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Forms: illicite, illicites. - No circumstance, no purpose, no law whatsoever can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically **illicit**. Aucune circonstance, aucun but, aucune loi, quelle qu'elle soit, ne peut jamais rendre licite un acte intrinsèquement **illicite**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gauravjiii and mugdul · checked, community translation · [\#2654442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2654442) [\#7263030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7263030)) - She espied some adventure of the heart, more or less **illicit**, a woman in the shadow, a rendezvous, a mystery, and she would not have been sorry to thrust her spectacles into the affair. Elle entrevoyait quelque aventure de coeur plus ou moins **illicite**, une femme dans la pénombre, un rendez-vous, un mystère, et elle n'eût pas été fâchée d'y fourrer ses lunettes. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13675) - Illegal, **illicit** and undeclared fishing is a daily reality in Portugal. La pêche illégale, **illicite** et non déclarée est une réalité quotidienne au Portugal. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 583858) - Cooperation in Combating **Illicit** Drugs Coopération dans la lutte contre les drogues **illicites** ([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 275516) - Conference on the **Illicit** Trade in Small Arms des Nations Unies sur le commerce **illicite** ([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 7817861) ## trafic Used about 5 619 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31 · legal and administrative ≈ 753 · UN documents ≈ 4 835). - This shortage of organs can encourage **illicit** trade. Cette pénurie d’organes peut encourager le **trafic** illégal. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 582005) - **illicit** trafficking in nuclear or radioactive materials **trafic** de matières nucléaires et radioactives; ([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 1430296) - (e) Enhanced capacity of transit countries in their fight against **illicit** drug trafficking e) Renforcement des moyens dont disposent les pays de transit pour lutter contre le **trafic** de drogues ([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 21859715) - Mr President, the discussion on the **illicit** traffic in radioactive material in fact raises far more questions than we have answers to at present. Monsieur le Président, dans cette discussion sur le **trafic** illégal de matières nucléaires, les questions sont, semble-t-il, beaucoup plus nombreuses que les réponses. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1610288) - **illicit** trafficking in nuclear or radioactive materials, **trafic** de matières nucléaires et radioactives, ([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 1430856) ## drogues Used about 1 256 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 46 · UN documents ≈ 1 209). - He uses bitcoins to purchase **illicit** drugs. Il utilise des bitcoins pour acheter des **drogues** illégales. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ferra and Danquebec · checked, community translation · [\#3791485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3791485) [\#3794834](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3794834)) - **Illicit** drug use and trafficking are worldwide phenomena that threaten health and social stability. La consommation et le trafic de **drogues** sont des phénomènes mondiaux qui menacent la santé et la stabilité sociale. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1567665) - 1. Trend statistics on **illicit** drug use and supply 1. Statistiques sur l ' évolution de la consommation et de l ' offre de **drogues** ([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 21015763) - A complementary strategy focusing on measures to tackle **illicit** drugs trafficking was subsequently endorsed by the Madrid Council. Une stratégie complémentaire se concentrant sur les mesures de lutte contre le trafic de **drogues** illégales a été adoptée par la suite au Conseil de Madrid. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1820183) - The Republic of Croatia is an important transit route through which **illicit** drugs are smuggled from the production countries to consumer countries. par écrit. - (RO) La République de Croatie est une voie de transit importante pour le trafic de **drogues** en provenance des pays producteurs vers les pays consommateurs. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1567583) ## commerce Used about 1 217 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 8 · UN documents ≈ 1 209). - The lack of stability leads to problems involving terrorism, poverty, corruption, weak political institutions, **illicit** trade, emigration and the risk of ethnic conflicts. Le manque de stabilité amène des problèmes de terrorisme, de pauvreté, de corruption, de faiblesse des institutions politiques, de **commerce** illégal, d'émigration et de risque de conflits ethniques. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 349159) - Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the **Illicit** Trade Programme d ' action en vue de prévenir, combattre et éliminer le **commerce** ([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 14065203) ## armes Used about 1 209 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 209). - :: Local communities are sensitized against the **illicit** use of weapons :: Sensibilisation des communautés locales à l ' interdiction de l ' usage illégal des **armes** ([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 23430748) ## légères Used about 1 209 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 209). - To encourage States in the interests of awareness-raising and confidence-building, to carry out public destruction events of **illicit** arms and light weapons collected by them. Encourager les États à détruire en public les armes **légères** qu ' ils auront rassemblées, de façon à développer la sensibilisation à cette question et à renforcer la confiance. ([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 7818026) ## contre Used about 15 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 15). - This will also help control the **illicit** job market, currently on the increase, which is damaging job opportunities. Cela se justifie également dans le cadre de la lutte **contre** le travail au noir, lequel ne cesse de croître, ce qui entraîne la disparition de nombreux emplois. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1759183) - Combating customs fraud will thus crucially cut the **illicit** revenue currently enjoyed by the Transnistrian leadership. La lutte **contre** la fraude douanière permettra dès lors de réduire considérablement les recettes illégales qui tombent pour l'instant dans l'escarcelle des dirigeants transnistriens. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 871256) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Sami was having an **illicit** affair. Sami avait une liaison extraconjugale. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#6472587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6472587) [\#14045048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14045048)) - Why are employers prepared to take on **illicit** workers when they cannot offset the wage costs against tax? Pourquoi des employeurs engagent-ils des travailleurs au noir s'ils ne peuvent procéder à la déduction fiscale de leurs coûts salariaux ? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 92792) - It is dreadful, because it criminalises the employer and does not criminalise the **illicit** immigrant. Il est épouvantable parce qu'il criminalise l'employeur et ne criminalise par l'immigré clandestin. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1210014) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. 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