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mautadine de crime binneExclamation populaire plutôt non-dépréciative manifestant l’étonnement, la surprise.Rate it:

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frame upTo arrange fraudulent evidence to falsely implicate of a crime; to frame.Rate it:

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ghetto birdA police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).Rate it:

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bury the hatchetTo stop fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.Rate it:

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stand downTo wait; to stop pursuing or fighting.Rate it:

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the pen is mightier than the swordMore influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.Rate it:

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fighting chanceA chance that is dependent on success in a struggle.Rate it:

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gloss overTo cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.Rate it:

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price on one's headA compensation for capturing or killing a person, especially someone guilty of a crime.Rate it:

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black-on-blackInteractions that occur between black people, notably crime that is perpetrated by one black person against another.Rate it:

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catch someone red-handedTo discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.Rate it:

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come out swingingTo display spunk and strength of character, especially when rising above or when fighting back against trouble or adversity.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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boots on the groundThe ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes.Rate it:

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break upTo stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.Rate it:

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breaking and enteringThe crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property by force.Rate it:

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come forwardTo offer help or information (especially, about a crime).Rate it:

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diminished capacitya mental state that makes a person less answerable for a crimeRate it:

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fight backto defend oneself by fighting.Rate it:

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go equippedTo possess tools, weapons or other articles with the intent of using them to commit a crime.Rate it:

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hanging offenceA crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.Rate it:

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il ne tint à rien qu'ils ne se battissentThey were within an ace of fighting.Rate it:

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il vient de faire un mauvais coupHe has just committed a crime.Rate it:

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inside jobA crime or other illicit action committed by or with the help of someone either employed by the victim or entrusted with access to the victim's affairs and premises.Rate it:

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integros defatigatis summittereto send fresh troops to take the place of those wearied with fighting.Rate it:

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l'abîme appelle l'abîmeUn excès conduit à un autre excès, un crime amène un autre crime.Rate it:

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neighbourhood watchIn Britain, a local crime-prevention scheme. Under police supervision, groups of residents agree to increase watchfulness in order to prevent crimes such as burglary and vandalism in their area.Rate it:

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on the side of the angelsFighting for or supporting that which is good, just, or benevolent.Rate it:

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pauvreté n'est pas vicePoverty is no crime.Rate it:

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pitTo put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.Rate it:

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pitched battleA hostile engagement involving sustained, full-scale fighting between opposing forces in close combat.Rate it:

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press chargesTo formally accuse a person of a crime, especially by an ordinary person.Rate it:

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res ad arma venitmatters have reached the fighting-stage.Rate it:

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res ad manus venitthe fighting is now at close quarters.Rate it:

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scelera moliri (Att. 7. 11)to meditate crime.Rate it:

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scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringito commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it.Rate it:

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scelus (in se) concipere, suscipereto commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it.Rate it:

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scelus edere in aliquem (Sest. 26. 58)to commit a crime against some one.Rate it:

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scelus facere, committereto commit crime.Rate it:

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scelus scelere cumulare (Catil. 1. 6. 14)to heap crime on crime.Rate it:

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scelus supplicio expiareto expiate a crime by punishment.Rate it:

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smoking gunEvidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute.Rate it:

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square offTo get in the fighting position.Rate it:

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square upTo get in the fighting position.Rate it:

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supersedere proelioto refrain from fighting.Rate it:

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vita omnibus flagitiis inquinataa life defiled by every crime.Rate it:

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vita omnibus flagitiis, vitiis deditaa life defiled by every crime.Rate it:

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war torn and battle scarredshowing signs of damage from bullets, bombs, etc feeling the mental or emotional effects of fighting in a warRate it:

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