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# criminal — English to French

How English *criminal* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [criminal in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/criminal/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: criminal (304 833), criminals (7 758). By style: everyday 135 · literary 12 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 8 050 · legal and administrative 6 105 · UN documents 298 284.

## pénale

Used about 84 749 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 929 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 035 · UN documents ≈ 80 785). Forms: pénale, pénales.

- Most of these principles are protected by **criminal** legislation.
  La plupart de ces principes sont protégés par la législation **pénale**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 986355)

- Judge at the Tehran Provincial **Criminal** Court.
  Juge à la Cour **pénale** de la province de Téhéran.
  ([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 5185803)

- Crime prevention and **criminal** justice \[101\]
  Prévention du crime et justice **pénale** \[101\]
  ([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 5311027)

- They know that there are no no-go areas for the law in its pursuit of **criminals**.
  Ils sauront que les délinquants n'auront plus aucune liberté d'action **pénale**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 308234)

- The following shall be considered to be related **criminal** offences:
  Sont considérées comme des infractions **pénales** connexes:
  ([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 3985853)

## criminels

Used about 83 467 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 56 · parliamentary ≈ 2 935 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 798 · UN documents ≈ 77 678).

- Are they **criminals**?
  S'agit-il de **criminels** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#2244914](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2244914) [\#9754305](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9754305))

- This benefits **criminals** who want to protect themselves.
  C'est avantageux pour les **criminels** qui souhaitent se protéger.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 334362)

- Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of **criminals**
  Services liés à la détention ou à la réhabilitation de **criminels**
  ([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 1496616)

- 5.4. Increasing number of **criminals** brought to justice
  5.4 Augmentation du nombre de **criminels** traduits en justice
  ([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 30227452)

- They're not **criminals**.
  Ce ne sont pas des **criminels**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Elliv · checked, community translation · [\#2243635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2243635) [\#2927804](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2927804))

## internationale

Used about 3 338 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 168 · legal and administrative ≈ 64 · UN documents ≈ 3 107).

- There are still territories outside the control of state authorities where **criminal** gangs openly defy international authority.
  Des territoires sont encore soustraits à l'autorité des États où des bandes criminelles défient l'autorité **internationale**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 442915)

- Comply with existing conditionality and international obligations Fully cooperate with the International **Criminal** Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), particularly on the part of Republica Srpska, notably in bringing indicted war **criminals** to justice before the ICTY.
  Coopération régionale et **internationale** Respect de la conditionnalité en vigueur et des obligations internationales Coopérer pleinement avec le tribunal pénal international pour l'ex-Yougoslavie, surtout de la part de la Republika Srpska (RS), notamment en lui déférant toutes les personnes accusées de crimes de guerre.
  ([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 394925)

- The Government will step up its efforts to promote and strengthen international cooperation for international investigations and extradition of **criminals**.
  Le Gouvernement japonais amplifiera ses efforts tendant à promouvoir et renforcer la coopération **internationale** dans le domaine des enquêtes internationales et de l &apos; extradition des délinquants.
  ([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 8159816)

- Mr President, the only way to catch international and organised **criminals** is for our police, prosecutors and judges to work together.
  Monsieur le Président, la seule manière de s'en prendre à la criminalité organisée et **internationale** réside dans la collaboration de nos polices, de nos procureurs et de nos juges.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 199674)

## More sentences

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

- It has been said that a man at ten is an animal, at twenty a lunatic, at thirty a failure, at forty a fraud, and at fifty a **criminal**.
  On a dit que l'homme à dix ans est un animal, à vingt un fou, à trente un échec, à quarante un mensonge et à cinquante un criminel.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#639356](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/639356) [\#639365](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/639365))

- How certain are you that he's a **criminal**?
  Quelle certitude avez-vous qu'il soit un criminel ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by cntrational and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1097933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1097933) [\#1099460](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1099460))

- The **criminal** left footprints.
  Le criminel a laissé des traces de pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Cocorico · checked, community translation · [\#282804](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/282804) [\#180665](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/180665))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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