Violence in today's society Flashcards

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1
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les femmes battues

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battered wives

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être battu, roué de coups

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be beaten up/knocked about

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3
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violence conjugale

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domestic violence

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4
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faire l’objet d’une enquête

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to be investigated for

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5
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être enclin à

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be bent on/ prone to

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6
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mauvais traitements sur les enfants

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child abuse

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7
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le travail des enfants

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child labour

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8
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enfant soldat

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child soldier

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se faire agresser et dépouiller de son argent

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to be mugged and robbed of all one’s money

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10
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tabasser un migrant

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to bash a migrant up

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11
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être tué à coups de couteaux

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to be stabbed to death

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12
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l’escalade de la violence

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the escalating violence

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13
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des violences peuvent éclater à un moment ou à un autre

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violence may erupt/break out any time

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14
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raclée/ violence à l’encontre de

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bashing

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15
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exécuter une menace

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to carry out a threat

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16
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absence totale de pitié

A

ruthlessness

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17
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manslaughter

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homicide (involontaire)

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18
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pillage/saccage

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looting/ransacking

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19
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a car used as battering rams

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une voiture bélier

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20
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to smash windows

A

défoncer des vitrines

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21
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se déchainer/devenir violent

A

bloodshed

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22
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verser/faire couler le sang

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to spill blood

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23
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barbaric act

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acte de barbarie

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24
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to blackmail someone

A

faire chanter quelqu’un

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25
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abduction of a minor, child snatching

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enlèvement d’enfants

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26
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être retenu en otage contre rançon

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to be held hostage for ransom

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27
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crier, hurler des insultes, injures

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to hold/to shriek insults/abuse

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28
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to be fined for

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être aligné pour/ recevoir une amende pour

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29
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utiliser un langage ordurier

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to use foul language/ swear words

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30
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to incite violence

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inciter/pousser à la violence

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31
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a sexual assault / a sex offender

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une agression sexuelles/ un délinquants sexuel

32
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trouble

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disturbance

33
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to make/file/lodge a complaint

A

porter plainte contre

34
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un vol

A

a theft

35
Q

la corruption électorale

A

political bribery

36
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to tue bribes from

A

accepter des commissions/pots de vins de

37
Q

dénoncer qqch

A

to expose

38
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dénoncer qqch

A

to expose

39
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to face sleaze allegations / to be accused of graft

A

être confrontés a des allégations. de corruptions

40
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embezzlement

A

détournement de fonds

41
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évasion, fraude fiscal

A

tax fraud, evasion

42
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un escroc

A

a crook/ a con artist/a swindler

43
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évasion, fraude fiscal

A

tax fraud, evasion

44
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ballot rigging

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bourrage des urnes / trucage des élections

45
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appalling crime

A

crime odieux/atroce (consternant)

46
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crime is on the rise

A

la criminalité est en hausse

47
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white-collar/juvenile crime

A

la délinquance économique et financière/ juvénile

48
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enquêter sur quelque chose

A

to investigate something

49
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organized/syndicate crime

A

la mafia, le grand banditisme

50
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to have a clean record

A

avoir un casier vierge

51
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a convict

A

un condamné, détenu

52
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to indict someone

A

inculper qqn

53
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raid a suspect’s home

A

faire une descente au domicile d’un suspect

54
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to handcuff somebody

A

menotter qqn

55
Q

a time bomb

A

bombe à retardement

56
Q

a terrorist bombing

A

un attentat terroriste

57
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to give in/yield to terrorism

A

céder au terrorisme

58
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to spark off a riot

A

déclencher une émeute

59
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to hurl lighted rags

A

lancer violemment des chiffons enflammés

60
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to run amok

A

être pris de folie

61
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to force back

A

faire reculer par la force

62
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to set fire (to rubbish, garbage bins)

A

mettre le feu

63
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to stamp out a fire

A

éteindre en piétinant un incendie

64
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to put down/crush a riot

A

réprimer/écraser une émeute

65
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avoir recours à la prostitution

A

to turn to prostitution

66
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un réseau de prostitution

A

a prostitution ring

67
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to jostle

A

bousculer

68
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to spit in, on

A

cracher sur quelqu’un

69
Q

jeu irrégulier

A

a foul play

70
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être condamné à mort

A

to be sentenced

71
Q

accomplir sa peine

A

to serve a sentence

72
Q

coupable

A

culprit

73
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freedom from crual and unusual punishment

A

liberté de la peine cruelle et inhabituelle

74
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la peine capitale

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capital punishment

75
Q

la peine de mort

A

the death penalty

76
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a tough and crime stand

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