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# crime — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: crime (97 434), crimes (70 872). By style: everyday 261 · literary 19 · biblical 75 · parliamentary 5 017 · legal and administrative 783 · UN documents 162 151.

## crime

Used about 155 913 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 250 · literary ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 4 651 · legal and administrative ≈ 669 · UN documents ≈ 150 327). Forms: crime, crimes, criminal. Meaning: [crime in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/crime/).

- Ce n'est pas un **crime**.
  It isn't a **crime**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7198894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7198894) [\#4855504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4855504))

- --Tu veux dire le **crime** par l'expiation.
  “You mean to say, the **crime** and the expiation.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14607)

- Car c’est un **crime**, Un forfait que punissent les juges;
  For that would be a heinous **crime**. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 31:11)

- Les **crimes** et délits ne sont pas des accidents.
  **Crime** is no accident.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 129295)

- les **crimes** et délits;
  **criminal** or penal offences;
  ([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 219735)

## against

Used about 65 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 52).

- Lorsqu’un faux témoin s’élèvera contre quelqu’un pour l’accuser d’un **crime**,
  If an unrighteous witness rises up **against** any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 19:16)

- C’est pour cette raison que la question du trafic d’êtres humains doit rester séparée de celle de l’immigration et liée à celle du **crime** organisé.
  This sexual exploitation must cease and appropriate and effective measures must be put in place **against** this mafia of sex.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 822532)

- Faut-il donc apprendre à votre sujet que vous commettez un aussi grand **crime** et que vous péchez contre notre Dieu en prenant des femmes étrangères?
  Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass **against** our God in marrying foreign women?”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 13:27)

- Pilate sortit de nouveau, et dit aux Juifs: Voici, je vous l’amène dehors, afin que vous sachiez que je ne trouve en lui aucun **crime**.
  Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge **against** him.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 19:4)

- Car Israël et Juda ne sont point abandonnés de leur Dieu, De l’Éternel des armées, Et le pays des Chaldéens est rempli de **crimes** Contre le Saint d’Israël.
  For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God, by the LORD of Armies; though their land is full of guilt **against** the Holy One of Israel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 51:5)

## committed

Used about 63 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 52). Meaning: [committed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/committed/).

- Qui a commis ce **crime** ?
  Who **committed** this murder?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Quazel and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#681530](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/681530) [\#913514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/913514))

- Je vous dis que vous avez commis tous les **crimes**.
  I tell you that you have **committed** all 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)

- Si l’on fait mourir un homme qui a commis un **crime** digne de mort, et que tu l’aies pendu à un bois,
  If a man has **committed** a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 21:22)

- La peine de mort ne peut être prononcée contre des personnes qui avaient moins de 18 ans au moment du **crime**.
  The death penalty may not be imposed on individuals who were under the age of 18 when they **committed** an offence.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1129399)

- La solitude de cet endroit où il s'était commis tant de **crimes** avait quelque chose d'affreux.
  The solitude of this spot, where so many crimes have been **committed**, had something terrible about it.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9376)

## More sentences

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

- J'étais sur le lieu du **crime** quand c'est arrivé.
  I was right on the spot when it happened.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · [\#3045781](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3045781) [\#3875836](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3875836))

- La police a dû retrouver l'arme du **crime** pour prouver la culpabilité de Dan.
  The police had to retrieve the murder weapon to prove Dan's guilt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#3930968](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3930968) [\#8648208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8648208))

- Yanni, un joueur de football américain qui a tué sa femme, ne deviendra pas un autre O.J. Simpson. Il sera puni en fonction de son **crime**.
  Yanni, a football player who killed his wife, won't be another O.J. Simpson. He will be punished accordingly.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#9815264](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9815264) [\#11958379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958379))

## Grammar

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