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French vocabulary B2: Crime, police, prison and the law
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Crime and its world: theft and violence, drugs and gangs, the police and the courts, prison and punishment, such as “le cambriolage”, “le vol à l’étalage”, “les menottes”, “la libération conditionnelle” and “le casier judiciaire”.
75 French words at level B2, with their translation.
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le milieu (des criminels)
underworld (criminals)also: criminal underworld
frauder (le fisc)
to evade (tax)also: to cheat the taxman, to defraud
la grâce
pardon (for a crime)also: clemency
le directeur (d'une prison)also: le directeur de prison, la directrice de prison
prison governoralso: warden
enlever (qqn de force)also: kidnapper
to abduct (sb)also: to kidnap
signaler (qqn ou qqch à la police)
to report (sb or sth to the police)
abattre (qqn à coups de feu)
to gun down (sb)also: to shoot dead
la trahison
betrayalalso: treason
le voyou
thugalso: ruffian
le dealeralso: le dealeur
drug dealeralso: pusher
l'audience (au tribunal)
hearing (in court)also: court hearing
la clause
clause (in a contract)
la prime (pour capturer qqn)
bounty (for catching sb)
le tireuralso: la tireuse
shooter
le bandit
banditalso: crook, robber
le cambriolagealso: le vol avec effraction
burglaryalso: break-in
en application (d'une loi)also: en vigueur
in force (of a law)also: in operation
le notaire
notaryalso: notary public
en vigueuralso: en application
in force (of a law)also: in effect
le complicealso: la complice
accomplicealso: accessory
le titulairealso: la titulaire
holder (of a document)also: bearer
le fugitifalso: la fugitive
fugitive
intercepter
to intercept
le cachot
dungeonalso: dungeon cell
le procès-verbal (rapport de police)
police report
la morgue
morguealso: mortuary
le stupéfiant
narcotic
la cocaïne
cocaine
le cartel
cartel
la mafia
mafia
le butin
loot (stolen goods)also: spoils, booty, plunder
le hold-up
hold-up (robbery)also: holdup, stick-up
harceler (qqn)
to harass (sb)also: to stalk, to hound, to bully
les menottes
handcuffsalso: cuffs
guetter (qqn pour l'attaquer)
to lie in wait (for sb)
la rançon
ransom
le violeuralso: la violeuse
rapist
la prostitution
prostitution
en fuite
on the runalso: on the loose, at large
les bas-fonds
seedy underbelly (of a city)also: seedy districts, underbelly, lower depths
la procuration
power of attorneyalso: proxy
le voyeur
peeping Tomalso: voyeur
la libération conditionnelle
parolealso: conditional release
le proxénète
pimpalso: procurer
le cannabis
cannabis
le gaz lacrymogène
tear gas
la police judiciaire
CID (criminal police)also: criminal investigation department, criminal police, judicial police
la prison à viealso: la réclusion à perpétuité
life sentencealso: life imprisonment, life in prison
la maison close
brothel
le passage à tabac
beatingalso: beating-up, beating up
le coroner
coroner
le casier judiciaire
criminal recordalso: police record, record
le harceleuralso: la harceleuse
harasseralso: stalker, bully
la salle d'audience
courtroom
l'homme armé
gunmanalso: armed man
la conduite en état d'ivresse
drink-drivingalso: drunk driving, drunk-driving, drink driving
la marijuanaalso: la marihuana
marijuana
le pouvoir judiciaire
judiciaryalso: judicial power, judicial branch
la méthamphétamine
methamphetaminealso: meth, crystal meth
par la présente
hereby
non valablealso: non valide
invalid (not valid)also: not valid
l'assignation à résidence
house arrest
la mise à l'épreuve (d'un condamné)
probation (for an offender)
le fusil de chasse
shotgun
le coup de couteau
stab
l'agression au couteau
stabbing (an attack)also: knife attack
le vol à l'étalage
shoplifting
le bracelet électronique
ankle tagalso: electronic tag, electronic bracelet
le vol à main arméealso: le braquage
armed robberyalso: armed hold-up
le vol avec effractionalso: le cambriolage
burglaryalso: breaking and entering
le ratissage
sweep (thorough search of an area)
voler à l'étalage
to shoplift
la camorra
the Camorraalso: Camorra
la violation de propriété
trespass (illegal entry)also: trespassing
s'introduire illégalement (dans une propriété)
to trespass
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