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un complot terroriste

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a terrorist plot

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un terroriste

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a terrorist

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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 batiment

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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 batiment

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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 ambassy

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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 responsability 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 qqn
to blackmail sb
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forcer qqn à faire qqc par le chantage
to blackmail sb into doing sthg
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intimider qqn
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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semer la terreur
to sow fear
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la psychose
obsessive fear
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la panique
panic
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paniquer
to panic
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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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un explosif
an explosive
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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 antiterroriste
the battle, the fight against terrorism
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s'attaquer au terrorisme
to tackle terrorism
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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 foil 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 fanatique, 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 extrémisme
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 des terroristes
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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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 blessé
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, a massacre
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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
water boarding
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une menace d'attentat à la bombe
a bomb threat
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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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un otage
a hostage
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prendre/ retenir qqn en otage
to take/ hold sb hostage
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être pris en otage
to be taken hostage
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libérer, relacher un otage
to free, to release a hostage
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kidnapper, enlever qqn
to abduct sb, to kidnap sb
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un enlèvement, un kidnapping, un rapt
an abduction, a kidnapping
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un ravisseur, un preneur d'otage
a hostage-taker, an abductor, a kidnapper, a captor
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une rancon
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 disparaitre
terrorism is here to stay

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