector= a detective

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5
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Un commissaire principal

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A superintendant (UK)= a lieutenant (USA)

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Un commissaire divisionnaire

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A chief constable (UK)= a captain (USA)

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7
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Une brigade

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A squad

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8
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Un commissariat

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A police station= a precinct (USA)

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9
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La préfecture de police

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The police headquarters

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10
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Une patrouille

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A patrol

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11
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Des renforts

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Back-up (forces)

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12
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Un agent de la circulation

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A traffic warden (UK)

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13
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Un(e) contractuel(le)

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A parking enforcement officer

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14
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Un radar

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A radar gun/a speed camera

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15
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Un barrage

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A roadblock

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16
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Une descente (de police)

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A (police) raid

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17
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La police de proximité

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Community policing

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18
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Un îlotier

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A community police officer

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19
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Un chasseur de primes

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A bounty hunter (USA)/bail agent (USA)

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20
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Un garde du corps

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A bodyguard

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21
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Un vigile

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A security guard

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22
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Un gilet pare-balles

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A bulletproof vest

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23
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Un insigne

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A badge= a shield

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24
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Une matraque

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A baton= a truncheon

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Des menottes
Handcuffs
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Des gaz lacrymogènes
Teargas
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Un alcootest
A breathalyzer
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Une voiture de police
A police car
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Un gyrophare
A police light= a rotating light
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En uniforme =/= en civil
Uniformed =/= in plain clothes
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Être en patrouille, patrouiller
To be on the beat= to patrol
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Être en mission
To be on a mission
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Neutraliser, maîtriser
To restrain
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Passer les menottes
To handcuff
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Passer à tabac
To beat up
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Donner une contravention
To book= to fine
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Faire appliquer la loi
To enforce the law
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Une affaire
A case
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Une enquête
An inquiry
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Un contrôle d'identité
An identity check
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Le lieu du crime
The crime scene
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Un interrogatoire
A questioning= an interrogation
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Un détecteur de mensonge
A lie detector
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Un indice
A clue
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Des preuves
Evidence
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Une preuve
A piece of evidence
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Une piste
A lead
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Un membre de la police scientifique
A crime scene investigator
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La médecine légale
Forensic medicine
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Un médecin légiste
A medical examiner
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Une autopsie
An autopsy= a post-mortem
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Des empreintes digitales
Fingerprints
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Un test ADN
a DNA test/analysis
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La balistique
Ballistics
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Le profilage
Profiling
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Un portrait-robot
A facial composite= an Identikit (UK)
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Un suspect
A suspect
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Un fugitif
A fugitive
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Une plainte
A complaint
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Un mandat (de perquisition)
A (search) warrant
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Un mandat d'arrêt
An arrest warrant
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Une perquisition
Search and seizure
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Une opération d'infiltration
An undercover operation
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Une arrestation
An arrest
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Une fouille (au corps)
A body search
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Un témoignage
A testimony
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Une déposition
A statement= a deposition
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Des aveux
A confession
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Une récompense= une prime
A reward= a bounty
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En garde à vue
In custody
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Mort ou vif
Dead or alive
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Enquêter sur une affaire
To investiage/to work a case
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Faire une enquête de voisinage
To canvass
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Filer quelqu'un
To tail= to shadow somebody
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Poursuivre, traquer, pourchasser
To chase= to hunt down= to track down
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Soupçonner
To suspect
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Interroger
To interrogate= to interview
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Mettre en cause
To incriminate
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Résoudre une affaire
To crack/solve a case
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Avouer (quelque chose)
To confess (to something)
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Se rétracter
To recant
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Fouiller, perquisitionner
To search
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Saisir
To seize
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Porter plainte
To file a complaint= to press charges