LEXIQUE

ANGLAIS
EDITION MAI 2006

PART ONE
FRENCH - ENGLISH
GLOSSARY

A
A courte porte

Short range

A huis clos

In camera

A l'abri des vues

Out of sight

A l'attention de

For the attention

A porte de

Within range

A votre intention

For your information

Abandon d'enfant

Child neglect

Abngation

Abnegation, self-sacrifice

Abolir la peine de mort

To abolish death penalty

Aborder un navire

To run into a ship

Abri

Shelter

Abroger

To abrogate, to repeal

Absence illgale, irrgulire

Unauthorized absence (AWOL: absent without leave)

Abus de confiance

Breach of confidence, breach of trust, confidence trick

Abus de pouvoir, d'autorit

Misuse of authority

Abus

Abuse

Abuser

To deceive

Acadmie militaire (West Point)

US Military Academy (USMA)

Accablant

Overwhelming

Acclrateur

Accelerator

Acclrer

To accelerate

Accs interdit

No admittance, no entry

Accident d'avion

Air crash, plane crash

Accident de voiture

Car crash

Accomplir la mission

To round off the mission

Accorder une grce prsidentielle

To grant the presidential pardon, mercy

Accorder une permission

To grant leave

Accorder une rduction de peine

To grant a remission of sentence

Accoutumance la drogue

Drug addiction

Accro (tre)

To be hooked on

Accueil

Reception

Accumulateur

Battery

Accusateur

Accuser

Accusation

Indictment

Accus (nom)

Defendant, accused

Accuser tort

To accuse falsely

Accuser qqun de qqch

To accuse somebody of something

Accuser qqun de qqch

To charge sby with smth

Acqurir du renseignement

To collect data, to gain information

Acquittement

Acquittal

Acquitter

To acquit, to discharge

Acte constitutif

Charter

Acte de commerce

Commercial act

Acte de dcs

Death certificate

Acte de succession

Attestation of inheritance

Acte de terrorisme

Act of terrorism

Acte de vente

Bill of sale

Acte dlictuel (ou quasi dlictuel)

Offensive act

Acte judiciaire

Writ, judicial document

Acte notari

Notarial deed

Acte officiel

Instrument

Acte sous seing priv

Private agreement

Acte de naissance

Birth certificate

Action anti-meute

Anti-riot action

Action criminelle

Foul play

Action de contenir la foule

Containment

Action retardatrice

Delaying operation

Action

Lawsuit

Actionner

To set a motion

Adjoint

Deputy

Admonestation

Formal or informal cautioning

Admonester

To admonish

ADN (acide dsoxyribonuclique)

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Adopter un profil bas

To adopt a low profile

Adresse

Address

Adultre

Adultery

Adversaire

Opponent

Arogare

Air terminal

Aroglisseur

Hovercraft

Aronautique (l' )

Aeronautics

Aronavale (l' )

Fleet Air Arm (GB) / Naval Air Force (US)

Aroport

Airport

Affaire (jur.)

Case

Affaire pnale

Penal case

Affaires Etrangres (les)

Foreign Affairs

Affectation

Posting

Affectation dans une unit

Assignment in one unit

Affecter qqun

To post sby to

Agence centrale de renseignements

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Agence

Agency

Agent chimique

Chemical agent

Agent de circulation

Traffic policeman

Agent de l'autorit

Police force

Agent de police

Policeman, police officer, (police) constable (GB)

Agent dfoliant

Defoliant agent

Agent en douane

Customs broker

Agent hmolytique

Blood agent

Agent postal

Postal clerk

Agent secret

Operative, secret agent

Agir dans le cadre de la loi

To act within the law

Agir promptement

To take swift action

Agitateur

Agitator

Agitation

Turmoil, unrest

Agitation populaire

Popular unrest

AGIV (Aspirants de Gendarmerie issus du volontariat).

Voluntary Gendarmerie cadet officers

Agresser ou donner l'assaut

To assault

Agression

Aggression, mugging, assault, aggravated assault

Agressivit

Aggressiveness

Aide aux victimes

Victim assistance

Aide judiciaire

Legal aid

Aile (avion)

Wing (GB), fender

Aire d'atterrissage (hlicoptres)

Landing pad

Aire de manuvres d'hlicoptres

Helipad

Aire de stationnement (bas ct)

Lay-by

Alarme

Alarm

Alcool

Alcohol

Alcoolique

Alcoholic

Alcootest

Breath test, breathalizer

Alerte

Alert

Alerte la bombe

Bomb alert, bomb scare

Alerte rouge

Warning alert

Alin (irresponsable pnal)

Insane

Aller toute vitesse

To drive at top speed

Alli

Allied

Amarre

Lashing

Ambassade

Embassy

Amende (contravention)

Fine

Amendement

Amendment

Amiraut, Ministre de la Marine

Admiralty

Amitis sincres (courrier)

Best regards

Amnistie

Amnesty, pardon

Amnistier

To grant amnesty

Amorce

Primer

Amorcer

To prime

Amortisseurs

Shock absorbers

Ancien combattant

War veteran

Anciennet

Longevity, seniority

Anantir

To annihilate

Anneau (de grenade)

Pull ring

Annexe

Enclosure (Enc.)

Anti-crevaison

Run-flat

Anti-feu

Flame retardant

Apatride

Stateless person

Appareil de la justice

Machinery of the law

Appel (l' )

Roll- (call)

Appel (sens juridique)

Appeal

Appel (militaire du contingent)

Draftee / national serviceman

Appeler (faire appel d'un jugement)

To appeal against a judgement

Appeler comme tmoin

To call as a witness

Application de la loi

Law enforcement

Appliquer la loi

To enforce the law

Apprhender

To apprehend, to unrest

Appui

Muzzle rest

Appui mutuel

Mutual support

Appui-tte

Headrest

Appuyer sur le bouton (arme nuclaire)

To pull the nuclear trigger

Arbitre

Arbitrator

Arceau de scurit

Rollbar

Argent sale

Dirty money

Arme

Weapon

Arme biologique

Biological weapon

Arme nuclaire

Nuclear weapon

Arme porte la ceinture

Side arm

Arme de l'Air

Royal Air Force (RAF) (GB) / US Air Force (USAF) (US)

Arme de Terre

Army

Armes feu

Fire-arms

Armes blanches

Blades

Armes chimiques

Chemical weapons

Arraisonner

To inspect

Arrestation

Apprehension

Arrt de forteresse

Confinement (in military prisons)

Arrt de rigueur

Close arrest

Arrt par dfaut/Jugement par dfaut

Judgement by default

Arrt simple

Open arrest

Arrt sous l'inculpation de

Arrested on charge of

Arrter

To arrest

Arrtoir de chargeur

Magazine release

Arrire-garde

Rear-guard

Arrive

Arrival

Arriver sur le lieu d'un dsordre

To arrive on the scene of a disturbance

Artificier

Artificer, bomb expert

Artillerie

Artillery

Ascendant (autorit)

Ascendancy, authority

Asile politique

Political asylum

Assassin

Murderer

Assemble Nationale

National Assembly

Asserment

Sworn

Assigeant

Besieger

Assignation

Writ of summons

Assises (Cour d' )

Assizes

Association de malfaiteurs

(Criminal) conspiracy

Assommer qqun

To knock sby unconscious

Assurer la protection rapproche de qqun

To ensure the personal safety of sby

Assurer la scurit d'un personnage important

To ensure the safety of an important person

Atrocits

Atrocities

Attach militaire

Military attach

Attaque par surprise (raid)

Hit and run attack, raid

Attaquer

To attack

Atteindre une cible

To reach a target

Atteinte l'ordre public

Breach of the peace

Attelle

Splint

Attentat la bombe

Terrorist bombing

Attentat la pudeur

Indecent behaviour, sexual assault, indecent assault, indecent

exposure

Attentat l'explosif

Bomb attack

Attentat aux murs

Indecent behaviour, sexual assault, indecent assault, indecent

exposure

Attentat sur qqun

Assassination attempt on sby

Attrir

To land

Attirer l'attention de la foule

To draw the crowd

Attribuer un secteur

To allocate a sector

Attroupement

Crowd, gathering

Au pas acclr (MO)

In quick time

Au pas de gymnastique (MO)

Double time

Au secret

In solitary confinement

Au tableau d'avancement

Selectee

Audience

Court session, proceedings, hearing

Audience des tmoins

Hearing, interview of witnesses

Audition

Interview

Aumnier militaire

Military chaplain

Auriez-vous l'amabilit de

Would you be kind enough to

Autopsie

Autopsy, post mortem examination

Autorisation (permission)

Clearance

Autorisation d'entre

Gate pass clearance

Autorit

Authority

Autorits civiles

CIVREP, civil authorities

Autoroute

Motorway (GB), highway (US)

Aux bons soins de

Care of

Avancement

Promotion

Avancement l'anciennet

Promotion by seniority

Avancement au choix

Promotion by selection

Avancer

To move forward

Avantage du terrain

Advantage of the grounds

Avant-garde

Advance guard

Avarie

Damage

Avec prmditation

With malicious forethought, premeditated

Avertissement

Warning

Aveu

Admission

Aveux

Confession

Aveux complets

Full confession

Aviation

Aviation

Avion de chasse

Fighter

Avion de guerre

War plane, aircraft

Avion de patrouille

Patrol plane

Avis de recherche

All points bulletin, wanted notice

Avocat

Barrister, lawyer

Avocat commis d'office

Public defender

Avocat conseil

Consulting barrister (GB), Attorney (US)

Avocat de la dfense

Counsel for the defence (GB)

Avocat de la partie civile

Prosecuting counsel

Avocat gnral

Director of public prosecutions

Avoir deux ans avec sursis

To be given a 2 year suspended sentence

Avoir un besoin maladif de

To crave for

Avoir un casier vierge

To have a clean record

Avou

Solicitor (GB), attorney (US)

Avouer

To admit

Avouer un crime

To confess a crime

Avouer, reconnatre les faits

To acknowledge

Ayant cause, ayant droit

Legal successor

Azimut gographique

True bearing

B
Bbord

Port (side)

Bactrie

Bacterium (pl. bacteria)

Bagarre

Fight, rumpus, brawl, scuffle

Baguette

Ramrod

Billonner

To gag

Baonnette

Bayonet

Balistique (la)

Ballistics

Balle

Bullet

Balle dum-dum

Dum dum bullet

Balle en caoutchouc

Rubber bullet

Balle en plastique

Plastic bullet

Balle explosive

Explosive bullet

Balle perdue

Stray bullet

Balle perforante

Armour piercing bullet

Balle traante

Tracer bullet

Banc de l'opposition (GB)

Opposition Bench

Banc du gouvernement (GB)

Treasury Bench

Bande de cartouches

Cartridge belt

Bande

Gang

Bander les yeux

To blindfold

Banditisme

Banditry, organized crime

Banlieue

Suburb

Bannire

Banner

Banqueroute

Bankruptcy

Baptme de promotion

Formal military ceremony ending the course

Barbituriques (nom)

Barbiturates

Barillet

Cylinder

Barrage routier

Roadblock

Barre de fer

Iron bar

Barre des tmoins

Witness box

Barreau

Bar

Barrer le passage qqun

To block sby's way

Barricade

Barricade, barrier

Barrire, entre (porte,barrire)

Gate

Bas de la lettre

Bottom, foot of the letter

Base aronavale

Naval air station

Base navale

Naval base, naval station

Base sous-marine

Submarine base

Bataille range

Pitched battle

Bataille

Fight

Bataillon

Battalion

Bateau pneumatique

Inflatable boat

Bton

Stick

Bton de police

Truncheon

Bton

Club

Btonnier

President of the Bar

Batterie

Battery

Battre en retraite

To retreat, to withdraw

Bnficier d'un non-lieu

To be discharged through lack of evidence

Berline

Saloon car (GB)

Bipied

Bipod

Blme

Reprimand

Blanchiment d'argent

Money laundering

Blanchir l'argent de la drogue

To launder the drug money

Bless

Injured

Blesser

To injure

Blessure

Injury

Blessure grave

Serious injury

Blindage

Armour (GB), armor (US)

Blockhaus

Blockhouse

Bloquer la circulation

To hold up the traffic

Bloquer

To block

Bote cartouches

Cartridge box

Bote gants

Glove compartment

Bote de munitions

Ammunition can

Bote de vitesse

Gear box

Bote noire

Flight recorder

Bombardement

Shelling

Bombarder

To bomb, to shell

Bombarder avec des pierres

To pelt with stones

Bombardier

Bomber

Bombardier supersonique

Supersonic bomber

Bombe (obus) incendiaire

Incendiary bomb

Bombe hydrogne

Hydrogen bomb

Bombe retardement

Time bomb

Bombe atomique (bombe A)

Nuclear bomb

Bombe explosive, brisante

High explosive bomb

Bombe perforante, de rupture

Armor piercing bomb

Bond offensif (MO)

Offensive rush

Bord de la route

Roadside

Bordel

Brothel, whorehouse

Bordereau de contrle technique

MOT certificate (GB)

Bordereau d'envoi

Dispatch note

Bouch

Clogged

Bouche (sur une arme)

Muzzle

Bouche bouche (survie)

Mouth to mouth, kiss of life

Bouchon (embouteillage)

Traffic jam

Bouchon de chargement (grenade)

Filling hole

Bouclier (MO)

Shield

Bouclier de grande taille

Long shield

Bouclier de petite taille (PLI) (MO)

Short shield

Bouclier pare-balles

Bullet-proof shield

Bougies (moteur)

Spark plugs

Bouleversant

Shattering

Bourr d'explosifs

Packed with explosives

Boussole

Compass

Bout portant

Point-blank

Bouteille de plonge

Compressed air scuba cylinder

Brancard

Stretcher

Brandir une arme

To brandish an arm

Braquer une arme sur qqun

To train an arm on sby

Braquer une banque

To hold up a bank, to raid a bank

Brave

Courageous

Break (vhicule)

Estate car (GB), station wagon (US)

Bretelle

Sling

Bretelle de contournement

By-pass

Brevet (d'officier)

Commission

Brigade

Squad

Brigade anti-terroriste

Anti-terrorist squad

Brigade des stupfiants

Drug squad, the DEA (US), the narcotics division

Brimade

Ragging

Brler un feu rouge

To go through a red light, to jump a red light

Brutaliser

To molest

Bunker

Bunker

Bureau fdral des recherches (enqutes)

Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) (US)

Bute

Buffer

Butin

Haul

Butin, magot

Loot

Butte de tir

Butts

C
Caboter

To coast

Cachets (pilules)

Pills, tablets

Cachets, pilules d'ecstasy

Capsules (ecstasy)

Cachette

Hiding-place

Cadavre

Corpse

Cagoule (MO)

Balaclava

Cahier de punition

Defaulter's book

Calmant

Tranquillizer

Calmer la situation

To calm the situation

Calomnie

Libel

Cambriolage

Burglary

Cambrioler

To burgle

Cambrioleur

Burglar

Cam

Drug abuser, drug addict

Came

Dope, shit, spliff, grass, hashish, blow

Camion

Lorry (GB), truck (US)

Camion remorque

Lorry or truck with a trailer

Camion semi-remorque

Articulated lorry or semi trailer (GB), trailer truck (US)

Camoufler des armes

To disguise weapons

Camp de la mort

Death camp

Camp de travail

Labour camp

Camp d'entranement

Training camp

Campagne

Campaign

Canaliser

To channel

Caniveau

Runnel

Cannabis

Cannabis,shit, spliff, grass, hashish, blow

Canon

Barrel

Canon lisse

Smooth bore

Canon ray

Rifled barrel

Canot de sauvetage

Life boat

Cantonnement

Accommodation

Capitaine d'armes

Captain of Arms

Capituler

To surrender

Capot (voiture)

Bonnet (GB), hood (US)

Capturer

To catch

Capturer

To capture

Carabine

Carbine (short light rifle)

Carburateur

Carburettor (GB), carburetor (US)

Cargaison

Shipment

Carrefour (circualtion routire)

Crossroads, junction

Carte d'entre

Gate pass

Carte d'identit

Identity card or I.D. card

Carte grise

Registration document (GB), registration papers (US)

Carte routire

Road map

Cartouchire

Ammunition pouch

Casemate

Bunker

Caserne

Barracks

Casier judiciaire

Criminal record, police record

Casque

Helmet

Casque de maintien de l'ordre

Public order helmet

Casque lourd

Steel helmet

Casque pare-balles

Bullet-proof helmet

Casquette

Cap

Casser (juridique)

To degrade

Casseur

Rioting demonstrator

Cause civile

Civil action

Causer des dommages aux biens

To damage property

Caution

Bail, bond

Cautionner le terrorisme

To sponsor terrorism

Cavalerie

Cavalry

Cder aux exigences

To meet the demands

Cder la priorit qqun

To yield the right of way to sby, to give the way

Ceinture de scurit

Safety-belt, seat-belt

Ceinturon

Ammunition belt, sword belt, waist belt

Clibataire

Single

Cellule de protection

Protection team

Cellule d'interpellation

Arrest team

Centre de dtention

Detention centre, prison for long sentences

Centre de Formation Linguistique de la Gendarmerie

The Language Training Centre of the Gendarmerie

Centre de rinsertion

Rehabilitation centre

Centre de rtention administrative (CRA)

Holding centre for foreign nationals in illegal situations

Centre d'instruction

Training centre

Centre rgional oprationnel de surveillance et de sauvetage

Operational rescue and surveillance regional centre

Cerner

To surround

Certificat

Certificate

Certificat de l'enseignement secondaire

Certificate of secondary education

Certificat militaire de langue

Military language certificate

Cesser le feu

To hold fire

Cessez-le-feu

Cease-fire

C'est--dire

Id est (i.e)

Chahut

Rumpus

Chambre (tribunal)

Division of a Court of justice

Chambre gaz

Gas chamber

Chambre des affaires familiales et matrimoniales

Family division

Chambre des communes (basse) (GB)

House of Commons

Chambre des Lords (haute) (GB)

House of Lords

Champ de bataille

Battlefield

Champ de manuvre

Field of manuvres

Champ de tir

Rifle-range

Champs de pavot

Poppy fields

Chancellerie

Ministry of Justice

Changer

To shift

Changer de comportement

To alter

Changer de vitesse

To change gear

Chantage

Blackmail

Chaparder

To pilfer

Char

Tank

Charge de la preuve

Burden of proof

Charg des relations publiques

Public Relation Officer (PRO)

Charge d'explosifs

Explosive charge

Charger de

To put in charge of

Charger la batterie

To charge the battery

Charger (matriel)

To load

Chargeur

Magazine

Chtier

To punish

Chtiment

Punishment

Chauffard

Road hog

Chauffeur imprudent

Reckless driver

Chausse

Roadway

Chaussures antidrapantes

Non-skid/non-slip shoes

Chaussures d'escalade

Climbing shoes

Chef de gamelle

Treasurer of the mess

Chef de gare

Station master

Chef d'tat-major des armes

Chief of Defence Staff

Chef d'inculpation, d'accusation

Charge

Chef du gouvernement

Head of the government

Chemin

Way

Chemin vicinal

By-road, local road

Cheminot

Railwayman

Cher Monsieur, Messieurs, Madame

Dear Sir, Sirs, Madam

Chercher des ennuis

To look for trouble

Chercher la consolation dans

To seek comfort in

Chevron

Badge

Chien (arme feu)

Hammer

Chiffre noir

Black or dark figure of crime

Chute d'un gouvernement

Collapse of a government

Cible

Target

Ci-joint

Enclosed (Encl.)

Cinquime Rpublique

Fifth Republic

Circonscription

Police area

Circonstances attnuantes

Extenuating circumstances

Circulaire

Note, a memorandum, a service instruction

Circulez !

Move on ! Pass along!

Citation comparaitre

Writ of summons

Cit

(Housing) estate

Citer

To quote

Citer comparatre (accus)

To summon to appear

Citer comparatre (tmoin)

To subpoena

Citer qqun comme tmoin

To call sby as a witness

Clameur

Outcry

Clameur (de la foule)

Roar

Clandestin

Clandestine, undercover

Classer une affaire

To close, to drop a case

Clavette d'arrt (escalade)

Cotter pin

Cl de contact (voiture)

Ignition key

Clment

Lenient

Cleptomane

Kleptomaniac

Clerc

Clerk

Clerc de "solicitor", stagiaire

Articled clerk

Clignotants

Indicators, turn signals

Coaccus

Co-defendant

Coauteur

Accomplice

Cocane

"C", charlie, cocaine, coke, crack, snow

Cocanomane

Cocaine addict

Cocktail Molotov

Molotov cocktail

Code civil

Civil code

Code de commerce, droit commercial

Commercial law

Code de dontologie

Code of ethics

Code de la route

Highway code

Code de procdure pnale

Code of criminal procedure

Code des lois (textes des lois)

Statute-book

Code disciplinaire et pnal des forces armes

Uniform code of military justice (UCMJ)

Code militaire

Military justice code

Code pnal

Penal code

Coffre (voiture)

Boot (GB), trunk (US)

Colis pig

Parcel bomb

Combativit

Combativeness

Combinaison (habit)

Coverall, suit

Combinaison anti feu/ignifuge

Fireproof overalls/suit

Combinaison de plonge

Underwater diving suit

Combinaison du feu et du mouvement

Commandants de compagnies de GD (Gendarmerie
Dpartementale)
Commandement

Combination of fire and movement

Commanding officers of divisional "compagnies" (a
"compagnie" is generally commanded by a captain and
supervises various divisional units of the French Gendarmerie)
Command and control

Commando

Commando

Comme suite , nous rfrant notre lettre du

With reference to our letter

Commettre un crime

To commit a crime

Commissaire

Superintendent

Commissaire (finances)

Paymaster , Supply Corps Officer

Commissariat

Police station

Commission rogatoire

Rogatory commission

Commission rogatoire internationale

International rogatory commission

Commuer une peine en

To commute a sentence, a punishment to

Communiqu de presse

Handout = press release

Communiquer qqch qqun

To inform sby of smth

Commutation de peine

Commutation of punishment, reprieve

Comparution

Appearance

Comptence (tribunal)

Competence

Comptent

Competent

Complice

Accomplice

Complot

Plot, conspiracy

Comploter contre qqun

To plot against sby

Comportement de la foule

Crowd behaviour

Comprimer

To compress

Compte-rendu

Report

Compteur kilomtrique

Mileage indicator, speedometer

Concordance (ADN)

Match

Concours

Competitive exam(ination)

Concours (aide)

Co-operation, support

Condamnation

Conviction, sentence

Condamnation vie

Life sentence

Condamn (nom)

Convicted person

Condamner

To sentence to

Condamner qqun ... d'amende

To fine sby

Condamner qqun annes de prison

To pass sentence of years' imprisonment on sby

Conduire en tat d'ivresse

To drive under the influence of alcohol

Conduire la rbellion

To lead the rebellion

Conduire

To lead to

Conduite tenir

Guidance, guideline

Conduite contraire aux bonnes murs

Disorderliness

Conduite en tat d'ivresse

Driving under influence/while intoxicated, drunk driving

Conduite portant atteinte l'ordre public

Disorderly conduct

Confrence

Conference

Conflit

Conflict

Confrontation

Confrontation

Confronter avec des tmoins

To confront sby with witnesses

Congdier

To pay off

Conqurir

To conquer, to gain

Consciencieux

Conscientious

Conseil Constitutionnel

Constitutional Council

Conseil de guerre, cour martiale

Martial Court

Conseil de l' ordre

Bar counsel

Conseil d'enqute

Court of inquiry

Conseil des ministres

Council of ministers = French Cabinet

Conseil gnral

General Council

Conseiller juridique

Legal adviser

Conservation du terrain conquis

Retention of the captured ground

Consigne automatique (train)

Luggage locker, baggage locker

Consigner qqun

To confine sby to barracks

Conspirateur

Plotter

Constat d'accident/amiable

Accident report

Constatation

Verification

Constater

To report

Contaminer

To contaminate

Contenu (le)

Contents

Contractuel

Traffic-warden

Contraindre

To compel

Contrainte par corps

Bodily constraint, body execution, imprisonment for debts

Contravention (infraction)

Breach of police regulations, minor offence

Contre-attaque

Counter-attack

Contrefaon

Forgery

Contrefaire

To forge

Contre-interrogatoire

Cross examination

Contrevenant

Offender

Contrevenir

To transgress

Contrle de police

Police check

Contrle des passeports

Passport control

Contrle d'identit

Identity check

Contrle d'identit et fouille

Stop and search

Contrle douanier

Customs control

Contrle radar

Radar trap, speed check

Contrle technique

Ministry of Transport (MOT) test

Contrleur (train)

Ticket collector

Contumace

Defaulter

Convoi exceptionnel

Wide (or dangerous) load

Copie conforme

Certified copy

Corde de traction

Drag rope

Corde dynamique de rappel

Dynamic abseiling/rappeling rope

Corde dynamique d'escalade

Dynamic climbing rope

Corde statique (escalade)

Static rope

Corde

Lashing

Cordon de forces de l'ordre

Cordon

Corps corps

Hand-to-hand fight

Corps de la lettre

Body of the letter

Corps des officiers

Corps of officers

Corps du dlit

Corpus delicti, scene of crime

Correspondance (train)

Connection

Correspondre avec qqun

To correspond with sby

Corrompre

To corrupt

Corruptible

Open to bribery

Corruption

Corruption

Cte cte

Side-by-side

Coudire (MO)

Elbow protection

Coup (de feu)

Shot, gun shot

Coup de force

Putsch, takeover by force

Coup de fusil

Rifle shot

Coup de grce

Mercy shot or coup de grce

Coup de semonce

Warning shot

Coup d'tat

Coup

Coup manqu

Miss

Coup mont par la police pour piger un criminel

Entrapment

Coupable (nom)

Culprit

Coup (voiture)

Coup

Couper la retraite l'ennemi

To cut the enemy's retreat

Coups de sommation

Warning shots

Coups et blessures

Assault and battery

Coups tordus

Dirty tricks

Coupure humide

Wet ditch

Cour administrative

Court of claims

Cour d'appel

Court of Appeal (GB), Court of Appeals (US)

Cour d'appel (droit du travail)

Employment appeal tribunal

Cour d'assises

Assizes Court, criminal Court

Cour d'assises de Londres

Cour fdrale

The Old Bailey

Judiciary committee of the House of Lords (GB) Supreme
Court (US)
European Court of justice
Government accounting office (US), Revenue Court (GB), audit
commission
District Court (US)

Cour martiale d'appel

Court of appeals (US)

Cour de Cassation
Cour de justice des communauts
Cour des comptes

Cour suprme, la Haute Cour de Justice

The High Court of Justice (GB), the Supreme Court (US)

Cour

Bench

Courage

Courage

Courageux

Courageous

Cours de formation

Training course

Cours par correspondance

Correspondence

Course aux armements

Arms race

Coutume (juridique)

Custom, common law

Couverture (dissimulation)

Cover-up

Couvrir (TAC)

To cover

Cran d'arrt (couteau)

Flick-knife

Cran de scurit

Safety (lever)

Cran de vise

Rear sight

Crmatorium

Crematorium

Crevaison (pneu)

Blow-up, puncture

Cribler qqun d'injures

To pelt abuse at sby

Cric (voiture)

Jack

Crime de haute trahison

High treason

Criminalit

Criminality

Criminel

Criminal

Critique de fin de manuvre (MO)

Pow-wow (debriefing)

Croiseur

Cruiser

Croix (la)

Cross

Crosse

Butt

Crosse d'paule
CSTAGN (Corps de Soutien Technique et Administratif de la
Gendarmerie Nationale)
Cuillre (de grenade)

Shoulder rest
Officers of the Gendarmerie specializing in technical and
administrative duties (experts in logistics and support)
Safety lever, spoon

Culasse mobile

Bolt

Cul-de-sac

Dead-end-street, a cul-de-sac

Culpabilit

Guilt

Curatelle

Guardianship

Curriculum vitae (C.V)

Personal data sheet

D
Dactyloscopie

Fingerprint identification

Dague

Dagger

Dans des circonstances normales

Dans l'attente de votre rponse (courrier)

Under normal circumstances

Hoping to hear from you soon, looking forward to hearing from
you
Hoping for an early reply/ we look forward to an early reply

Date (10 mars 2002)

Date (10th March 2002 / March 10th 2002)

Date du (lettre en date du 20 fvrier 2002)

Dated February 20th 2002

Dation

Gift made to an heir to avoid inheritance tax

De corve

On fatigue

De garde

On duty

Dbarquer

To disembark, to land

Dbarquer (juridique)

To pay off

Dbats

Proceedings, hearing

Dborder

To outflank

Dbout (nom)

Nonsuit

Dbouter

To dismiss

Dbusquer

To dislodge from

Dcapotable

Convertible

Dcerner un mandat

To issue a warrant

Dcs

Death

Dcharge

Volley

Dcisif

Decisive

Dcision judiciaire

Judicial decision

Dclaration

Pronouncement

Dclaration de douane la sortie

Outward clearance

Dclaration en douane

Customs declaration

Dclaration sous serment

Affidavit

Dclaration tlvise

Televised statement

Dclarer coupable

To convict

Dclarer sous serment

To state on oath

Dclencher une alarme

To set off an alarm

Dclencher une offensive

To launch an offensive

Dcoller

To take off

Dcontaminer

Decontaminate

Dcoration

Decoration

Dcorations

Service ribbons and decorations

Dcret

Decree

Dcrochage

Withdrawal

Ddommagement

Compensation

Ddommager qqun de qqch

To compensate sby for smth

Ddouanement

Clearance

Dfaillance

Non appearance

Dfaillant (accus)

Absconder

Dfaillant (tmoin)

Defaulting witness

Dfendre

To defend

Dfense

Defence (GB), defense (US)

Dfense anti-arienne

Anti-aircraft defence

Dans l'attente de vos nouvelles (courrier)

Dfenseur

Defender

Dfenseur de l'environnement

Environmentalist

Dfrer un tribunal

To commit for trial

Dfrer qqun

To place sby at the disposal of

Dfrer qqun la justice

Dfrer qqun devant un juge
Dfil du 14 juillet

To bring sby before the Courts

To submit to court a presumed offender, to bring in front of a
magistrate, to hand over sby to
Military Parade to commemorate the French Revolution

Dfiler

To parade, to march

Dfunt

Deceased

Dgagement

Clear-up

Dgager des obstacles

To clear obstacles

Dgager une barricade

To clear a barricade

Dgainer

To draw, to pull out

Dgts

Damage

Dgts matriels importants

Serious material damage

Dgonfler

To deflate

Dgradation

Defacement

Dgradations

Criminal damage

Dgrader des monuments

To deface monuments

Dgrader, casser (juridique)

To degrade

Dgrisement

Sobering up

Dlai

Delay

Dlai de grce

Days of grace

Dlateur

Informer

Dlation

Denouncement

Dlibr

Consultation of judges or jurors

Dlictueux

Criminal

Dlimit

Delimited

Dlinquance de voie publique

Street crime

Dlinquance en col blanc

White collar crime

Dlinquance juvnile

Juvenile delinquency

Dlinquant

Delinquent, offender

Dlinquant mineur

Young or minor offender

Dlit

Indictable offence, misdemeanour, offence, crime

Dlit civil

Tort

Dlit d'abus de biens sociaux

Misappropriation of corporate funds

Dlit de fuite

Failure to report an accident, hit and run (US)

Demande

Petition, request

Demande de ranon

Ransom demand

Demander ce que l'on ouvre une enqute

To call for an investigation

Demander tre relev

To call for a relief

Demander grce

To beg for mercy

Demandeur d'asile

Asylum seeker

Demandeur

Plaintiff

Demandeur (plainte)

Applicant

Dmanteler un rseau

To dismantle a network

Dml

Contention

Demi-tour !

About, turn ! About, face !

Demi-tour, droite !

Right about, turn !

Dni

Denial

Dnoncer

To denounce

Dnoncer qqun

To inform against sby

Dnonciation

Denunciation,accusation

Dpannage (par un garage ou seul) au bord de la route

Roadside repairs

Dpanneur

Breakdown mechanic

Dpartemental

Divisional

Dpasser la dose

To exceed the dose, to overdose

Dpasser la dose

To overdose

Dpasser les limitations de vitesse

To exceed the speed limits

Dpasser l'objectif, le but

To go past the mark

Dpnalisation

Decriminalisation

Dpendance (drogue)

Addiction

Dpends (aux)

At the expense of

Dpistage d'un criminel, d'un virus

Tracking down, detection

Dpistage obligatoire du SIDA

Compulsory AIDS screening

Dployer des troupes

To deploy troops

Dporter

To deport

Dposer (pour un tmoin)

To make a statement

Dposer une plainte

To lay a complaint

Dposer une bombe

To plant a bomb

Dposition

Crime report, statement, witness statement, testimony

Dpt de munitions

Ammunition dump

Dpresseur

Depressant

Drailler (train)

To derail

Drapage

Skid

Draper

To skid

Dernire requte

Last request

Drober qqch qqun

To steal smth from sby

Droger qqun

To depart from

Droulement des oprations

Progress of operations

Derrire les barreaux

Behind bars

Ds que possible (DQP) (courrier)

As soon as possible (ASAP)

Ds qu'il vous sera possible (courrier)

At your earliest convenience

Dsamorcer un explosif, une bombe

To defuse an explosive, a bomb

Dsarmer

To disarm

Dsaveu de paternit

Denial of paternity

Dsaveu d'un agent

Disowning of an agent

Descendre (d'un vhicule)

To get off

Descente de police

Police raid, sweep

Dsengagement

Withdrawal

Dserter

To desert

Dserteur

Deserter

Dsertion

Desertion

Dsobir un ordre

To disobey an order

Dsobissance

Disobedience to

Dsobusage

Shell clearance

Dsobuser

To clear (ground) of shells

Dsordre (foutoir)

Mess

Dsordre gnralis

Widespread disorder

Dsordre public

Public disorder

Dsordres urbains

Urban disturbances

Dessaisir

To relinquish, to remove (a case from court)

Destinataire

Addressee

Destituer

To discharge

Destitution

Discharge

Dtachement

Party

Dtecteur de mensonge

Lie detector, polygraph

Dtective priv

Private detective, private investigator

Dtendeur (de plonge)

Regulator

Dtenir

To detain

Dtenir le grade de

To hold a rank

Dtenir qqun en otage

To hold sby as a hostage

Dtente

Trigger

Dtention

Confinement

Dtention provisoire (en)

On remand

Dtention

Imprisonment

Dtenu

Inmate, prisoner

Dtenu (nom)

Detainee (noun)

Dtrior

Damaged

Dtonateur

Detonator

Dtonation (bruit de la)

Report

Dtournement de fonds

Embezzlement

Dtournement de mineur

Corruption of a minor

Dtourner des fonds

To embezzle money

Dtourner un avion

To hijack a plane, to skyjack

Dtruire

To destroy

Dvaliser

To strip, to burgle

Dvaliser un magasin l'aide d'une voiture blier

To ram-raid a shop

Devanture de magasin

Shop front, shop window

Dvaster

To devastate

Dveloppement

Exposition

Dviation

Detour, diversion

Dvoiler

To disclose, to reveal

Dvouement

Devotion

Diffamation

Libel

Diffamer

To slander

Diplme

Diploma

Diplm (nom)

Graduate (noun)

Diplm de l'universit

University graduate

Diplme d'tudes suprieures

Master of (science, arts etc,,,)

Diplme

Degree (science degree, arts degree)

Dir. gnrale de la scurit extrieure (DGSE)

Secret overseas intelligence service

Direction de la surveillance du territoire (DST)

Intelligence Service

Direction gnrale de la gendarmerie nationale (DGGN)

Gendarmerie nationale headquarters

Discipline

Discipline

Disciplin

Disciplined

Discours

Speech, address

Disculper

To exonerate, to clear sby of a crime

Dispersant (contre le mazout)

Dispersant

Disperser la foule

To disperse the crowd

Disperser (se)

To disperse

Dispersion

Dispersal, scattering

Disque de stationnement

Parking disk

Dissident

Dissident

Dissimuler

To conceal

Dissuader

To deter

Dissuasif

Dissuasive

Dissuasion nuclaire

Nuclear deterrent

Distance

Range

Diversion

Distraction, diversion

Divorc

Divorced

Divulgation

Disclosure

D'occasion (vhicule)

Second-hand

Document classifi

Classified document, document, paper

Dol

Dolus-malus, fraud

Domicili

Domiciled in

Dommages aux biens

Damage to property

Dommages et intrts

Damages, compensation

Don

Donation

Donner l'alarme, l'alerte

To give, to raise, to sound the alarm / alert

Donner l'assaut

To attack, to launch an attack

Donner suite une lettre

To follow up a letter

Donner une amende qqun

To fine sby

Dose mortelle

Lethal dose

Dossier

File

DOT

French Territory Operational Defence

Douanes

Customs (US), Customs & Excise (GB)

Douanier

Customs officer

Double

Copy

Doubler

To overtake

Douille

Case, brass cartridge

Dragonne

Sword knot

Drapeau

Flag

Drapeau amricain

The stars and stripes

Drapeau britannique

The union jack

Dresser des chiens

To train dogs

Dresser un procs-verbal

To draw up a crime, to make a report, to report

Dresser une contravention

To book

Drogu

Drug-addict, drug abuser

Drogues douces

Soft drugs

Drogues dures

Hard drugs

Droit (le)

Law

Droit administratif

Administrative law

Droit canon

Canon law

Droit civil

Civil law

Droit constitutionnel

Constitutional law

Droit coutumier

Common law

Droit de douane

Customs duty

Droit de succession

Death duty

Droit des affaires

Business law

Droit des obligations (contrats)

Contract law

Droit des socits

Company law

Droit crit

Statute law

Droit fiscal

Fiscal law

Droit international

International law

Droit pnal

Criminal law

Droit priv

Private law

Droit public

Public law

Droits de l'homme

Human rights

Duplicata

Copy

Dynamitage

Dynamiting

Dynamite

Dynamite

E
Ebrit

Drunkenness

Echange de coups de feu

Exchange of fire

Echouer un examen

To fail an exam

Eclaireur (lment d'clairage/pi (MO))

Scout, scout element, team

Eclat (par exemple: obus)

Shrapnel

Eclater

To burst, to explode

Ecole de droit de Londres

Schools of law of London

Ecole d'lves officiers/ Ecole des cadets (acadmie militaire)

Officers' Cadet School (OCS) (GB)

Ecole des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale (EOGN)

Gendarmerie Nationale Officers College

Ecole des sous-officiers de la gendarmerie

Non-commissioned officers school

Ecole d'tat-major

Staff college

Ecole d'tat-major inter-armes

Joint services staff college

Ecole militaire

Military academy / military college

Ecole navale

Naval academy

Ecole suprieure de guerre

Staff College (GB), War College (US)

Ecologie

Ecology

Ecoute tlphonique

Telephone tap(ping), wire tapping

Ecraser

To crush

Ecraser qqun

To run over sby

Ecrouer

To gaol, to jail, to put away

Ecrouer au dpt
Ecstacy
Ecusson

To commit to prison
"XTC", "Brown biscuits", "disco-burgers", ecstasy,
methylenedioxymethylamphetamine
Collar-patch

Edit

Edict

Effectif

Man power, strength

Effectuer des oprations de reconnaissance

To carry out reconnaissance operation

Effectuer des visites et des fouilles sur des btiments (navires) To carry out visits and search operations on vessels
Effet dissuasif

Announcement effect

Effets secondaires

Side effects

Efficace, efficacit

Efficient, efficiency

Effort

Effort

Effraction

Break-in
Professional intervention techniques and tactics acquisition
course

EIP
EIREL (Ecole interarmes du renseignement et des tudes
linguistiques)
Ejecteur

Joint services school training language and intelligence

Extractor

Elan (dbut de course)

Run up

Elan (des troupes)

Vigour

Elan (enthousiasme)

Rush of enthusiasm

Elan (utilis lors de la vague de refoulement en MO)

Rush

Elan (vitesse acquise)

Momentum

Elment d'arrestation (d'intervention ELI)

Arrest squad

Elment d'arrt (barrage) (MO)

Blocking element

Elment de contact

Baseline

Elment de manuvre

Manuvre element

Elment de preuve

Source of evidence

Elve officier

Cadet

Elever des barricades

To set up barricades

Elucider

To solve

Emanciper

To emancipate

Embarquer (bus)

To board, to go on board

Embarquer (matriel)

To take in, to load

Embarquer (pour emprisonner)

To cart away, to cart off

Embouteill

Congested

Embuscade

Ambush

Emetteur radio

Radio transmitter

Emetteur-rcepteur

Transmitter-receiver, transceiver

Emeute

Riot

Emeutier

Rioter

Emigr

Emigrant

Empcher la rorganisation

To prevent reorganisation

Empcher l'accs

To prevent access to

Empcher l'escalade

To prevent escalation

Emplacement

Location

Empoisonner

To poison

Empreintes digitales

Fingerprints

Emprisonner qqun

To lock sby in, to imprison

En attendant votre rponse (courrier)

Awaiting your kind reply

En avant, marche !

Forward, march ! or quick march !

En dsordre

Disorderly

En tat de marche

Roadworthy

En flagrant dlit

In flagrante delicto (jur.), in the act, red-handed

Engager des poursuites judiciaires

To prosecute

En grande tenue

In full dress / in full regimentals / in full uniform

En joue !

Aim !

En libert surveille

On probation

En mesure (MO)

In strict time

En permission

On leave

En pilotage automatique

On automatic pilot

En pleins phares

On full beams (GB), on high beams (US)

En position de tir

In firing position

En rponse votre lettre du

In reply / response to your letter of

En rsidence surveille

Under house arrest

En service dtach

On detached duty

En temps de paix

In peace time

En terrain ouvert

In open area

En toute impunit

With complete impunity

En visite officielle dans un pays

On an official visit to a country

ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration)

College training senior civil servants

Encercler

To surround

Endommager

To damage

Endos

Endorsement

Endroit sensible

Sensitive place

Enfreindre

To break, to transgress, to infringe

Enfreindre la loi

To break the law

Engagement

Enlistment

Engager des poursuites judiciaires

To suit

Engager des troupes

To bring troops into action, to engage troops

Enlvement (personne kidnappe)

Abduction, kidnapping

Enlever (kidnapper)

To kidnap, to abduct

ENM (Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature)

College training judges and public prosecutors

Enqute

Enquiry, inquiry, investigation

Enquter sur une affaire

To inquire into a case, to investigate a case

Enrayer

To jam

Enregistrement visuel (vido)

Visual record

Enregistrer

To check in

Enregistrer une plainte

To record a complaint

Enrler

To enlist

ENSP (Ecole Nationale Suprieure de Police)

Police academy training superintendents

Entasser des personnes dans

To pack prisoners into

Entriner

To confirm, to ratify

En-tte

Heading

Entraver le cours de la justice

To interfere with the course of justice

Entre interdite

No trespass

Entrer par effraction

To break in

Envahir

To invade

Envahisseur

Invader

Envoyer les couleurs (militaire)

To hoist the colours

Envoyer qqun en prison

To send sby to jail

Eparpiller(s')

To disperse

Epaulette

Epaulet

Epave

Wreck

Epe

Sword

Epier

To watch sby

Equilibre des forces

Balance of power

Equipage

Crew

Equipe

Shift

Equipe de neutralisation des munitions explosives

Explosive ordnance and dispersal team (EOD)

Equipe de permanence

Duty team / stand-by team

Equipe vido

Evidence gathering team

Equipement de protection

Protective equipment

ESAA (Ecole Suprieure d'Administration et de l'Armement)

College training senior civil servants and armament

Escadron

Squadron

Escadron dpartemental de scurit routire (EDSR)

Escadron parachutiste d'intervention de la gendarmerie
nationale (EPIGN)
Escadron relevant (MO)

Divisional motorised squadron

Escalader

To climb

Escarmouche

Skirmish

Escorte

Escort

Escorter

To escort

Escroc

Crook, swindler

Escroc de haut vol

Big-time crook

Escroquer de l'argent qqun

To swindle sby out of his/her money

Escroquerie

Swindle

Espion

Spy

Espionnage

Spying

Espionner qqun

To spy (up) on sby

Esprit d'initiative

Enterprise

Gendarmerie nationale airborne intervention squadron

Incoming squadron

Essais nuclaires

Nuclear tests

Essuie-glace

Windscreen wiper (GB), windshield wiper (US)

Estafette

Liaison officer

Ester

To go to law

Et caetera (etc,,,)

Et cetera

Etablir un document

To draw up

Etablir un ordre de priorit

To prioritise

Etablir une trve

To call a truce

Etablissement de profils

Profiling

Etat des lieux

Inventory of fixtures

Ethromane

Ether addict

Etouffer la rbellion

To quell the rebellion

Etranger

Alien, foreigner

Etrangler

To strangle

Etre court de munitions

To be short of ammunition

Etre son poste

To be in station

Etre amarr

To be moored

Etre appel sous les drapeaux

To be called up

Etre apte

To be fit

Etre au garde vous

To stand at attention

Etre au pas

To be in step

Etre barbouill de graffitis

To be daubed with graffiti

Etre condamn mois de prison

To be jailed for ... months

Etre condamn la prison

To receive a jail sentence

Etre convoqu comme jur

To have to report for jury duty

Etre d'astreinte

On call

Etre dclar innocent

To be found innocent / not guilty

Etre dcor pour

To be decorated for

Etre dpendant de

To be dependent on, to be addicted to

Etre dtach de

To be detached from

Etre ject

To be ejected from

Etre embusqu

To lie in ambush

Etre en faction

To be on guard

Etre en fuite

To be on the run

Etre en guerre contre

To be at war with

Etre en instance

To be pending

Etre en panne d'essence

To be out of petrol

Etre en retard

To be delayed

Etre enferm pour

To be locked up for

Etre entendu par la police

To help with enquiries

Etre fait prisonnier

To be taken prisoner

Etre gard en otage

To be kept as a hostage

Etre inapte

To be unfit

Etre incarcr

To be remanded in custody

Etre irradi

To be irradiated

Etre jug pour

To be tried for

Etre laiss en libert sous caution

To be remanded on bail

Etre libr

To be freed

Etre l'objet d'une enqute

To be under investigation

Etre plac en dtention

To be remanded in custody

Etre prsent au parquet

To appear before magistrates

Etre prt tirer

To be ready for firing

Etre pris partie (tre attaqu par)

To be engaged (Mil.)

Etre rform

To be declared unfit for service

Etre soumis un traitement brutal

To be subjected to brutal treatment

Etre spcialis dans

To be a specialist in

Etre sur les traces de qqun

To be on sby's trail

Etre tortur

To be tortured

Etude (ex: notaire)

Office

Etui (de revolver)

Holster

Evacuer

To remove

Evacuer par hlicoptre

To lift

Evaluation de la menace

Threat assessment

Eviter tout prix (par extension, fuir)

To shun

Examen

Exam

Examiner

To scan

Excs de vitesse

Speeding

Excuter un ordre

To carry out an order

Excutoire

Enforceable

Exempt des droits de douane

Duty-free

Exercer du chantage sur qqun

To blackmail sby

Exercice

Manuvre, exercises, drill

Exiler

To exile

Expdition

Expedition

Exprience

Experience

Expert

Expert

Expert (juridique)/ Greffier

Clerk of the court

Expert lgiste

Forensic scientist

Expertise

Expert's report

Expertiser

To evaluate

Expier

To atone for

Exploser (faire)

To blow up

Explosif

Explosive

Explosif (obus)

High explosive (HE) shell

Explosif crasement

High explosive squash head (HESH)

Explosif anti-char

High explosive anti-tank (HEAT)

Explosif perforant

High explosive armour piercing (HEAP)

Explosion

Burst / explosion

Explosion de la violence

Outbreak of violence

Expos

Exposed to

Expos de la situation

Briefing

Expulser (tranger)

To deport (an illegal entrant)

Expulser (locataire)

To evict ( a tenant)

Expulsion

Deportation

Extincteur

Fire extinguisher

Extorquer

To embezzle

Extorsion

Extortion

Extrader

To extradite

Extradition

Extradition

Extrait de casier

Criminal record sheet

Extrait de naissance

Birth certificate

Extrmiste

Extremist

F
Faction (tre en)

To be on stationary duty

Factionnaire

Guard

Faillite

Bankrupt

Faillite

Bankruptcy

Faire appel

To appeal

Faire chanter

To blackmail

Faire de l'exercice

To drill

Faire des tudes de droit

To study law

Faire du trafic

Trafficking

Faire escale

To stop over at

Faire vacuer la salle

To clear the court

Faire feu bout portant

To shoot at point-blank range

Faire la contrebande de qqch

To smuggle smth

Faire la guerre

To make war

Faire la guerre

To wage war against

Faire l'appel

To call (over) the roll, to make muster

Faire l'appel

To make muster

Faire le point (topo)

To take one's bearing

Faire le trafic de

To deal in

Faire le trottoir

To solicit the streets

Faire mouche

To hit home

Faire naufrage

To be shipwrecked

Faire obstruction

To impede, to obstruct

Faire opposition un jugement

To enter a caveat to a judgement

Faire reculer la foule

To place the crowd on the back foot

Faire respecter les lois maritimes

To enforce the maritime laws

Faire rviser sa voiture

To have one's car serviced

Faire sa dposition

To give evidence

Faire sauter

To blow up

Faire sauter la dynamite

To blast

Faire scession

To secede

Faire ses classes

To do one's recruit training

Faire son service militaire

To do one's military service

Faire subir des brimades qqun

To rag sby (GB), to haze sby (US)

Faire subir un contre-interrogatoire qqun

To cross-examine sby

Faire un faux tmoignage

To bear false witness, to commit perjury, to give false evidence

Faire un procs qqun

To take sby to court

Faire un raid

To raid

Faire un tonneau

To overturn

Faire une contre-expertise

To resurvey

Faire une cure de dsintoxication

To undergo a treatment for drug addiction

Faire une demande, prsenter une requte qqun

To petition sby

Faire une embarde

To swerve

Faire une ronde

To be on patrol, to be on the beat (fam.)

Faire une tentative de coup d'tat

To attempt a coup

Faire une vire dans une voiture vole

To go joyriding, to joyride

Faire une visite officielle

To pay an official call

Falsifier

To falsify

Famas

Assault rifle

Fanatique

Fanatic

Fanatisme

Fanaticism

Fatal

Fatal

Fatiguer les manifestants

To wear down the demonstrators

Faussaire

Forger

Fausse identit (identit d'emprunt)

Cover

Fausse monnaie

Counterfeit coin

Faux

Forgery

Faux billet

Fake note, counterfeit bill (or note)

Faux en criture

Forgery

Faux tmoignage

Perjury

Faux tmoin

Perjurer

Faux-documents

False/Fake documents

Faux-monnayeur

Counterfeiter, forger

Faux-papiers

Forged identity papers

Faux-tmoignage

False evidence

Feindre

To feign

Fminin

Female

Fentre d'jection

Ejection port

Ferm la circulation

Closed to traffic

Fermer clef

To lock

Ferry

Ferry boat

Feu !

Fire !

Feu revers

Reverse fire

Feu volont

Independent fire !

Feu nourri

Heavy fire

Feu orange (feux tricolores de circulation)

Amber light

Feu rouge (feux tricolores de signalisation)

Red light

Feu vert (feux tricolores de circulation)

Green light

Feuille

Sheet

Feux de brouillard

Dipped headlights (GB), low beams (US)

Feux de dtresse

Warning lights

Feux de position

Parking lights

Feux de recul

Reversing lights

Feux de signalisation

Traffic lights

Fichiers

Files indexed, record

Fichiers de police

Police files

Fil de fer barbel

Barbed wire

Filature

Following, shadowing

Filire

Connection

Filtrer

To filter

Fin de non-recevoir

Dismissal

Fixe !

Eyes front ! or eyes right !

Fixer un objectif

To set an objective

Fixer un ultimatum

To issue an ultimatum

Flner

To loiter

Flic

Bobby, cop, copper, fuzz

Flotte

Fleet

Flouer

To swindle

Fomenter le dsordre

To promote disorder

Fonctions principales

Core function

Force de maintien de la paix

Peace-keeping force

Force de raction rapide

Quick reaction force (QRF)

Force d'intervention

Task force (TF)

Forcen

Madman

Forcer un coffre-fort

To break into a safe

Forces aro-maritimes

Air & sea forces

Forces de scurit

Security forces

Forces navales

Naval forces

Forclore

To debar

Forfait

Offence (GB), offense (GB)

Forfaiture

Abuse of authority

Formalit

Form, formality

Formalits douanires

Customs formalities

Format

Size

Formation continue

In-service training

Formation militaire en camp

Military Training on the field (in camp)

Formation par option

Optional Training

Forme

Form

Former les rangs

To fall in

Formez les faisceaux !

Stack arms !

Formulaire

Form

Formule de politesse (lettre)

Formal ending

Fort (btiment)

Fort

Forteresse

Fortress

Fortification

Fortification

Fouille corps

Body search

Fouille de douane

Rummage

Fouille

Search

Fouiller

To search, to comb

Fourgon

Police van

Fourgonnette

Delivery van

Fournir

To provide sby with sth/sth for sby

Fournir un alibi

To produce an alibi

Fournisseur de drogue (dealer)

Drug dealer

Fourreau

Scabbard, sheath

Fourrire

Car pound

Fracasser des vitrines

To smash shop windows

Fracturer

To break

Frais (indemnits)

Expenses

Franc

Frank

Franchise

Frankness

Frapper (action offensive)

To strike

Frapper juste

To hit home

Frapper les boucliers avec les btons

To beat batons against shields

Fraude fiscale

Tax fraud

Frein

Brake

Frein main

Hand brake lever

Fric

Cash, dosh

Fronde

Catapult

Front

Front

Frontire

Border

Frontire

Frontier

Fugitif

Runaway

Fugueur

Runaway

Fuite / En fuite

Flight

Fumer de l'herbe

To smoke grass

Fuse

Fuse, fuze

Fuse clairante

Flare, light rocket, star shell

Fusil air comprim

Airgun

Fusil balles en caoutchouc

Baton gun

Fusil canon ray

Rifle/ Rifled gun

Fusil canon sci

Sawn-off shotgun (GB), sawed-off shotgun (US)

Fusil deux coups

Double-barrelled rifle, twin-barrel rifle

Fusil harpon

Harpoon gun

Fusil lunette

Sniper rifle

Fusil pompe

Pump action shotgun

Fusil rptition

Repeating rifle

Fusil automatique

Self-loading rifle (SLR) / automatic rifle

Fusil de chasse

Hunting gun, shotgun

Fusil de guerre

Army rifle

Fusil sous-marin

Underwater speargun

Fusillade

Shooting

Fusil-mitrailleur (FM)

Light machine gun (GB) / automatic rifle (US)

Fusiller qqun

To shoot sby (by firing squad)

Ft

Stock

Fuyard, fugitif, fugueur

Runaway

G
Gager

To guarantee

Gagner du terrain

To gain ground

Galon

Stripe

Galons d'anciennet

Harsh marks / harsh stripes

Gang

Gang, mob

Garde vue

Police custody, police detention

Garde champtre
Garde des rles, prsident de la chambre civile de la cour
d'appel
Garde des Sceaux

Rural policeman

Garde descendante

Old guard / coming off guard

Garde du corps

Bodyguard

Garde forestier

Forest warden

Garde fou

Rope guard

Garde montante

New guard / relieving guard

Garde rpublicaine

Republican guard

Garde-cte

Coast-guard

Garde-pche

Fishing guard / Fishing patrol

Garder qqch secret

To keep smth secret

Garder un prisonnier

To keep a prisoner under guard

Gardien

Warder

Gardien de la paix

Police constable

Gardien de prison

Warder, prison officer (GB)

Garrot

Tourniquet

GAV (Gendarme adjoint volontaire)

Voluntary Assistant Gendarme

Gaz asphyxiant

Asphyxiating gas

Gaz et agents toxiques

Gas and toxic agents

Gaz lacrymogne

Tear-gas

Gaz moutarde

Mustard gas

Gaz neurotoxique

Nerve gas

Gaz vsicant

Blister gas

Gendarme

Gendarme (a member of the military police force)

Gendarmerie de l'air

Air gendarmerie

Gendarmerie de l'armement

Armament gendarmerie

Gendarmerie dpartementale

Divisional gendarmerie

Gendarmerie des transports ariens (GTA)

Aerial transport gendarmerie

Gendarmerie d'outre-mer

Overseas territories gendarmerie

Gendarmerie maritime

Maritime gendarmerie

Gendarmerie mobile

Mobile gendarmerie

Gner, faire obstruction

To impede, to obstruct

Gnie (arme du)

Engineers

Gnocide

Genocide

Genouillre (MO)

Knee protection

Gelier

Gaoler, jailer

Gilet pare-balles (GPB)

Bullet-proof vest, jacket

Gilets de sauvetage

Life jackets

Gisement (topo)

Relative bearing

Gonfler

To inflate

The Master of the Rolls

The Lord Chancellor (GB), the Attorney General (US)

Goupille de scurit

Safety pin

Gourdin

Truncheon, club

Gouvernement

Government

Grce prsidentielle

Presidential pardon

Grce

Pardon

Gracier

To pardon

Grade

Rank

Grade universitaire

Degree (science degree, arts degree)

Grad

Warrant officer

Grand-route

Main road

Grands blesss

Serious cases, severely wounded

Graphologue

Graphologist, handwriting expert

Gravit de la blessure

Severity of the injury

Gredin

Rogue

Greffe (juridique)

Clerk's office

Greffier

Clerk of the court

Greffier en chef

Registrar

Grenade

Grenade

Grenade effet de souffle

Stun grenade

Grenade fusil

Rifle-grenade

Grenade main

Hand grenade

Grenade fulgurante

Sound and flash grenade

Grenade fumigne

Smoke grenade

Grenade lacrymogne

Tear-gas grenade

Grenade offensive (MO)

Offensive grenade

Grenade sous-marine

Depth charge

Grenaille

Lead shot

Grve

Strike

Grivement bless

Severely wounded

Griffe (signature)

Stamped signature

Grillage

Wire netting

Gros bonnets

Big wigs

Gros porteur

Wide-body aircraft

Grosse

Engrossed document, first authentic copy

Groupe de scurit de la prsidence de la Rpublique (GSPR) Security unit of the Presidency of the Republic
Groupe de splologues

Potholing units

Groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale (GIGN)

Gendarmerie nationale intervention unit

Groupement

Battalion, task force

Groupement blind
Groupement de scurit et d'intervention de la gendarmerie
nationale (GSIGN)
Gurilla

Wheeled armoured battalion

Gurillero

Guerrilla

Gurite

Sentry box

Guerre

War

Guerre chimique

Chemical warfare (CW)

Guerre civile

Civil war

Guerre du Golfe

Gulf war

Guerre mondiale

World war

Guerre sainte

Holy war

Guerrier

Warrior

Gendarmerie nationale security and intervention battalion

Guerrilla warfare

Guet-apens

Trap, ambush

Guetteur

Look-out

Guide haute de montagne

High mountain guide

Guidon

Front bead, fore-sight

Gyrophare

Blue light

H
Habilitation

Security clearance

Hache

Axe

Hallucinogne

Hallucinogen

Halte au feu!

Halt fire!

Halte!

Freeze! Halt!

Harclement

Harassment

Harnais complet

Full body harness

Haschisch

Hash, hashish, dope, shit, grass, spliff, blow

Haut-parleur

Loudspeaker

Hlice

Propeller

Hlicoptre

Helicopter

Hliport

Heliport

Herbe (drug)

Grass (drogue)

Hritage

Inheritance, legacy

Hritier

Heir

Hritier naturel

Heir-at-law

Hrone

"H", diamorphine, heroin, junk, smack

Hronomane

Heroin addict

Hros

Hero (sing), heroes (pl)

Herse

Batten

Heures de pointe

Rush hours

Heures de visite

Visiting hours

Heurter

To hit

Hirarchie

Hierarchy, line of command

Hisser le drapeau

To hoist the flag

Homicide involontaire

Manslaughter

Homicide volontaire

First degree murder, murder, homicide

Homme de loi (sens gnral)

Lawyer

Homme du rang

Rank and file, private (GB)

Homme puni

Defaulter

Honntet

Honesty

Honoraires

Fees

Hors contrle

Out of control

Hors de porte des projectiles

Out of (missile) range

Hors-la-loi

Outlaw

Huis clos (entretien ) NB sens + commercial

Behind closed doors

Huis clos (ordonner le)

To clear the court

Huissier (parlement)

Usher

Huissier de justice

Bailiff

Huissier, audiencier

Court usher, marshal

Hymne, chant national

National anthem

Hypothque

Mortgage

I
Idem (Id.)

Idem

Identification

Identifying, identification

Identifier

To identify

Ignifug

Fireproof

Illgal

Illegal

Illgalit

Illegality

Illgitime

Illegitimate (child), unlawful (marriage)

Illicite

Illicit

Immatriculation

Registration

Immunit

Immunity

Impact

Impact

Impact du tir

Fall of shot

Impliquer

To involve

Implorer la clmence

To make a plea for mercy

Impos par la loi

Statutory

Imposer des sanctions contre qqun

To impose sanctions on sbdy

Imposer le couvre-feu

To impose curfew

Imprim (nom)

Form

Impunit

Impunity

Imputer qqch qqun

To ascribe smth to sbdy

Incarcration

Incarceration, lockup, imprisonment

Incendie volontaire

Arson

Incliner la tte de qqun en arrire

To tilt sby's head backward

Incrimination

Accusation

Incrochetable

Burglar-proof, unpickable

Indemnit de risque, prime

Hazardous duty pay

Indemnit de stage

Training period allowance

Indicateur

Informant

Indicateur de direction

Flashing indicator light

Indicateur de vitesse

Speedometer

Indice

Clue

Indulgence

Leniency

Infanterie

Infantry

Infanticide

Infanticide

Infiltration

Intrusion

Infiltrer une organisation

To infiltrate an organisation

Inflexible

Adamant

Infliger

To inflict

Informel

Formless

Infraction

Offence

Infraction

Violation

Infrarouge

Infrared (IR)

Inhaler

To inhale, to sniff

Injecter une veine

To inject into a vein

Injonction

Injunction

Injonction du tribunal

Order of the Court

Injure

Insult, abuse, offensive language

Injurier

To abuse, to insult

Injuste

Unfair

Innocent

Innocent

Insaisissable

Not attachable, elusive

Inscription en faux

Plea of forgery

Inscrire ses noms et prnoms sur

To write down one's full name on

Insigne

Badge, insignia, sign

Insigne de bras ou de col

Rating badge

Insigne de casquette, de kpi

Cap insignia

Insigne de grade

Rank insignia

Insigne de l'arme

Branch insignia

Insigne de manche

Sleeve insignia

Insigne parachutiste

Parachutist's badge

Insister sur

To lay a stress on, to emphasize

Insolvable

Insolvent

Insoumis

Draft dodger (US)

Inspecteur de police

Police officer, police inspector

Inspection gnrale de la police nationale

Police Complaint Authority (GB)

Institut de recherche

Research institute
Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) (GB), National War
College (US)

Institut des hautes tudes de la dfense nationale (IHEDN)

Instruction de coordination

Coordinating instruction

Instruire un procs

To hear a case

Instrument dissuasif

Deterrent tool, deterrent device

Instrumenter contre qqun

To order proceedings

Insubordination

Insubordination

Insuffler dans

To blow into

Insurg

Insurgent

Insurrection

Uprising

Intenter un procs

To sue

Intenter un procs contre qqun

To bring a suit / an action against sbdy

Interarmes

Joint services

Interdiction (d'accs une zone)

Denial

Interdire

To forbid

Interdire (terme de mission)

To deny

Intermdiaire

Middleman

Interpeller et contrler qqun

To stop and check somebody

Interpeller et fouiller qqun

To stop and search somebody

Interprter

To construe

Interrogatoire

Interrogation, questioning

Interroger

To interrogate, to question

Intervenir

To intervene

Intimidation

Exertion of undue influence

Introduction

Introduction

Introduire une instance

To institute proceedings

Intrus

Intruder

Intrusion

Intrusion, violation

Irradier

To irradiate

Irrecevable

Inadmissible in court

Itinraire

Route

Itinraire de dispersion

Dispersal route

Itinraire de repli

Extraction route

Ivre

Drunk

Ivresse

Drunkenness

Ivrogne

Drunkard

J
Jalonner

To line, to mark out

Jambire (tibias et genoux) (MO)

Shin guars with knee pads

Jante

Rim

Jeter des cocktails Molotov

To hurl Molotov cocktails

Jeter des pierres, des projectiles

To throw stones, missiles

Joint

Joint

Judiciaire

Judicial

Juge de la Haute Cour

High Court Judge

Juge de paix

J.P (Justice of the Peace)

Juge des rfrs

Judge in Chamber

Juge d'instruction

Examining magistrate

Juge du fond

Trial judge

Juge et partie

Judge in one's own case

Juge itinrant

Circuit judge

Juge non professionnel

Lay magistrate

Juge pour enfants

Judge for minors

Juge professionnel sigeant temps partiel

Recorder

Jugement (discernement)

Judgement

Jugement en dernier ressort

Judgement without appeal

Jugement en premier ressort

Appealable judgement

Juger

To try a case

Juger en rfr

To try a case in chamber

Jugulaire

Chin strap

Jur

Juror

Jurer

To swear

Juridiction

Jurisdiction

Juridique

Legal

Jurisprudence

Case law

Jury

Jury

Juste

Fair

Justice militaire

Military law / Army Legal Service (ALS) (GB)

K
Kpi

Cap

Klaxon

Horn

Klaxonner

To hoot one's horn, to sound the horn

Kleptomane

Kleptomaniac

L
Laboratoire de raffinage (drogue)

Refining lab

Laissez-passer

Pass, permit

La main dans le sac

Red-handed

Lame

Blade

Lame de rasoir

Razor blade

Lampe de plonge

Diving lamp

Lance

Spear

Lance -flammes

Flame-projector

Lance grenades(lacrymo) Cougar

Tear gas launcher Cougar

Lance missile

Missile launcher

Lance- roquettes anti-char/ Bazooka

Bazooka

Lance-grenades

Riot control grenade launcher

Lance-pierres

Sling, catapult

Lancer violemment

To hurl at

Lance-roquettes

Rocket launcher

Larder

To stab

Lasser les manifestants

To wear down the demonstrators

Laver qqun d'un soupon

To clear a suspected person

Laver qqun d'une accusation

To clear sby from an accusation

Lgal

Legal

Lgaliser

To legalize

Lgalit (dans la)

Within the law

Lgrement bless

Slightly wounded

Lgion

Legion

Lgion d'honneur

Legion of honour

Lgion trangre

Foreign legion

Lgitime dfense

Self-defence

Lguer qqch qqun

To bequeath smth to sby

Lentille d'objectif

Objective lens

Lser les droits de qqun

To encroach upon sby's rights

Lettre anonyme

Anonymous letter

Lettre de rclamation

Letter of complaint

Leve d'crou

Discharge from prison

Lever l'embargo

To lift the embargo

Lever les scells

To remove the seals

Lever une peine

To cancel, to lift, to remit a punishment

Levier d'armement, d'jection

Bolt handle

Levier de vitesse

Gear change lever

Libeller un acte

To draw up

Libration conditionnelle

Parole, release on parole

Librer des otages

To release hostages

Librer les voies respiratoires

To clear the air way

Libert conditionnelle

Probation

Libert d'action

Freedom of action

Libert surveille

Under supervision release

Liberts publiques

Civil liberties

Licence (diplme universitaire)

Bachelor's degree / third year of university

Licence

Licence

Licenci en science

Bachelor of science

Lien en plastique (MO)

Plastic handcuff

Lieu de naissance

Birth place

Ligne de boucliers (MO)

Shield cordon

Ligne de mire

Line of fire

Ligoter

To tie sby up

Limier

Sleuth

Limite de bond (MO)

Limit of engagement

Liquidateur judiciaire

Liquidator

Litige

Dispute, lawsuit, litigation

Livrer qqch

To deliver smth

Livrer qqun

To hand over sby to

Livret de famille

Family record book

Logement

Accomodation

Logement des officiers clibataires

Bachelor officers' quarters (BOQ)

Loi

Act, Act of Parliament, bill, enactment, law, statute

Loi d'amnistie

Law of amnesty

Loi d'habilitation

Enabling Act

Loi martiale

Martial law

Loi rtroactive

Ex post facto law, retroactive law

Lotissement

Estate

Louche

Shifty

Louer (location)

To hire, to rent

Louper (la cible)

To miss (the target)

Lourde faute

Serious offence

Loyal

Frank

LSD

Acid, LSD; Lysergic acid diethylamide

Lunette de vise

Sighting telescope

Lunettes (MO)

Goggles

M
Madame (Mme) (courrier)

Madam (Mrs)

Mademoiselle (Melle)

Miss

Mafia

Mafia (GB)/ Mob

Magasin (armement)

Magazine tube

Magistrat

Magistrate

Magistrature

Judicature, judiciary (noun)

Magistrature du Parquet, Ministre public

State prosecutor

Magistrature du sige, magistrats

Bench, judges

Mainleve

Removal, withdrawal

Mainmise

Seizure

Maintenir l'embargo

To maintain the embargo

Maintenir l'ordre

To maintain order

Maison centrale

Prison for long sentences

Maison de redressement pour mineurs

Borstal (GB), Reformatory (US)

Matre chanteur

Blackmailer

Matre d'htel

Stewart

Matre-chien

Dog-handler

Malfaiteur

Offender

Mal fam

Disreputable

Malhonnte

Dishonest

Malmener qqun

To be rough with sby

Malveillance

Malicious intent, foul play

Manche balai (avion)

Joystick

Manchette pare-coups (MO)

Arm protection

Mandat

Warrant

Mandat d'arrt

Arrest warrant

Mandat de comparution

Subpoena, summons to appear before court

Mandat de dpt

Committal order

Mandat de perquisition

Search warrant

Mandater

To commission

Maniabilit

Manoeuvrability

Manifestation

Demonstration

Manuvre

Exercises, manuvre, drill

Manquement au devoir

Dereliction of duty

Manquer l'appel

To be absent from roll-call

Manquer de preuves

To lack evidence

Maquis (mouvement de rsistance)

Maquis

Marchandise de contrebande

Smuggled good

Marcher au pas

To march

Marcher sur (direction)

To march over

Mare noire

Oil slick

Mari

Married

Marine

Royal Navy (GB), US Navy

Marquer le pas (MO)

To mark time

Marteau (arme feu)

Hammer

Marteau d'alpinisme

Alpine hammer

Marteau du percuteur

Detonate hammer

Marteau piolet (escalade)

Ice-hammer

Masculin

Male

Masnottes double fermeture (MO)

Double lock handcuffs

Masque (plonge)

Mask

Masque gaz

Gas mask, respirator (GB)

Masque de protection (MO)

Goggles

Massacrer

To massacre

Matraque

Club, truncheon

Matraque en caoutchouc (MO)

Rubber truncheon

Matraquer

To club

Matricule

Regimental number

Mazout

Oiled

Mdaille

Medal

Mdaille militaire

Military decoration

Mdecin

Medical Officer (MO)

Mdecin lgiste

Coroner, medical examiner, pathologist

Mdiateur

Ombudsman, ombudsperson

Membre de la chambre des Communes

Member of parliament (MP)

Membre d'un groupe d'autodfense

Vigilant

Menace nuclaire

Nuclear threat

Menacer

To threaten

Menaces sur les flancs (MO)

Flanking threats

Mener

To lead to

Mener un enqute

To conduct an inquiry

Mener une campagne de terrorisme

To wage a terrorist campaign

Mener une enqute

To lead an investigation

Meneurs

Ringleaders

Menotter

To handcuff, to restrain

Menottes

Handcuffs

Mentionn ci-dessous (courrier)

Hereinafter mentioned

Mentir

To lie, to deceive

Mercenaire

Mercenary

Merci l'avance, vous remerciant par avance

Thank you in advance, thanking you in advance

Mesdames (Mmes) (courrier)

Ladies

Message

Message

Messieurs (MM) (courrier)

Gentlemen

Mesures de partenariat avec le public

Community policing

Mesures de protection

Protective measures

Mettre au garde vous

To call to attention

Mettre en accusation

To arraign

Mettre en danger la vie de qqun

To endanger sby's life

Mettre en tat d'arrestation

To put under arrest

Mettre en examen

To charge

Mettre en fourrire

To tow away

Mettre en prison

To put away, to gaol, to jail

Mettre le feu

To set fire to

Mettre les scells sur qqch

To affix the seal on something

Mettre qqun aux arrts

To restrict sby to quarters

Mettre qqun en dtention provisoire

To remand sby on custody

Mettre qqun en libert provisoire sous caution

To release sby on bail, to bail sby

Mettre qqun en libert surveille

To put sby on probation

Mettre qqun en rgime cellulaire

To put sby in solitary confinement

Mettre qqun sur coute

To tap someone's phone

Mettre sous les verrous

To lock up

Mettre un tlphone sur table d'coute

To tap a phone

Meurtre

Murder, homicide

Meurtre accompli de sang froid

Cold-blooded murder

Meurtre maquill en accident

Murder faked up to look like an accident

Meutrier

Murderer

Milice

Militia

Milicien

Militiaman

Militaire de carrire

Regular military

Mine

Mine

Mineur

Juvenile, minor

Ministre

Ministry
Ministry of Defence (MOD) (GB), Department of Defense (DOD)
(US)
Treasury Department (US), Ministry of Finance Treasury (GB)

Ministre de la Dfense
Ministre de l'Economie et des Finances
Ministre de l'Intrieur
Ministre public

Home Office (GB)

Department of State (US), Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Foreign
Office (GB)
Prosecutor

Ministre

Minister (GB) / Secretary (US)

Ministre

Secretary (US)

Ministre de l'conomie et des Finances

Chancellor of the Exchequer (GB), Secretary of Treasury (US)

Ministre dlgu

Minister of State

Ministre d'tat

Senior minister

Minute d'un acte

To record a deed or judgement

Mirador

Watchtower

Mis en cause

Suspect

Mis en libert conditionnelle

Released on parole

Mise feu

Firing

Mise en place

Deployment

Missile antimissile

Anti-missile missile

Missile autoguid

Self-guiding missile

Missile balistique

Ballistic missile

Missile sol-air

Ground-to-air missile

Missile sol-sol

Ground-to-ground missile

Mission

Mission

Missions pacifiques

Peace missions

Mitrailler

To machine-gun

Mitrailleuse

Machine-gun

Mobilisation

Mobilisation

Mode d'action

Course of action

Modifier son tmoignage

To alter one's testimony

Murs

Morals/ Standards of behaviour

Monsieur (M)

Mister (Mr)

Monter en grade

To be promoted

Monter (vhicule)

To get on

Mort (nom), mort (adj.)

Death (noun), dead (adj)

Mortel

Lethal, fatal

Mortier

Mortar

Ministre des Affaires Etrangres

Moteur

Engine (GB), motor (US)

Mouchard

Fink, grass, snitch (GB)

Mourir pour une cause

To die for a cause

Mousqueton

Crab

Mousqueton (escalade)

Karabiner

Mouvement clandestin

Underground movement

Mouvement vers l'avant

Forward movement

Moyens ariens

Aviation assets

Moyens d'interception

Monitoring devices

Munition explosive non explose

Unexploded explosive ordnance

Munitions

Ammunition

Munitions non mortelles

Non-lethal ammunition

Mutation

Transfer

Muter qqun

To transfer sby

Mutilation volontaire

Self-inflicted injury

Mutinerie

Mutiny

N
Nappe (de mazout)

Slick

Nationalit

Nationality

Nations unies

United Nations (UN)

Naturalisation

Naturalization

Naufrage

Shipwreck, wreckage

Navire de guerre

Warship

NBC (nuclaire, biologique, chimique)

NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical)

Born in

Ne pas tre son poste

To be out of station

Ne pas tre de service

To be off duty

Nant

None

Ngligence

Negligence

Nettoyage

Cleaning up

Nettoyer

To clean up

Neutraliser

To neutralise, to overpower

Nez

Nose

Nier

To deny

Nier l'accusation

To deny the accusation

Nocif

Harmful

Nom

Name

Nom de famille

Surname

Nom de jeune fille

Maiden name

Non clat, non explos

Dud

Non-lieu

Nonsuit (noun)

Notation annuelle

Fitness report

Note officielle

Official note

Note

Memo

Notes explicatives

Explanatory remarks

Notifier

To notify

Notifier un acte judiciaire

To serve legal process on

Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter

We have pleasure in inviting you to

Nous avons l'honneur de vous informer que

We beg to inform you that

Noyade

Drowning

Noyauter

To infiltrate

Nullit (juridique)

Invalidity, nullity

Numro de matricule

Badge number

O
Obir une sommation

To obey a summons

Obissance

Obedience

Objecteur de conscience

Conscientious objector

Objectif

Aim

Objet pig

Booby trap

Obligatoire

Mandatory

Obtemprer

To obey

Obtenir un effet

To achieve an effect

Obus

Shell

Obus balles

Shrapnel shell

Obus anti-arien

Anti-aircraft shell

Obus brisant

Live shell

Obus de mortier

Mortar shell

Obus non clat

Blind-shell

Obus perforant

Armour-piercing shell

Occuper un territoire

To occupy a territory

illeton

Eyehole

Officier

Officer, commissioned officer

Officier deux galons

Two striper

Officier de carrire

Career officer, active duty officer

Officier de garde, de permanence

Command duty officer, officer of the day, officer on duty

Officier de haut rang

High-ranking officer

Officier de liaison

Liaison officer

Officier de marine

Naval officer

Officier de police

Police officer, police inspector

Officier de renseignement

Intelligence officer

Officier de rserve

Reserve officer

Officier des relations publiques

Public Affairs Officer (PAO)

Officier d'tat major

Staff officer (SO) (GB)

Officier fusilier-commando

Special warfare officer

Officier marinier

Petty officer

Officier sous-marinier

Submarine warfare officer

Officier spcialis

Limited duty officer (LDO)

Officier subalterne

Junior officer

Officier suprieur

Senior officer

Officiers 'issus du rang'

Commissioned officers 'risen from the ranks'

Ogive nuclaire

Nuclear warhead

ONU (Organisation des nations unies)

UN (United Nations) (O) (Organisation)

Opration

Operation

Opration aroporte

Airborne operation

Opration au contact

Close operation

Opration coup de poing

Crackdown

Opration de MO

Public order operation

Opration mcanise

Mechanised operation

Opiacs

Opiates

Opposition un jugement

Opposition to judgement

Ordonnance du juge

Judge's order

Ordonner le huis clos

To order a case to be heard in camera

Ordre

Decoration

Ordre de bataille

Orbat (order of battle)

Ordre des avocats

The Bar

Ordre d'vacuation

Evacuation order

Ordre d'excution

Death warrant

Ordre prparatoire (MO)

Warning order

Ordre serr

Close order drill

Oreillette

Radio earpiece

Organisateurs

Organisers

Organisation des secours

Assistance plans, emergency plans

Organisation judiciaire, de la justice

Judicial system

Orientation

Guidance, guideline

OSC (Officiers sous contrat)

Commissioned officers under contract

Otage

Hostage

OTAN

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)

Outil d'amarrage (escalade)

Tool for cotter pin

Outrage

Insulting behaviour

Ouverture d'information

Opening of a preliminary investigation

Ouvrir le feu

To open fire

Overdose

Overdose

P
Pagaie

Paddle

Pagaille

Mess

Pair (le) (GB)

Peer

Paix

Peace

Palais de justice

Court (of justice)

Palais de l'lyse

Elyse Palace

Palmes (plonge)

Fins

Palpation

(Frisk) search

Panier salade (argot)

Black Maria

Panne

Breakdown

Panneaux de signalisation

Road signs

Pansement

Dressing

Pansement individuel

Individual first aid

Papier buvard

Blotting paper

Paquebot

Luxury liner

Par contumace

In his/her absence

Par dfaut

In absentia

Par exemple

Exampli gratia (e.g)

Par procuration

By proxy, per procurationem (p.p)

Parachutage

Parachuting

Parachutiste (nom)

Paratrooper

Parachutiste (adjectif)

Airborne

Paragraphe

Paragraph

Paratre en justice

To appear in court

Parcmtre

Parking meter

Parcours du combattant

Obstacle course

Pare-brise

Windscreen (GB), windshield (US)

Pare-chocs

Bumpers (GB), fenders (US)

Parlement

Parliament

Parler au nom de

To speak on behalf of

Parloir

Prison visiting room

Parquet (juridique)

The Prosecution

Partenariats

Partnerships

Parti conservateur (GB)

Conservative Party

Parti travailliste (GB)

Labour party

Partie lse

Injured party

Parties (au procs)

Parties

Partisan

Partisan, supporter

Pas de tir

Shooting range

Passage niveau

Level crossing

Passage clout

Crosswalk (US) / Pedestrian crossing (GB)

Passage interdit

No entrance

Passe-partout

Master key, skeleton key

Passeport

Passport

Passer la douane

To go through (the ) customs

Passer tabac

To beat sby up

Passer au peigne fin

To comb

Passer en jugement

To be brought up for trial, to come up for judgement

Passer en premire

To get into first gear

Passer en revue

To hold a review

Passer par les cts

To pass round the flanks

Passer qqun par les armes

To shoot sby (by firing squad)

Passerelle

Gangway

Passible de

Liable to

Patrouille

Patrol

Patrouiller dans un quartier

To patrol a district, to patrol a beat (GB)

Patte d'paule

Shoulder board

Pav

Cobblestone

Payer la caution de qqun

To bail sby out

Payer pour un crime

To pay for a crime

Page

Toll

Pdale d'embrayage

Clutch pedal

Pdophilie

Paedophilia

Pgre

Gangland

Peindre des slogans

To paint slogans

Peine

Sentence

Peine avec sursis

Suspended sentence

Peine capitale

Capital punishment

Peine de mort

Death penalty, death sentence

Peine de prison

Prison sentence

Peine de substitution

Alternative punishment

Peine infamante

Penalty involving the loss of civil rights

Peine

Penalty

Peinture mtallise

Metallic paint

Peloton

Platoon

Peloton de gendarmerie de haute montagne

Mountain unit

Peloton de surveillance et d'intervention de la gendarmerie

Gendarmerie Surveillance and Intervention Platoon

Peloton d'excution

Firing squad, firing party

Peloton motoris

Motorised platoon

Pendaison

Death by hanging

Pnitencier

Penitentiary

Perce

Breakthrough

Percuteur

Firing pin

Priphrique

Ring-road

Permis

Licence

Permis de conduire

Driving licence (GB), driver's licence (US)

Permission

Leave, liberty

Permissionnaire

Liberty man

Perquisitionner

To search

Persvrant

Strenuous

Personnel administratif et technique

Civilian staff

Personnel dispers

Scattered members

Personnel enseignant

Teaching staff

Personnes effectuant un sitting

Obstructive sitters

Pertes

Casualties

Perturber l'ordre public

To disrupt public order

Ptard

Blast, petard

Petit larcin

Petty larceny

Petit ou gros blier pour enfoncer une porte (MO)

Ram (small or big one) for intrusion

Phare (mer)

Lighthouse

Phare antibrouillard

Fog lamp

Phares (voiture)

Headlights

Pice conviction

Exhibit

Pice-jointe

Enclosure (Enc.)

Piger

To booby-trap

Pitiner mort

To trample to death

Piton

Pedestrian

Piller

To loot

Piller des entrepts

To plunder warehouse

Piller des maisons

To ransack houses

Pilleur d'pave

Wrecker

Pilonnage

Pounding

Pilonner

To pound

Pilote

Pilot

Piqre

Fix, injection

Pirate de l'air

Hijacker

Piste d'atterrissage

Landing runway

Piste d'avion

Runway

Piste de circulation

Taxiway

Piste de dcollage

Takeoff runway

Pister

To track

Pistolet

Pistol

Pistolet automatique

Automatic pistol

Pistolet mitrailleur

Submachine gun

Pitons (attaches rapides dans la roche, en escalade)

Bolts (expansion bolts) and hangers

Place d'armes

Parade ground

Place de stationnement

Parking place

Placer qqun en garde vue

To hold sby in police custody

Plaider coupable

To plead guilty

Plaider la lgitime dfense

To make a plea of self-defence

Plaider une cause

To plead a cause

Plaidoirie

Pleading

Plaignant

Plaintiff, prosecutor

Plainte

Complaint

Plan (d'un crit)

Plan

Plan d'urgence

Contingency plan

Plan ORSEC

French Emergency Organization Scheme

Plannification

Planning

Planque (police)

Stake out

Planton

Orderly

Plaque de cramique

Ceramic plates

Plaque minralogique

Registration plate, license plate

Plastron

OPFOR (opposing force)

Plongeur

Diver

Plongeur dmineur

Clearance diver

Pneu

Tire, tyre

Pneu plat

Flat tyre, tire

Pneu crev

Punctured tyre, tire

Pneu us

Worn-out tyre, tire

Poignard

Dagger

Poignarder

To stab

Poigne

Door- handle

Poigne jumard (escalade)

Jumard ascender

Point d'affrontement

Flash point

Point d'appui

Operation base

Point de contrle

Checkpoint

Point de rendez-vous

Rendez-vous

Point sensible

Vulnerable point

Pointer sur

To aim at, to point at

Pointer une arme

To point a gun

Poison

Poison

Police administrative

General Policing

Police de la circulation

Traffic police (GB), state highway patrol (US)

Police de l'air et des frontires

Border police

Police des murs

Vice squad

Police fluviale

River police

Police judiciaire

Judicial police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) GB

Police militaire

Royal Military Police (RMP) (GB) / Military Police Corps (MP)

(US)

Police monte

Mounted police (RCMP)

Police technique et scientifique

Scientific and technical police

Police-secours

Emergency services

Policier

Policeman, police officer, (police) constable (GB)

Policier en civil

Plainclothes policeman

Polluant (agent)

Pollutant

Polluer

To pollute

Pollution

Pollution

Polytechniciens

Cadet officers at the Ecole Polytechnique

Pompier

Fireman

Pont infrieur

Lower deck

Pont suprieur

Upper deck

Pontet

Trigger guard

Population pnitentiaire

Prison population

Port

Harbour

Port d'arme prohib

Illegal carrying of weapon

Porte bton

Belt loop

Porte blinde

Reinforced door

Porte tonfa

Holder for side handled baton/truncheon

Porte-avions

Aircraft carrier

Porte-chargeur

Magazine carrier

Porte

Range

Porter plainte

To lodge a complaint

Porter plainte contre qqun

To lodge a complaint against sby

Porter une cagoule

To wear a hood

Porteur de bouclier (MO)

Shield man

Portez armes!

Carry sword! Port arms! Shoulder, arms!

Portire

Door

Portrait robot

Composite drawing

Poser une bombe

To plant a bomb

Possession

Possession

Possession (drogue)

Detention

Poste de douane

Customs house

Poste de pilotage

Cockpit

Poste de police

Station

Poste d'observation

OP (observation post)

Post-scriptum

Postscript

Postuler

To apply for

Pot d'chappement

Exhaust pipe

Pot-de-vin

Bribe

Poteau indicateur

Sign-post

Poudre

Powder

Poulet

Cop, copper, bobby, fuzz

Poupe

Stern

Pour bonne conduite

For good behaviour

Pour cent

Per cent (p.c)

Poursuivre

To prosecute

Poursuivre l'ennemi

To pursue the enemy

Pourvoi en grce

Petition for mercy

Prcipice

Precipice

Prcipit

Hasty

Prfecture de police

Police force headquarters

Prfet

Prefect

Prjudice

Loss, detriment, prejudice

Prlvement

Sample, sampling

Prmditation

Premeditation

Premier Ministre

Prime Minister

Premiers secours

First aid

Prendre revers

To take in reverse / to take in the rear

Prendre des otages

To take hostages

Prendre des prcautions

To take precautions

Prendre feu

To catch fire

Prendre le maquis

to take to the bush, to the mountains

Prendre qqun en filature

To shadow sby

Prendre qqun en flagrant dlit

To catch sby red-handed / in the act

Prendre sa retraite

To go into retirement, to retire

Prnom

First name

Prparation

Planning

Prpar l'avance

Deliberate

Prparer un examen

To read for an exam

Prsentation au drapeau

Trooping the colours

Prsenter une pice d'identit

To show some identification

Prsentez armes!

Draw sword! Present arms! Present sword!

Prsident de la Rpublique

President of the Republic

Prsident des sous-officiers

Regimental Sergeant-Major (RSM) (GB)

Prsident du jury

Foreman, forewoman

Prsomption

Presumption

Prsomptions

Circumstantial evidence

Prter usure

To lend at usurious rates of interest

Prter serment

To be sworn in, to take an oath

Preuve

Evidence, proof

Preuves concluantes

Conclusive evidence

Preuves indirectes, prsomptions

Circumstantial evidence

Prvenir

To notify

Prvenir (un suspect de ses droits)

To caution

Prvenu (nom)

Defendant

Prime de dplacement

Dispatch money

Prise partie sur les arrires

Attack against rear

Priser de la poudre

To sniff powder

Prison

Gaol, jail, prison

Privation de libert

Loss of liberty

Privation des droits civiques

Deprival of civil rights, deprivation of civil rights

Priver de libert

To deprive of liberty

Procdure (acte de)

Legal proceedings

Procdure (forme)

Legal procedure

Procdure administrative

Administrative proceedings

Procdure civile

Civil procedure

Procdure pnale

Criminal procedure, criminal proceedings

Procs

Action, trial, lawsuit

Procs criminel

Criminal court trial

Procs en diffamation

Libel proceedings

Procs-verbal

Police report

Procureur de la Rpublique

Attorney general (US) / Public prosecutor (GB)

Produit de remplacement

Substitute

Profanation

Violation

Profession

Occupation

Prohiber

To prohibit

Projectiles divers

Miscellaneous projectiles

Projection de force

Power projection

Prolonger un engagement

To extend an enlistment

Prononcer un discours

To deliver a speech

Prononcer un jugement

To pass sentence, to deliver a sentence

Prononcer un verdict

To return a verdict

Prostitue

Prostitute

Prostitution

Prostitution

Protection balistique

Ballistic protection

Protection de l'environnement

Environment protection

Protection des personnes et des biens

Protection of people and properties

Protection dorsale (MO)

Back protection

Protger de

To protect from

Protge-tibias (MO)

Shin protection

Proue

Stem

Prouver

To prove

Provoquer le vandalisme

To provoke vandalism

Provoquer un embouteillage

To trigger a jam

Provoquer un incendie

To commit arson

Proxnte

Pimp, procurer

Proxntisme

Pimping, procuring

Publier des annonces officielles

To publish official announcements,

Publier un communiqu

To issue a communiqu, an official statement

Puissance de feu

Firepower

Punir

To punish

Punissable

Punishable

Punition

Punishment, penalty

Purger sa peine

To serve one's sentence

Putsch

Putsch / takeover by force

Pyromane

Arsonist

Q
Qqun qui se drogue occasionnellement

Casual user

Quadriller le terrain

To control the area, to cover the area

Quai (port)

Wharf

Qualifier

To qualify

Quartier des officiers maris

Married officers' quarters (MOQ)

Quartier(s) gnral(aux)

Headquarters

Qui n'est pas de garde (en repos)

Off duty

Qui va l ? Qui vive ?

Who goes there ?

Quitter les rangs

To fall out

R
Racket

Racketeering

Racoler

To solicit

Radar

Radar

Radiation nuclaire

Nuclear radiation

Radioactivit

Radioactivity

Rafale

Round

Rafle

Raid, round up

RAID (recherche, assistance, intervention, dissuasion) police

nationale

National Police Intervention Team

Ralentir

To slow down

Rallier son unit

To rejoin one's unit

Rancur publique

Public resentment

Ranon

Ransom

Rang d'anciennet

Lineal number

Rang

Cordon

Rapidit de mouvement

Speed of movement

Rapport (expos, compte-rendu)

Report, memo

Rassemblement

Rally

Rassemblement !

Fall in!

Rassembler

To gather

Rassembler des preuves

To collect evidence

Ratelier d'armes

Weapon rack

Ratelier de fusils

Rifle rack

Ratissage

Combing

Ratisser

To comb

Ravin

Gully, ravine

Ravisseur

Captor, kidnapper

Racteur

Reactor

Ragir rapidement

To react quickly

Rebelle

Rebel

Rbellion

Rebellion, resisting arrest

Recel d'objets vols

Handling of stolen goods, receiving stolen goods

Receleur

Fence, receiver

Recevable

Admissible

Recevez mes/nos salutations distingues

Yours faithfully, yours sincerely, yours truly (less formal)

Recevoir des menaces de mort

To receive death threats

Recevoir le brevet d'officier

To be commissioned

Recharger (arme)

To refill

Recherche aro-maritime

Sea Air Rescue (SAR)

Rechute

Relapse

Rcidiver

To repeat an offence

Rcidiviste

Repeat offender, habitual criminal, delinquent

Rclamation

Complaint

Rclusion perptuit

Life imprisonment

Rcompenser

To reward

Reconstituer les circonstances du crime

To reconstitute the circumstances of the crime

Reconvertir

To retrain

Recours

Appeal

Recours (par la VH)

Appeal through official channels

Recours en grce

Appeal for mercy, petition for reprieve, plea for pardon

Recrue

Draftee

Recrutement

Recruitment

Recrutement sur titre

Recruitment according to qualifications

Recruter

To recruit

Recto (papier)

Front page

Recueil de lois

Compendium of laws

Recueillir la dposition de qqun

To take one's evidence

Recul (du canon)

Recoil

Recul (du fusil)

Kick

Rcursoire

Liable to appeal

Rcuser tmoignage

To object a testimony

Rcuser une preuve

To impugn a piece of evidence

Rdacteur

Writer

Rdiger un document

To make out a document, to draw up

Rduction de solde

Loss of pay

Rduire un obstacle, une barricade

To breach an obstacle, a barrier

Rfrence

Reference

Rfrer qqch (se)

To refer to smth

Rforme

Discharge

Rformer

To discharge

Refoulement

To refuse to allow someone on the French territory

Refuge de montagne

Alpine hut

Rfugi

Refugee

Rgiment de cavalerie (GR)

Household Cavalry Regiment

Rgiment d'infanterie (GR)

Infantry battalion

Rgion

Region

Rgion boise (MO)

Woodland

Rglement douanier

Customs regulation

Rglement, rglementation

Rules, regulations

Rglementaire

Statutory

Regretter

To be sorry, to regret

Rhabilitation

Rehabilitation

Rhabiliter

To rehabilitate

Rejet

Dismissal

Relcher

To release, to set free

Relations publiques

Public relations

Relve sur place

Relief in place

Relever

To relief, to relieve

Relever qqun de ses fonctions

To relieve sby of his duties

Remercier qqun de / pour qqch

To thank sby for smth

Remettre qqun la police

To deliver sby to the police

Remise de peine

Reduction in one's sentence

Remontrance

Warning

Remorquer

To tow

Rempart

Rampart

Remplir sa mission

To complete the task

Remplir un formulaire

To fill in a form

Rendre compte

To report

Rendre compte de la situation

To report on the situation

Rendre compte de qqch

To account for

Rendre la justice

To administer justice

Rendre un jugement

To pass sentence, to deliver a sentence

Rendre une condamnation

To pronounce a sentence

Renforts

Reinforcements

Rengainer

To put back in holster

Renoncer

To give up

Rnover (matriel)

To upgrade

Renseignement

Intelligence

Renseignements gnraux

Security branch of the police force

Renvers par une voiture qui a pris la fuite

Run over by a hit-and-run driver

Renverser des voitures

To overturn cars

Renverser le gouvernement

To overthrow, to overturn the government

Renverser un homme d'tat

To topple a statesman

Renvoyer les deux parties dos dos

To dismiss both parties unsuited

Rpandre des maladies pidmiques

To spread epidemic diseases

Reprer le meneur (MO)

To spot the leader

Repos !

Stand at ease ! At ease !

Reposez, armes!

Order, arms!

Rpression

Quelling

Rprimander

To caution

Repris de justice

Habitual criminal, habitual delinquent

Rpublique franaise

French Republic

Requrant (plainte)

Applicant

Requrir

To demand

Requrir une peine

To demand a penalty

Requte

Request

Rquisition

Closing speech for the prosecution, requisition

Rquisitoire

The public prosecutor's charge

Rseau routier

Road network

Rserve

Reserve

Rserve de projectiles

Stock piles of missiles

Rserviste

Reservist

Rservoir d'essence

Fuel tank

Rsilier

To annul, to cancel

Respecter la limitation de vitesse

To respect the speed limits

Respiration artificielle

Artificial respiration

Respirer

To breathe

Responsable (qui doit rendre des comptes)

Accountable

Ressort (tribunal)

Scope, competence

Ressort judiciaire

Judicial area

Ressortissants rsidant l'tranger

Nationals residing abroad, expatriates

Rester calme

To keep one's temper

Rester impuni

To remain unpunished

Restreindre

To restrict

Rsum

Abstract, summary

Rsumer

To summarize, to sum up

Rtablir la peine de mort

To restore death penalty

Rtablissement de l'ordre

Restoration of public order

Retard

Lateness

Retombes radioactives

Radioactive fallout

Retrait du permis de conduire

Driving ban, disqualification from driving

Retraite

Retirement

Retrait

Pensioner

Retraite (paye)

Pension

Retrait (un)

Retired person

Rtroactif

Retroactive, retrospective

Rtrogradation

Demotion

Rtrograder

To demote, to reduce in rank

Rtroviseur

Rear-view mirror

Russir un examen

To get through an exam, to pass an exam

Rvlation

Disclosure

Revendeur

Pusher

Revendiquer

To claim responsibility for

Revenir au point mort

Return to neutral

Rvolte

Riot

Rvolution

Revolution

Revolver

Revolver

Rien dclarer

Nothing to declare

Rien signaler (RAS)

Nothing to report (NTR)

Riposte

Counter-attack

Rixe

Brawl, scuffle

Rodo

Joyride

Rder

To prowl

Rompez les rangs!

Dismiss!

Rompre les rangs

To break off, to dismiss

Ronde

Beat, patrol

Rond-point

Roundabout

Roue

Wheel

Roue de secours

Spare tyre

Route grande circulation (autoroute)

Highway (US)

Route quatre voies

Dual carriageway (GB), divided highway (US)

Route dpartementale

Secondary road

Ruban de dcoration

Ribbons

Rue sens unique

One-way street

Rue troite

Narrow street

Rue large

Wide street

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S'abmer la sant

To impair one's health

Sabotage

Sabotage

Saboteur

Saboteur

Sabre

Sabre

Sac dos

Haversack

Sac fourre-tout tanche

Water resistant holdall

Sac mortuaire dans lequel on transporte les cadavres

Body bag

Saccager des pierres tombales

To vandalize tombstones

S'accoutumer

To be addicted to

Sadique

Sadist

S'adonner

To addict to, to indulge in, to take to

Saigner

To bleed

Saisie

Seizure

Saisie conservatoire

Seizure for security

Saisie des biens provenant d'une infraction ou servant sa

commission

Arrest forfeiture (US)

Saisie-arrt

Attachment, garnishment

Saisir

To seize

Saisir en douane

To seize under customs process

Saisir un tribunal d'une affaire

To refer a matter to a court

Salle d'audience

Court room, public gallery

Salle de police

Defaulters' room

Salle d'embarquement (aroport)

Departure lounge

Salut (le)

Salute

Salut au drapeau

Trooping the colours

Salve

Salvo

Sanglant

Bloody

Sans connaissance (qui a perdu connaissance)

Unconscious

Sans effusion de sang

Without bloodshed

Sans visibilit

With no visibility

Sauvagement

Savagely

Sceau

Seal

Scell

Exhibit

Scinder

To split up into

Scruter

To scan

Se cacher

To hide

Se dployer

To deploy

Se dtriorer

To deteriorate

Se droguer

To be on drugs, to take drugs

Se frayer un chemin

To clear a path

Se garer

To park

Se joindre une chasse l'homme

To join a man-hunt

Se matriser

To keep one's temper

Se mettre au garde vous

To come to attention

Se mettre en rang

To fall in

Se noyer

To get drowned

Se perfectionner en anglais

To improve one's English

Se piquer

To hype up, to shoot up; to infect

Se plaindre de

To complain about smth

Se pourvoir

To lodge an appeal

Se prparer la guerre

To get ready for war

Se prsenter un examen

To sit in for, to go in for, to go up for, to enter for an examination

Se prsenter au procs

To turn up for trial

Se prsenter devant le tribunal

To appear before the court

Se ranger aux cts de

To side with

Se rassembler

To link-up

Se reconvertir

To move into, to turn to a new profession

Se regrouper

To regroup

Se rendre

To surrender

Se rendre sur place toute vitesse

To rush on the spot

Se rorganiser

To reorganise

Se rpandre

To spread

Se replier sur

To fall back to, to withdraw to

Se retirer de

To withdraw

Se retrancher pour une embuscade

To dig in for an ambush

Se spcialiser en

To specialize in

Se tapir

To lurk
Line up

Sance d'identification, tapissage (range de personnes

assemble par la police pour l'identification d'un suspect).
S'chapper de prison

To break prison

Secourir

To aid, to rescue, to assist, to help

Secours

Emergency

Secours en montagne

Mountain rescue

S'craser

To crash

Secret

Secrecy, undercover

Secret d'tat

State secret

Secrtaire d'tat

Junior minister in

Secte

Cult

Section de recherches (SR)

Criminal investigation squad

Sections ariennes gendarmerie

Gendarmerie air squads

Scurit arienne

Air safety

Scurit publique

Public safety, public security

Scurit routire

Road safety

Sjour irrgulier

Non authorized stay

Slecteur de tir

Fire control selector

Selon la loi

By statute

S'embusquer

To take over

Semer la destruction

To play havoc with

S'emparer de

To capture

S'empoisonner

To get poisoned

S'en tirer avec

To get away with

S'enfuir

To abscond, to escape, to flee, to run away

S'enivrer

To get drunk

Sentence

Sentence

Sentier

Path

Sentiment d'inscurit

Fear of crime

Sentinelle

Sentry

Seringue

Shot, syringe

Serment dcisoire

Decisive oath

Serment professionnel

Swearing-in

Service

Department

Service de

Agency

Service de jour

Day-duty

Service de nuit

Night-duty

Service de protection des hautes personnalits (SPHP) police

nationale

Secret Service (US), Royalty and Diplomatic Protection

Department (GB)

Service du JAP (Juge d'application des peines)

Parole Board

Service intrieur

Barracks duty

Service militaire

Conscription, draft (US)

Service rgional de police judiciaire (SRPJ) police nationale

Police Criminal Investigation Unit

Services secrets

Secret services

Servir de bouclier humain

To serve as human shield

Svre

Harsh, severe

Svices

Ill treatment

S'excuser de qqch

To apologize for something

Sexe

Sex

Siger

To sit

Sifflet

Whistle

SIGEM (Sminaire interarmes des grandes coles militaires)

Joint services seminar of military academies

Signal d'alarme

Alarm signal

Signalement

Description

Signaler la gendarmerie

To report to the gendarmerie

Signaler qqun que

To point out to sby

Signature

Signature

Signer

To sign

Signes particuliers

Distinguishing marks

Signifier

To notify

Simulateur

Malingerer

S'infiltrer chez l'ennemi

To infiltrate the enemy

S'infiltrer l'un aprs l'autre (au compte-gouttes)

To dribble forward one by one

Sirne

Siren

Situation de famille

Maritus status

Socit nationale de sauvetage en mer

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) GB

Soldat

Soldier, private (rank)

Soldat amricain

GI (government issue)

Soldat britannique

Tommy (Informal)

Soldat inconnu

Unknown soldier

Solde (la)

Pay

Solvant

Solvent

Sombrer

To sink

Sommation

Warning

Sommation comparatre

Summons to appear

Somnifre

Sleeping pill

Soudoyer

To bribe

Souiller

To foul

Soulvement

Upheaval

Soulever une foule

To stir up a crowd

Souligner

To emphasize

Soupon

Suspicion

Souponner de

To suspect of

Source d'approvisionnement

Source of supply

Sournois

Shifty

Sous couverture

Undercover

Sous l'escorte de

Under the escort of

Sous-marin

Submarine

Sous-officier

Non-commissioned officer

Soute bagages

Baggage hold

Soute munitions

Magazine

Soute obus

Shell room

Spcialisation

Skill, specialisation

Spcialis en

Skilled at

Spcialiste du dminage

Bomb disposal expert

Spcialit militaire

Military occupation speciality (MOS)

Sphre de comptence

Field of competence, area of responsibility

Stage en unit GD

Courses on the field in the divisional gendarmerie

Stage national de qualification au commandement

National Command Qualification Training Period

Stages parachutiste et commando

Parachute and commando training periods

Stages professionnels

Professional training periods

Stand de tir

Firing range

Starter

Choke

Station (centre d'coute)

Monitoring station

Stipuler que

To lay down that

Stock de projectiles

Stock piles of missiles

Stopper

To block

Stupfiants

Drugs, narcotics

Style (criture)

Style

Subir de lourdes pertes

To suffer heavy losses

Subir des examens

To take examinations

Subir des violences sexuelles

To be sexually assaulted

Substitut

Deputy

Subversion

Subversion

Suicide

Suicide

Suite votre lettre du

Further to your letter of

Suivi lectronique distance (peine alternative)

Electronic monitoring

Suivre la procdure

To follow the procedure

Suivre la trace de qqun

To trace sby, to track sby

Suppression des barrires douanires

Removal of tariff barriers

Sur le terrain

Job (on the)

Sret arrire

Rear protection

Sret latrale (MO)

Flank protection

Surpasser en nombre

To outnumber

Sursis

Suspended sentence

Surveillance ctire (patrouille de )

Inshore patrol

Surveillant

Watchman

Surveiller qqun

To watch sby

Suspect

Suspect

Suspension

Suspension

Systme de scurit

Security device, system

Systme judiciaire

Legal system

Systme o la justice doit apporter la preuve de la culpabilit

Adversary system of Justice

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Tableau d'avancement

Promotion list

Tableau de bord

Dashboard

Tableau d'effectifs et de dotations (TED)

Establishment (GB)

Tactique

Tactics

Taille et capacit d'une force

Height, strength

Talon

Heel

Tapage nocturne

Nocturnal disturbance

Taux de criminalit

Crime rate

Taux d'lucidation

Arrest rates (US), Clearance rate (GB), arrest rate (US)

Taxes d'aroport

Airport taxes

Tlsurveillance

CCTV (closed circuit TV)

Tmoignage

Testimony, witness statement

Tmoigner

To testify

Tmoigner de qqch

To bear witness to smth

Tmoin

Witness

Tmoin charge

Witness for the prosecution

Tmoin dcharge

Witness for the defence

Tmoin oculaire

Eye witness

Tendre une embuscade

To set an ambush

Tenir le terrain

To hold the ground, to secure

Tenir sur place

To stand firm

Tenir une confrence de presse

To hold a press-conference

Tentative

Attempt

Tentative de meurtre

Attempted murder

Tenue 4S

Public order clothing, riot gear

Tenue de crmonie

Full dress

Tenue de route

Road holding

Tenue de travail

Working uniform

Tenue et quipement de protection

Full protective clothing and equipment

Tenue

Uniform

Tenue

Regulation dress

Terrain bois (MO)

Woodland

Terrain d'atterrissage

Landing ground

Terrain d'aviation

Airfield

Terrain de secours (aviation)

Emergency landing field

Terrain glissant

Slippery ground

Terrain

Field of manuvres

Terroriste

Gunman, terrorist

Thme (sujet)

Topic

Thme des manuvres

Scheme of manuvres

Thse

Thesis

Tiers arbitre

Umpire

Timidit

Shyness

Tir

Firing, shooting

Tir blanc

Firing blank rounds

Tir courte porte

Short range fire

Tir longue porte

Long range fire

Tir obus

Shell-fire

Tir ricochet

Ricochet firing

Tir d'appui direct

Direct supporting fire

Tir d'arrt

Final protective fire (FPF)

Tir de barrage

Barrage fire

Tir de couverture

Covering fire

Tir de harclement

Harassing fire (HF)

Tir de semonce

Warning fire

Tir d'efficacit

Fire for effect

Tir d'exercice

Practice rounds

Tir d'interdiction

Interdiction fire

Tir clairant

Illumination fire

Tir en dispersion

Spreading fire

Tir group

Grouped fire

Tir ingal

Desultory fire

Tir lent

Slow fire

Tir non aperu

Non observed fire

Tir par salves

Volley fire

Tir plongeant

High angle fire

Tir prcis

Accurate fire

Tir soutenu

Steady fire

Tir sur objectif invisible

Indirect fire

Tir sur objectif multiples

Split fire distribution

Tir sur objectif visible

Direct fire

Tirer les faits au clair

To elicit the facts

Tirer sur

To shoot at

Tireur d'lite

Sharpshooter, sniper

Titre

Title

Titulaire

Bearer, holder, bearer

Toit ouvrant

Sun-roof

Tomber au champ d'honneur

To be killed in action

Tomber dans une embuscade

To run into an ambush

Tomber en panne

To have a breakdown

Tomber en panne d'essence

To run out of petrol, gasoline (US)

Tonfa (MO)

Side handled baton/truncheon

Torpille

Torpedo

Torturer

To torture

Toucher une cible

To hit a target

Tour de contrle

Control tower

Tourner qqun sur le ct

To turn sby on his side

Tournez, s'il vous plat

Please turn over

Toxicoman

Drug-addict, drug abuser

Toxicomanie

Drug-addiction

Toxique

Poisonous

Traces et indices

Evidence, proof

Traceur

Tracer

Traduire en justice

To indict, to bring sby before the Courts, to prosecute

Trafic (de drogue, contrebande)

Smuggling

Trafic maritime

Sea road traffic

Trafiquant

Dealer

Trafiquants

Smugglers

Trafiquants de drogue

Drug traffickers

Trahir

To betray

Trahir le secret

To betray the oath of secrecy

Trahison

Betrayal

Train d'atterrissage

Landing gear

Train de banlieue

Suburban train

Train de marchandises

Goods train

Train de voyageurs

Passenger train

Trait de paix

Peace treaty

Tratre

Traitor

Trajectoire

Trajectory

Tranche

Trench

Trancher une question

To settle a question

Transgresser

To infringe smth, to transgress

Transmissions

Communications, signals

Transmissions (arme)

The Royal Corps of Signals (GB), the Signal Corps (US)

Transports routiers

Road transport

Traquer

To hunt down

Travail disciplinaire

Hard labour

Travailleur social

Social worker

Travaux de voirie

Road repairs, road works

Travaux d'intrt gnral

Community work

Treillis

Battle dress, combat dress, combat uniform

Trpied

Tripod

Trsorier

Treasurer

Tribord

Starboard

Tribunal

Court of justice

Tribunal administratif

Administrative tribunal

Tribunal civil

Civil court

Tribunal correctionnel, de police

Magistrates' court

Tribunal des baux ruraux et de l'expropriation

Lands tribunal

Tribunal des douanes (US)

Customs court

Tribunal des Prud'hommes

Industrial court

Tribunal d'instance, de grande instance

County court

Tribunal militaire

Military tribunal

Tribunal pour mineurs

Juvenile court

Tribunal

Court

Tripot

Dive

Trois armes (les)

The three services

Tromper

To deceive

Tronc commun (formation)

Core curriculum

Trouble l'ordre public

Public order offence

Troubler

To disturb

Troupes en manuvre

Troops on manuvres

Troupes terrestres

Ground troops

Trousse de premire urgence

First aid kit

Truand

Felon

Tuba (plonge)

Snorkel

Tu au combat

Killed in action (KIA)

Tu sur le coup

Killed instantly

Tuer

To kill

Tueur

Killer

Tueur en srie

Serial killer

Tunnel

Tunnel

Tuyau (indice)

Tip

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Uniforme

Uniform

Units d'autoroute

Highway units, motorway (GB)

Urgence

Emergency, urgency

Usage de stupfiants

Drug abuse, use of drugs

User de reprsailles

To strike back at

User les manifestants (MO)

To wear down the demonstrators

Usure

Usury

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Vacarme

Rumpus

Vacation (d'un tribunal)

Recess

Vagabond

Vagrant

Vagabondage

Vagrancy

Vague d'attaques terroristes

Wave of terrorist attacks

Vaguemestre

Postal clerk

Vaincre

To overpower

Vaincre par la manuvre

To out-manuvre

Vaincu

Defeated

Vainqueur

Victor

Vaisseau

Vessel

Valise diplomatique

Embassy (dispatch-) bag

VAMA (vol mains armes).

Hold up

Vandale

Vandal

Vandalisme

Vandalism

Vedette

Motor boat

Vhicule 4X4

Four-wheel drive vehicle

Vhicule blind roues de la gendarmerie (VBRG)

Wheeled APC (armoured personnel carrier of the gendarmerie)

Vhicule de combat blind

Armoured fighting vehicle (AFV)

Vhicule de commandement blind

Armoured command vehicle (ACV)

Vhicule de transport de troupes (VTT)

Troop carrying vehicle (TCV)

Vhicule lger

Light vehicle

Vhicule tout terrain

All-purpose vehicle

Vhicule utilitaire

Commercial vehicle

Veilleur

Watchman

Verbaliser

To fine

Verdict

Verdict

Vrification

Control, check

Vrifier la pression des pneus

To check the tyre, tire pressure

Verrouiller

To bolt

Verso (courrier)

Back-page

Veste gonflable de plonge (STAB)

Buoyancy control (vest)

Veuf

Widowed (adj), widower (name)

Veuve

Widow

Vice cach

Latent defect, concealed defect

Vice de forme

Legal flaw

Victime

Victim, casualty

Vidosurveillance

CCTV (cameras)

Viol

Rape

Violences familiales

Domestic violence

Violer

To rape

Violeur

Rapist

Virage

Bend

Vise tlescopique

Telescopic sight

Viseur de nuit infrarouge

Infrared night scope

Visire de casque

Visor

Visite mdicale

Medical examination

Vitesse de raction

Speed of reaction

Vitesse rglementaire

Regulation speed

Vitre blinde

Armoured glass

Voie navigable

Waterway

Voie sans issue

Dead end

Voies de fait

Assault, aggravated assault

Voir au verso (dans une lettre)

See overleaf

Voiture banalise

Unmarked car

Voiture blinde

Armored car (US), armoured car (GB)

Voiture de police

Police car

Voiture de sport

Sports car

Voiture pige

Car bomb

Vol

Robbery, stealing theft

Vol (simple, qualifi)

Larceny (petty, grand [US])

Vol la tire

Pickpocketing

Vol la voiture blier

Ram raiding

Vol l'arrach

Purse snatching

Vol l'talage

Shoplifting

Vol main arme

Armed robbery

Vol avec effraction

Breaking and entering, housebreaking

Vol de grand chemin

Highway robbery

Vol de ou dans les voitures

Auto crime

Vol qualifi

Aggravated larceny, theft, robbery

Volant

Steering wheel

Voler

To steal

Voleur la tire

Pickpocket, robber, thief

Volont

Will

Volume (d'une foule)

Size

Voyeur

Peeping tom

Voyous des matchs de football

Football rowdies, hooligans

Vu et transmis (courrier)

Forwarded

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Zone d'action

Zone of action

Zone dangereuse

Danger zone

Zone de rassemblement

Assembling area, forming up place

Zone de troubles

Zone pitonnire

Area of disturbance
Area of operations (AO), field of operations, theatre of
operations (TO)
Pedestrian area (GB), precinct (US)

Zone tampon

Buffer zone

Zone urbaine

Urban area

Zone oprationnelle