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Vocabulaire Spécifique 008 Comprendre l'actualité Flashcards

Comprendre l'économie Comprendre la guerre Comprendre la justice

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Finances

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Les finances (f)

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Social problems

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Les problèmes sociaux

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Economic activity

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L’activité économique

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A share

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Une action

Une part

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To be a shareholder

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Être actionnaire d’un entreprise

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Primary shareholder

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Actionnaire principale

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To speculate

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Spéculer

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The stock market

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La bourse

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Economic bubbles

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Des bulles spéculatives

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The Great Depression

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La crise de 29

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General economic activity

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L’activité économique en générale

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A free economy

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Une économie libérale

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Government intervention

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L’intervention de l’Etat

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Economic growth

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La croissance économique

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The rate of (economic) growth

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Le taux de croissance

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To grow

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Augmenter/hausser

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To diminish

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Diminuer/baisser

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The consumer societé

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La société de consommation

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A vicious circle

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Un circle vicieux

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The debt problem

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Le problème d’endettement

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To loan something

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Emprunter qqch, Devoir de qqch prêter qqch

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A budget deficit

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Un déficit budgétaire

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Social problems

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Les problèmes sociaux

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Social partners

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Partenaires sociales

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Salaried individuals

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Les salariés

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The enterprise owner

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Le patronat

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A union

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Un syndicat

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An unemployed person

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Un chômeur

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To be unemployed

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Être en chômage

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To protest

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Manifester

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To go on strike

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Faire grève

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To cease production/entrepreneurial activities

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La cessation d’activité

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A social plan, a plan made with the appropriate unions to rearrange a company and to downsize an operation

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Un plan social

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To fire or lay off

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Licenser

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Government provision

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L’Etat providence

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To go bankrupt

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Faire faillite (courant)
Déposer le bilan
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War

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La guerre

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Conventional warfare

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Les guerres régulières

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War between two parties

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La guerre entre A et B

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An international conflict

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Un conflit international

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To be in conflict with someone

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Être en conflit avec qqn

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A civil war

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Une guerre civile

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The American Civil War

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La Guerre de Secession

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A civilian

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Un civil

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Military personnel

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Un militaire

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A military unit, non-specific

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Un troupe, les troupes

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A military force

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Un force, les forces

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Military operations

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Des operations militaires

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(Precision) airstrikes

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Des frappes aériennes

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To launch an offensive

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Lancer/mener un offensif

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To send tanks/armor

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Envoyer les blindés (m)/les chars d’assaut (m)/les tanks

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An aircraft carrier

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Un porte-avion

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International intervention

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L’intervention étrangère

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Troop commitment

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L’engagement des forces

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Progressive troop withdrawal

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Désengagement progressif des troupes

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The right of intervention/interference

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Le droit de s’ingérer

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Intervention in another country

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L’ingérence dans un autre pays

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A polemic/grand debate

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Un polémique

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Asymmetric warfare

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La guerre asymétrique

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Terrorism

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Le terrorisme

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To commit a terrorist act

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Commettre un acte terroriste

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The UN

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L’Organisation (f) des Nations Unies

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A terrorist action

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Un acte terroriste
Un attentat (à la bombe, à la voiture piégée)
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A guerilla

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Une guerilla

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Guerilla warfare

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La guerilla

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To attempt a coup d’état

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Tenter un coup d’état

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UN soldiers

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Les casques bleus

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To intervene between X and Y

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S’interposer entre X et Y

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To sign a cease fire

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Declarer un cessez-le-feu

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NATO

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L’OTAN

L’organisation Traité d’Atlantique Nord

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A refugee

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Un réfugié

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A judicial scandal

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Un affaire

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The judge

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Un juge

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To judge someone

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Juger qqn

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To pronounce a judgement

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Prononcer un jugement

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A court

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Un tribunal

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The court (people)

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La court

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The trial

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Le proces

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Closed trial

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Proces à huit-clos

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A delinquent (

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Un délinquant

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A crime

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Un crime

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A suspect

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Un suspect

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Guilty

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Culpable

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Innocent

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Innocent

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Inquisitorial system

Accusatory system

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Systeme inquisitoire

Systeme accusatoire

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Diversion of funds

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Détournement d’argent

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To bring suit against someone

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Porte plainte contre qqn

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The victime

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La victime

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The inquest

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L’enquête

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24-hour detention and interrogation

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Un gard-à-vue

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To

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Constituer un dossier

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To search for evidence

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Chercher des preuves

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The defendant

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Le prévenu

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The accusation/prosecution

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L’accusation

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The defense

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La défense

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The attorney general, the state

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L’avocat général, le procureur de la République

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The attorney for the defense

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L’avocat de la défense

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An arraignment

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Un réquisitoire

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The plaintiff

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Le demandeur, le plaignant

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The defense (argument)

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La plaidoirie

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To pronounce judgement

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Prononcer judgement

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A penalty

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Une peine

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To be found guilty

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Être inculqué

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To be condemned with a penalty

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Être condamné à une peine

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Imprisonment

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À la réclusion criminelle (à perpétuité)

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Repeat offender

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Récidiviste

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Acquitted

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Être acquitté

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To stop proceedings

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Annoncer un non-lieu

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To go to prison

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Être incarcéré

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