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# crimes — English to French

How English *crimes* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

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Sentence pairs counted, by form: crimes (93 515). By style: everyday 41 · literary 7 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 2 926 · legal and administrative 601 · UN documents 89 937.

## crimes

Used about 73 664 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 38 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 2 134 · legal and administrative ≈ 288 · UN documents ≈ 71 200).

- I condemned the **crimes**.
  Je condamnais les **crimes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#12235421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12235421) [\#2212927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2212927))

- I tell you that you have committed all **crimes**.
  Je vous dis que vous avez commis tous les **crimes**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31820)

- Such serious **crimes** cast a cloud over Kosovo' s political future.
  De tels **crimes** obscurcissent l' avenir politique du Kosovo.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 137833)

- Serious **crimes** of international concern
  **Crimes** graves de portée internationale
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 166141)

- 1. **Crimes** such as aggression . 7
  1. Les **crimes** comme l &apos; agression 7
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 914091)

## infractions

Used about 11 464 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 122 · legal and administrative ≈ 100 · UN documents ≈ 11 242).

- By means of an intergovernmental decision, it has unanimously determined the price to be paid for environmental **crimes**.
  Au moyen d’une décision intergouvernementale, il a fixé à l’unanimité le prix à payer pour les **infractions** à la législation sur l’environnement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 827510)

- **Crimes** linked to trafficking in drugs and precursors
  **Infractions** liées au trafic de drogue et de précurseurs
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 419197)

- At the same time the Committee is concerned at the rise in delinquency and **crimes** committed by children.
  Toutefois, le Comité est préoccupé par l &apos; augmentation de la délinquance et des **infractions** commises par des enfants.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 10468994)

- In conjunction with this, an amendment to the European terrorism law adds three new **crimes**, all related to use of the Internet.
  Dans le même temps, une modification de la législation antiterroriste européenne ajoute trois nouvelles **infractions**, toutes liées à l'utilisation de l'internet.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1132345)

- Ensure efficient functioning of the ‘Serious **Crimes** Court’.
  Veiller au fonctionnement efficace du «tribunal chargé de statuer sur les **infractions** pénales graves».
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 395443)

## délits

Used about 2 035 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 122 · legal and administrative ≈ 38 · UN documents ≈ 1 874).

- A lot of **crimes** are not reported.
  Beaucoup de **délits** ne sont pas signalés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2802631](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2802631) [\#12019517](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12019517))

- But the amnesty law legitimises expulsion as an instrument of conflict resolution and expressly exempts **crimes** from punishment.
  Cependant, la loi d'amnistie légitime l'expulsion en tant qu'instrument de résolution des conflits et dépénalise expressément des **délits**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 338798)

- final judgments in respect of serious **crimes** or other serious offences;
  jugements définitifs concernant des **délits** graves ou d'autres infractions graves;
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 316683)

- The fact that **crimes** of obedience take place within a hierarchical structure makes it especially difficult to pinpoint responsibility for them.
  Les **délits** d &apos; obéissance ayant lieu au sein d &apos; une structure hiérarchique, il est très difficile d &apos; identifier les responsables.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 1963067)

- We shouldn't be imprisoning people for such petty **crimes**.
  On ne devrait pas emprisonner les gens pour des **délits** aussi mineurs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ferra and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#4443333](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4443333) [\#10605656](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10605656))

## contre

Used about 1 985 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 61 · legal and administrative ≈ 50 · UN documents ≈ 1 874).

- The key aim is to ensure that **crimes** do not go unpunished while at the same time protecting citizens from arbitrary application of the law.
  Au fait, quel est le but de cette affaire? Il est que le crime ne demeure pas impuni, tout en protégeant le citoyen **contre** l'arbitraire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1752616)

- Former Head of the Computer **Crimes** Unit of the Iranian Police.
  Ancien chef de l'unité de lutte **contre** la criminalité informatique au sein de la police iranienne.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4611929)

- COURSES ON COMBATING **CRIMES** CONNECTED WITH
  DE FORMATION SUR LES MOYENS DE LUTTER **CONTRE** LA
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 2406566)

- Head of the Computer **Crimes** Unit of the Iranian Police.
  Chef de l'unité qui, au sein de la police iranienne, s'occupe de lutter **contre** la criminalité informatique.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2436746)

- The urgent need to tackle cross-border **crimes** has become more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  La nécessité urgente de lutter **contre** la criminalité transfrontière est devenue plus évidente pendant la pandémie de COVID-19.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5345786)

## humanité

Used about 1 874 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 874).

- Ukraine agreed that the Court must have jurisdiction over the most serious international **crimes** against peace and humanity.
  Elle pense elle aussi que la cour doit avoir compétence à l’égard des atteintes internationales les plus graves à la paix et à l’**humanité**.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 4775013)

## commis

Used about 122 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 122).

- It is often argued that there are now new Internet **crimes** or old **crimes** which are now being committed over the Internet.
  On argue souvent du fait qu'il y a de nouveaux délits **commis** à travers l'Internet, ou bien des délits déjà connus qui réapparaissent sur l'Internet.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 188354)

- I think it advisable to make two points here: firstly, we need to identify several common **crimes** on key issues with regard to organized crime.
  Deux points doivent encore, à mon avis, être soulignés avec force: en premier lieu, il est nécessaire de définir certains délits communs **commis** dans le cadre de la criminalité organisée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1821683)

## guerre

Used about 122 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 122).

- The best way to do this is to indict this despiser of humanity for war **crimes** in The Hague.
  La meilleure façon d'y arriver est toutefois de le dénoncer en tant que criminel de **guerre** et de le déférer à La Haye.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1920627)

- Mr Milosevic should be appearing before the war **crimes** tribunal and we should be awarding NATO the Sakharov prize.
  M. Milosevic devrait être traduit comme criminel de **guerre**, tandis que nous devrions décerner le prix Sakharov à l' OTAN !
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 14039)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- **Crimes** sometimes result from ignorance of the law.
  Le crime résulte parfois de l'ignorance de la loi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and mookeee · checked, community translation · [\#282786](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/282786) [\#1080077](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1080077))

- “‘Make chains, for the land is full of bloody **crimes**, and the city is full of violence.
  Prépare les chaînes! Car le pays est rempli de meurtres, La ville est pleine de violence.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 7:23)

- As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful **crimes**.
  La troupe des sacrificateurs est comme une bande en embuscade, Commettant des assassinats sur le chemin de Sichem; Car ils se livrent au crime.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HOS 6:9)

## Grammar

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