Violence in today's society Flashcards

(76 cards)

1
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les femmes battues

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battered wives

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être battu, roué de coups

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be beaten up/knocked about

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3
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violence conjugale

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domestic violence

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4
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faire l’objet d’une enquête

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to be investigated for

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5
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être enclin à

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be bent on/ prone to

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6
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mauvais traitements sur les enfants

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child abuse

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7
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le travail des enfants

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child labour

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8
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enfant soldat

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child soldier

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se faire agresser et dépouiller de son argent

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to be mugged and robbed of all one’s money

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10
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tabasser un migrant

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to bash a migrant up

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11
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être tué à coups de couteaux

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to be stabbed to death

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12
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l’escalade de la violence

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the escalating violence

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des violences peuvent éclater à un moment ou à un autre

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violence may erupt/break out any time

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14
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raclée/ violence à l’encontre de

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bashing

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15
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exécuter une menace

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to carry out a threat

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16
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absence totale de pitié

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ruthlessness

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17
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manslaughter

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homicide (involontaire)

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18
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pillage/saccage

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looting/ransacking

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19
Q

a car used as battering rams

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une voiture bélier

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20
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to smash windows

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défoncer des vitrines

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21
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se déchainer/devenir violent

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bloodshed

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22
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verser/faire couler le sang

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to spill blood

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23
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barbaric act

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acte de barbarie

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24
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to blackmail someone

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faire chanter quelqu’un

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abduction of a minor, child snatching
enlèvement d'enfants
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être retenu en otage contre rançon
to be held hostage for ransom
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crier, hurler des insultes, injures
to hold/to shriek insults/abuse
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to be fined for
être aligné pour/ recevoir une amende pour
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utiliser un langage ordurier
to use foul language/ swear words
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to incite violence
inciter/pousser à la violence
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a sexual assault / a sex offender
une agression sexuelles/ un délinquants sexuel
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trouble
disturbance
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to make/file/lodge a complaint
porter plainte contre
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un vol
a theft
35
la corruption électorale
political bribery
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to tue bribes from
accepter des commissions/pots de vins de
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dénoncer qqch
to expose
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dénoncer qqch
to expose
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to face sleaze allegations / to be accused of graft
être confrontés a des allégations. de corruptions
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embezzlement
détournement de fonds
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évasion, fraude fiscal
tax fraud, evasion
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un escroc
a crook/ a con artist/a swindler
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évasion, fraude fiscal
tax fraud, evasion
44
ballot rigging
bourrage des urnes / trucage des élections
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appalling crime
crime odieux/atroce (consternant)
46
crime is on the rise
la criminalité est en hausse
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white-collar/juvenile crime
la délinquance économique et financière/ juvénile
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enquêter sur quelque chose
to investigate something
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organized/syndicate crime
la mafia, le grand banditisme
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to have a clean record
avoir un casier vierge
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a convict
un condamné, détenu
52
to indict someone
inculper qqn
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raid a suspect's home
faire une descente au domicile d'un suspect
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to handcuff somebody
menotter qqn
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a time bomb
bombe à retardement
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a terrorist bombing
un attentat terroriste
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to give in/yield to terrorism
céder au terrorisme
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to spark off a riot
déclencher une émeute
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to hurl lighted rags
lancer violemment des chiffons enflammés
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to run amok
être pris de folie
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to force back
faire reculer par la force
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to set fire (to rubbish, garbage bins)
mettre le feu
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to stamp out a fire
éteindre en piétinant un incendie
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to put down/crush a riot
réprimer/écraser une émeute
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avoir recours à la prostitution
to turn to prostitution
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un réseau de prostitution
a prostitution ring
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to jostle
bousculer
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to spit in, on
cracher sur quelqu'un
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jeu irrégulier
a foul play
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être condamné à mort
to be sentenced
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accomplir sa peine
to serve a sentence
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coupable
culprit
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freedom from crual and unusual punishment
liberté de la peine cruelle et inhabituelle
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la peine capitale
capital punishment
75
la peine de mort
the death penalty
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a tough and crime stand
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