terrorism Flashcards

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un terroriste

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a terrorist

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un complot terroriste

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a terrorist plot

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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 bâtiment

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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 bâtiment

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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 embassy

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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 responsibility 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
to scare, to frighten people
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terrorisme psychologique
scare tactics
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le chantage
blackmail
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faire chanter quelqu'un
to blackmail sb
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forcer quelqu'un à faire quelque chose par le chantage
to blackmail sb into doing sth
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intimider qqun
to intimidate sb
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la violence aveugle
indiscriminate violence
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avoir recours à la violence
to resort to violence
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le recours à la violence
resorting to violence
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la panique
panic
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paniquer
to panic
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semer la peur, la terreur, la panique
to sow fear, terror, panic
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la psychose
obsessive fear
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le 11 septembre
9/11
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un kamikaze
a suicide bomber
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se suicider
to commit suicide, kill oneself
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poser une bombe
to plant a bomb
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faire exploser une bombe
to detonate, to set off a bomb
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exploser
to go off, to explode
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un engin explosif
an explosive device
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le plastique
plastic explosive
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le semtex
semtex
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un mélange détonant, un mélange explosif
an explosive mixture
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une bombe à retardement
a time bomb
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une lettre piégée
a letter bomb
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un objet piégé
a booby trap
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une voiture piégée
a car bomb
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auteur d'un attentat à la voiture piégée
a car bomber
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désamorcer une bombe
to defuse a bomb
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la guerre contre le terrorisme
the war on terror
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le contre-terrorisme
counterterrorism
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la lutte anti-terroriste
the battle, the fight against terrorism
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s'attaquer au terrorisme
to tackle terrorism
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- 9/11 - the 7/7 bombings
- coordinated suicide attacks, the hijaking of four planes who crashed into the twin towers, the pentagon - in london on July 2005 bombings on three undergrounf trains and on a bus
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combattre, lutter contre le terrorisme
to combat, to fight, to struggle against terrorism
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faire échouer un complot
to thwart a plot
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déjouer, faire échouer un attentat
to toil a terrorist attack
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démanteler un réseau terroriste
to dismantle a terrorist network
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éradiquer le terrorisme
to eradicate terrorism
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le renseignement
intelligence
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un service de renseignement
an intelligence agency
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extrader un suspect
to extradite a suspect
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un fanatique
a fanatic, a zealot
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le fanatisme
fanaticism
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un intégriste
a fundamentalist
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l'intégrisme
fundamentalism
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le sectarisme
bigotry
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un extrémiste
an extremist
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l'axe du mal
the Axis of Evil
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un Etat-voyou
a rogue state
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soutenir le terrorisme
to sponsor terrorism
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héberger, abriter le terrorisme
to harbour terrorists
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encourager la violence
to foster violence
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détournement d'avion
hijacking
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détourner un avion
to hijack a plane
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un pirate de l'air
a hijacker
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Timothy McVeight in 1995
a young white man killed 168 people by blowing up a government building in Oklahoma because he hated the americain government
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une victime
a casualty, a victim
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l'attentat a fait trois victimes
three people were killed in the attack
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être bléssé
to be injured
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être mutilé
to be maimed
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le nombre de victimes
the death toll
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un massacre
a slaughter
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un carnage
carnage
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une effusion de sang, un massacre
bloodshed
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intercepter un message
to intercept a message
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surveiller les appels téléphoniques
to monitor phone calls
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transfert illégal de détenus vers des prisons où ils peuvent être torturés
extraordinary rendition
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simulation de noyade
waterboarding
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une alerte à la bombe
a bomb scare
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une fausse alerte à la bombe
a bomb hoax
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mesures de sécurité
security measures
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renforcer les mesures de sécurité
to tighten security
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un site sensible
a vulnerable site
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Irish Republican Army /Ulster Defense Association
- responsible for several terror attacks - August 15 terrorist atrocity when a car bomb exploded in the heart of Omagh, County Tyrone
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un otage
a hostage
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prendre/retenir un otage
to take/hold sb hostage
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être pris en otage
to be taken hostage
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libérer/ relâcher un otage
to free/release a hostage
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kidnapper/ enlever qqun
to abduct sb/ to kidnap sb
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un enlèvement, un kidnapping, un rapt
an abuction, a kidnapping
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un ravisseur, un preneur d'otage
a hostage taker, an abductor
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une rançon
a ransom
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négocier
to negociate
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un fléau
a curse, a plague, a scourge
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le terrorisme n'est pas près de disparaître
terrorism is here to stay