Vocabulaire Du Crime

VOCABULARY OF THE CRIME

Abduction = enlèvement

Absolute liability = responsabilité objective

Actual bodily harm = lesions corporelles

Aiding and abetting (=assisting) an offender = complicité criminelle

Armed robbery = Vol à main armée

Arson = incendie criminel

Assault = aggression

Battery = Voie de faits

Being equipped to steal = être équipé pour voler

Bigamy = bigamie

Blackmail = chantage

Breach of the official secrets act = Violation du secret de defense nationale

Breaking and entering = entrer par effraction

Bribery = corruption

Burglary = cambriolage

Careless or reckless driving = conduit à risqué, dangereuse

Committing a breach of the peace = Atteinte à l’ordre public

Construction = interprétation

Conspiracy = conspiration

Contempt of court = Outrage à la cour, au tribunal

Criminal damage (vandalism and sometimes also hooliganism)= dommages criminels

Deception or fraud in order to obtain property, services or pecuniary advantage = tromperie ou fraude dans le but d’obtenir une propriété, des services ou un avantage pécunier

Driving without a license or insurance = conduite sans permis ou sans assurance

Drug dealing = trafic de drogues

Drunk in charge / Drink driving = conduite en état d’ivresse

Embezzlement = détournement de fonds

Espionage = espionage

Felonies = crime

Forgery = contre-façon

Fraud = fraude

Grievous bodily harm = coups et blessures

Gross indecency = atteinte sexuelle

Handling stolen goods = recel

Hooliganism = délinquance

Indecency = Indécence

Homicide = homicide

Indecent assault = attentat à la pudeur

Infanticide = infanticide

Liability = responsabilité

Manslaughter = homicide

Malice aforethought = avec préméditation

Misdemeanour = délit

Misuse of drugs = abus de stupéfiants

Money laundering = blanchiment d’argent

Mitigating factors = circonstances atténuantes

Murder = meurtre

Obscenity = obscenité

Obstruction of the police = Entrave à la police

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