Law and order Flashcards

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L’ordre public

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law and order

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le maintien de l’ordre / maintenir

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law enforcement / to enforce the law

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interdire / une interdiction (par décision de justice)

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to ban / a ban

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coup de force, mesure de répression

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a crackdown on / a clampdown on sth

to call for / organize a crackdown on drug dealers

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une rafle

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a roundup

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un malfaiteur

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an offender

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criminalité / un délit

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crime / a crime

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petit crime insignifiant / important

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petty / serious crime

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crime organisé / cybercrime / crime against humanity

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organized crime / computer, cyber crime / crime against

humanity

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racket / meurtre / homicide / viol

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racketeering / murder / homicide /

voluntary manslaughter / rape

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agresser avec violence

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to mug / a mugger / a mugging

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mettre en garde à vue

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to take sb into custody

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inculper

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to charge (to charge sb disturbing the peace)

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inculper de / inculpation

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to indict sb for sth / indictment

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engager des poursuites contre (qd la justice engage des

poursuites)

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to prosecute sb

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intenter un procès (un particulier, pas la justice)

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to bring a lawsuit against

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poursuivre / intenter un procès à qqun pour

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to sue sb for sth

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porter / retirer sa plainte

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to lodge / withdraw a complaint against

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réclamer des dommages et intérêts

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to make a claim for damages

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une peine / condamner

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a / to sentence

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une amende

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a fine / ticket (to be fined)

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laxiste / strict

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lenient, lax / stringent

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procureur

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the public prosecutor

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avocat

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a lawyer / attorney / solicitor (aussi notaire)

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le prévenu
a defendant
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le plaignant
a plaintiff
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tribunal / une audience
a court / a court hearing
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un procès
a court case / a trial
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juger
to try sb for sth
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plaider coupable / non coupable
to plead guilty / not guilty of doing sth
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déclarer qqun innocent / coupable de...
to declare sb innocent of / guilty of
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fixer une caution
to set bail at ...
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une manifestation (x3)
a demonstration / march / protest
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une émeute
a riot
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un vol (x3)
a theft / a robbery / a larceny
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vol à l'étalage a
shoplifting
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cambriolage / cambrioleur
a burglary / a burglar
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entrer par effraction
to break into
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voleur
a robber / a thief
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voler
to steal sth from sb / to rob sb
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un criminel
a felon / a criminal / a delinquent
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un escroc
a crook
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un récidiviste / récidiver
a reoffender (to re-offend)
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un détenu
a prisoner / an inmate (familier)
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en liberté conditionnelle
on parole
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respecter la loi / un citoyen respectueux de la loi
to abide by the law / a law-abiding citizen
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violer la loi / un hors-la-loi
to break the law / an outlaw
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légal / illégal
lawful, legal / unlawful, illegal
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une escroquerie
a hoax
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détourner de l'argent / un détournement
to embezzle / embezzlement
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une enquête policière
a police enquiry
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Ministre de la justice US
Attorney General
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Ministre de la Justice UK
Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice
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procureur de l'état USA
DA : District Attorney
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Procureur de l'Etat (UK)
CP : Crown Prosecutor
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justice pénale
criminal justice