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CH72: Society: Crime fighting Flashcards

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Empêcher —> la prévention

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to prevent, prevention

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Sûr, sans danger —> la sécurité

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safe ; safety

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fermer à clé

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to lock

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protégé, à l’abri des effractions / la sécurité / un vigile

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secure / security / a security guard

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renforcer —> blindé

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to reinforce —> reinforced

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un gardien d’immeuble

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a janitor

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un garde du corps

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a bodyguard

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une caméra de surveillance

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a CCTV camera

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surveiller

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to monitor, to watch

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déclencher une alarme

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to set off an alarm

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donner l’alerte

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to raise, to sound the alarm

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se déclencher (une alarme)

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to go off

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l’ordre public

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law and order

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le contrôle des armes à feu

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gun control

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la surveillance policière / un policier / un service de police

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policing, a police officer, a police department

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un commissaire / un commissariat / un fourgon cellulaire

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a police superintendent / a police station, precinct / a police wagon, a prison van

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un inspecteur

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an inspector, a constable

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un détective privé

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a private eye

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s’informer ; une enquête

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to inquire, an inquiry

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un indice

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a clue

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un portrait-robot

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a photo fit, an identikit

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des soupçons / ê considéré comme suspect

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suspicion ; to be under suspicion

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dénoncer qqun // un indicateur

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to inform against sby, to give sby away // an informer

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une descente ; faire une descente

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a raid, to raid a place

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un pistolet hypodermique
a stun gun
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un (pistolet) Taser
a Taser (gun)
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fouiller -> une fouille -> un mandat de perquisition
to search -> a search -> a search warrant
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traquer qqun -> une traque
to hunt sby down, a hunt
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suivre, filer qqun -> une filature
to shadow, to trail sby -> shadowing/tailing
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poursuivre -> une poursuite
to chase -> a chase
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la médecine légale
forensics, forensic medicine
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une expertise légale ; un médecin légiste ; un expert médico-légal
forensic science ; a forensic scientist ; a forensic expert
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passer les menottes à qqun
to handcuff sby
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se rendre
to give oneself up
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la garde à vue
custody
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mettre qqun sous les verrous
to lock sby up/away
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soumettre à un interrogatoire —> un interrogatoire
to question, to interrogate —> an interrogation
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accuser qqun de qq chose
to accuse sby of stg
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prendre les empreintes de qqun
to fingerprint sby
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un échantillon d’ADN / un profil génétique
a DNA sample / a DNA profile
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faire une déposition
to make a statement
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inculper —> une inculpation/chef d’accusation
to charge —> a charge
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une bavure, commettre une bavure
a blunder, to blunder
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une brute —> maltraiter, brutaliser
a bully —> to bully
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tabasser
to beat up
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relâcher, remettre en liberté —> la mise en liberté
to release —> the release
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une société de surveillance
a surveillance company
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« voisins vigilants »
neighbourhood watch
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les résidences sécuritées
gated communities
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une alarme anti-effraction
a burglar alarm
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un système de sécurité
a safety device
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une serrure de sécurité
a safety lock
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faire attention aux voleurs
to watch out for thieves
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tout fermer pour la nuit
to lock up for the night
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ouvrir une enquête
to open, to set up an inquiry
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mener une enquête
to hold , to conduct an inquiry / to carry out an investigation
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mettre sur écoute téléphonique
to tap phones
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faire une ronde
to be on the beat
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faire la police dans un quartier
to police a district
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police de proximité
community policing
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un contrôle d’identité
an identity check
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un policier en civil
a plain-clothes policeman
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un barrage de police
a police roadblock
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la brigade criminelle
the Crime Squad
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la brigade des stupéfiants
the Narcotics Squad
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la brigade des mœurs
the Vice Squad
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faire respecter la loi —> le maintien de l’ordre
to enforce the law —> law enforcement
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un laboratoire de police scientifique
a forensic science laboratory
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se lancer à la poursuite de qqun
to give chase
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une course poursuite en voiture
a high-speed car chase
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être pris en flagrant délit, la main dans le sac
to be caught in the act, red-handed
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contraindre qqun à faire acheter par la menace
to bully sby into doing stg
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être mis en état d’arrestation
to be taken into custody
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ê placé en garde à vue
to be held in custody
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être en détention provisoire
to be remanded in custody
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sous l’inculpation de
on charge of

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