Terrorism Flashcards

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un complot terroriste

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a terrorist plot

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préparer un attentat

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to plot an attack

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une tentative d’attentat

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an attempted bomb attack

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une vague d’attentats

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a spate bomb attack

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le terrorisme “d’origine intérieure”

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homegrown terrorism

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revendiquer un attentat

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to claim responsibility for an attack

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céder à une menace

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to give in to a threat,

to yield to a threat

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menacer

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to threaten

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9
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terrorisme psychologique

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scare tactics

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le chantage

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blackmail

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la violence aveugle

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indiscriminate violence

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avoir recours à la violence

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to resort to violence

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la psychose

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obsessive fear

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un kamikaze

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a suicide bomber

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faire exploser une bombe

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to detonate a bomb,

to set off a bomb

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exploser

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to go off,

to explode

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un mélange détonant

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an explosive mixture

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18
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une lettre piégée

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a letter bomb

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un objet piégé

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a booby trap

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faire échouer un complot

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to thwart a plot

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faire échouer une attaque terroriste

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to foil a terrorist attack

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démanteler un réseau terroriste

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to dismantle a terrorist network

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extrader un suspect

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to extradite a suspect

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un fanatique

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a fanatic,

a zealot

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le fanatisme

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fanaticism

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un intégriste

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a fundamentalist

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le sectarisme

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bigotry

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l’axe du mal

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The Axis of Evil

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héberger des terroristes

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to harbour terrorists

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encourager la violence

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to foster violence

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une victime

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a casualty,

a victim

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être mutilé

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to be maimed

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le nombre de victimes

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the death toll

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un massacre

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a slaughter,

a massacre

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une effusion de sang,

un massacre

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a bloodshed

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surveiller des appels téléphoniques

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to monitor phone calls

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transfert illégal de détenus vers des prisons où ils peuvent être torturés

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extraordinary rendition

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une alerte à la bombe

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a bomb scare

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une fausse alerte à la bombe

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a bomb hoax

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renforcer les mesures de sécurité

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to tighten security

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un fléau

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a curse,
a plague,
a scourge

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le coupable

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the culprit

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porter atteinte,

détériorer

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to impair

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à sang froid

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coldblooded

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sans coeur

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heartless

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ostracisme

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ostracism

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tester

A

assessment

48
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être eclin à

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prone