Terrorism: the war on terror Flashcards

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un complot terroriste

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a terrorist plot

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un terroriste

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a terrorist

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préparer un attentat

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to plot an attack

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une conspiration, un complot

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a conspiracy

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un comploteur

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a plotter

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un attentat (terroriste)

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a terrorist attack

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un attentat à la bombe

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a bomb attack, a bombing

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une tentative d’attentat

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an attempted bomb attack

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un attentat manqué

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a failed bomb attack

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une vague d’attentats

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a spate of bombings

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faire exploser un batiment

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to carry out a bomb attack on a building

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perpétrer un attentat

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to perpetrate a terrorist attack

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l’auteur d’un attentat

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the perpetrator of an attack

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plastiquer, faire sauter un batiment

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to blow up a building

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la cible d’un attentat

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the target of an attack

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viser, avoir pour cible une ambassade

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to target an ambassy

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une organisation terroriste

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a terrorist organization

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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 responsability for an attack

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une menace

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a threat

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menacer

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to threaten

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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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exécuter une menace

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to carry out a threat

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terroriser

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to terrorize

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faire peur aux gens

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to scare, to frighten people

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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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faire chanter qqn

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to blackmail sb

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forcer qqn à faire qqc par le chantage

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to blackmail sb into doing sthg

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intimider qqn

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to intimidate sb

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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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le recours à la violence

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resorting to violence

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semer la terreur

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to sow fear

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la psychose

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obsessive fear

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la panique

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panic

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paniquer

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to panic

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le 11 septembre

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9/11

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un kamikaze

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a suicide bomber

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se suicider

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to commit suicide, kill oneself

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poser une bombe

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to plant a bomb

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faire exploser une bombe

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to detonate, to set off a bomb

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exploser

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to go off, to explode

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un engin explosif

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an explosive device

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un explosif

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an explosive

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le plastique

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plastic explosive

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le semtex

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Semtex

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un mélange détonant, un mélange explosif

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an explosive mixture

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une bombe à retardement

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a time bomb

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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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une voiture piégée

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a car bomb

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auteur d’un attentat à la voiture piégée

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a car bomber

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désamorcer une bombe

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to defuse a bomb

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la guerre contre le terrorisme

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the war on terror

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le contre-terrorisme

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counterterrorism

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la lutte antiterroriste

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the battle, the fight against terrorism

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s’attaquer au terrorisme

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to tackle terrorism

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combattre, lutter contre le terrorisme

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to combat, to fight, to struggle against terrorism

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faire échouer un complot

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to thwart a plot

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déjouer, faire échouer un attentat

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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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éradiquer le terrorisme

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to eradicate terrorism

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le renseignement

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intelligence

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un service de renseignement

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an intelligence agency

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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 fanatique, 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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l’intégrisme

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fundamentalism

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le sectarisme

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bigotry

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un extrémisme

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an extremist

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l’axe du mal

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the Axis of Evil

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un Etat-voyou

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a rogue-state

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soutenir le terrorisme

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to sponsor terrorism

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héberger, abriter 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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détournement d’avion

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hijacking

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détourner un avion

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to hijack a plane

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un pirate de l’air

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a hijacker

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une victime

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a casualty, a victim

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l’attentat a fait trois victimes

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three people were killed in the attack

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être blessé

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to be injured

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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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un carnage

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carnage

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une effusion de sang , un massacre

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bloodshed

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intercepter un message

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to intercept a message

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surveiller les 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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simulation de noyade

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water boarding

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une menace d’attentat à la bombe

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a bomb threat

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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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mesures de sécurité

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security measures

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renforcer les mesures de sécurité

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to tighten security

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un site sensible

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a vulnerable site

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un otage

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a hostage

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prendre/ retenir qqn en otage

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to take/ hold sb hostage

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être pris en otage

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to be taken hostage

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libérer, relacher un otage

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to free, to release a hostage

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kidnapper, enlever qqn

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to abduct sb, to kidnap sb

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un enlèvement, un kidnapping, un rapt

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an abduction, a kidnapping

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un ravisseur, un preneur d’otage

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a hostage-taker, an abductor, a kidnapper, a captor

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une rancon

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a ransom

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négocier

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to negociate

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un fléau

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a curse, a plague, a scourge

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le terrorisme n’est pas près de disparaitre

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terrorism is here to stay