Social Unrest, Collective Violence Flashcards

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Un manifestant

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A demonstrator
A protestor
A marcher

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Une banderole

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A banner

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Une pétition

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A petition

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Une pancarte

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A placard

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Réclamer

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To claim

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Une revendication

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A claim

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Exiger

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To demand

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Occuper

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To occupy

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Une occupation

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A sit-in

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Paralyser la circulation

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To block traffic

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La foule

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The mob

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La violence collective

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Mob violence

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Prendre d’assaut

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To mob

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Violent

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Violent

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Violemment

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Violently

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Être le détonateur

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To ignite

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Déclencher

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To trigger

Spark off

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S’affronter

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To clash

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Défiler

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To march

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Un affrontement

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A clash

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Se battre

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To fight

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Des incidents/échauffourés

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Fighting

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Faire Une émeute

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To riot

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Un émeutier

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A rioter

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Séditieux

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Riotous

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Un meneur

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A ringleader

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Troubles

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Trouble

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Créer des troubles

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To cause trouble

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Un fauteur de troubles

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A troublemaker

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Agiter

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To agitate

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Un agitateur

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An agitator

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Un hooligan

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A hooligan

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Provoquer

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To provoke

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Provocateur

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Provocative

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De manière provocante

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Provocatively

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Renverser

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To overturn

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Incendier

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To burn out

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Destructeur

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Destructor

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De facon destructrice

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Destructively

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Saccager

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To wreck

To vandalize

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Les decombres

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Wreckage

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Se déchaîner

Tout saccager

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To rampage about

“” “” around

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Dégâts

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Damage

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Endommager

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To damage

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Causer des dégâts

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To do / to cause damage

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Le grabuge

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Mayhem

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Piller

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To loot

To plunder

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Le pillage

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Looting

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Un pillard

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A looter

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La violence raciale

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Racial violence

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Lyncher qqun

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To lynch sby

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Lynchage

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Lynching

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Les lyncheurs

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The lynch mob

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Un attentat

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A terrorist attack

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Une bombe

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A bomb

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Un terroriste

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A terrorist

A bomber

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Faire sauter

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To blow up

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Un otage

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A hostage

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Une prise d’otage

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Hostage taking

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Prendre des gens en otage

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To take hostages

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Libérer des otages

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To release hostages

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Troubler - perturber

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To disturb

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Troubles - émeutes

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(Social) disturbances

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Se rebeller

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To rebel

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Un rebelle

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A rebel

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Une rébellion

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A rebellion

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Rebelle (adj)

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Rebellious

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Dans un esprit de révolte

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Rebelliously

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Se révolter contre

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To revolt against

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Une révolte

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A revolt

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S’insurger contre

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To rise up against

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Un soulèvement

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An uprising

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Un insurgé

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An insurgent

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Une insurrection

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An insurgency

An insurrection

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Une barricade

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A barricade

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Réprimer

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To repress

To put down

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La répression

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Repression

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Dur - répressif

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Heavy-handed

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Durement

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Heavy-handedly

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Frapper

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To beat (up)

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Matraquer

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To club

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Une matraque

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A truncheon

A baton

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Matraquer

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To bludgeon

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Boucler (quartier)

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To seal

To cordon off

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Renforcer les contrôles

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To tighten controls

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Un couvre feu

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A curfew

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Descendre dans la rue

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To take to the streets

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Une manifestation pacifique

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A peaceful protest

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Organiser une pétition contre

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To get up a petition against

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Exprimer sa colère contre

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To voice / vent one’s anger at

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Organiser une manifestation

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To stage a protest

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Agiter les banderoles

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To wave banners

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Édifier une barricade

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To set up a barricade

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Un cocktail molotov

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A petrol bomb

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Lancer des pierres/bouteilles sur

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To hurl rocks/bottles at

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Se livrer au saccage

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To go on the rampage

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Des incendies de voitures

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Car burnings

Car torchings

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Causer des dégâts

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To wreak havoc
To cause damage
To do damage

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Une alerte à la bombe

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A bomb scare

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Un attentat à la voiture piégée

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A car bombing

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Un colis piégé

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A parcel bomb

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Un attentat suicide

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A suicide bomb attack

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L’auteur d’un attentat suicide

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A suicide bomber

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Se faire sauter

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To blow oneself up

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Revendiquer un attentat

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To claim (responsibility for) an attack

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Renforcer les effectifs de police

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To bolster the police lines

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Prendre des mesures répressives

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To crack / clamp down on

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Une répression sévère de

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A crack/clamp-down on

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Les unités anti-émeutes

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The riot police

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Un bouclier anti-émeutes

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A riot shield

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Du gaz lacrymogène

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Tear gas

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Une grenade fumigène

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A smoke grenade

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Une charge à la matraque

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A baton charge

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Disperser un rassemblement

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To disperse à gathering

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Ouvrir le feu sur qqun

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To fire at sby

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Décréter un couvre feu

Lever un couvre feu

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To impose a curfew

To lift a curfew