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وبعضها ما يمكن وصفه بالتصفيات

English translation: assassination, murder(ing)

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Arabic term or phrase:وبعضها ما يمكن وصفه بالتصفيات
English translation: assassination, murder(ing)
Entered by: Assem Mazloum

18:08 Feb 20, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / prisons
Arabic term or phrase: وبعضها ما يمكن وصفه بالتصفيات
his company are investigating 30 deaths in custody

reference to deaths in custody in military prisons
Steve Booth
Local time: 17:16
assassination, murder(ing)
Explanation:
هذا في حال كانت كلمة التصفيات تتعلق بحالات الموت التي تحقق فيها الشركة
Selected response from:

Assem Mazloum
Germany
Local time: 18:16
Grading comment
Thanks assem i am going for murder it fits perfectly
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6Some of them may be described as liquidations
Hugh Lester
5 +1assassination, murder(ing)
Assem Mazloum
5liquidation operations
Abdallah Ali
5execution
Ehsan Chukro
5Some of these (actions) could be described as manslaughter
fcn
4some of them could be described as termination
Mohamed Salaheldin
3Some are a kind of "cleansing" operation
zi_neb


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
liquidation operations


Explanation:
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Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
some of them could be described as termination


Explanation:
direct translation

Mohamed Salaheldin
Egypt
Local time: 18:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Some of them may be described as liquidations


Explanation:
Some of them may be described as liquidations


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/liquidation
Hugh Lester
United States
Local time: 12:16
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aljobury: Yes, some of which .... Exactly
34 mins
  -> Agree. Some of which. Thanks.
agree  Abdul Aziz Dammad
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  sktrans
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Mohsin Alabdali
9 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Alaa AHMED: + elimination; take-out
11 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Alexander Yeltsov: Some of them may be described as mopping up
20 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Some are a kind of "cleansing" operation


Explanation:
good luck

zi_neb
Belgium
Local time: 18:16
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
assassination, murder(ing)


Explanation:
هذا في حال كانت كلمة التصفيات تتعلق بحالات الموت التي تحقق فيها الشركة

Assem Mazloum
Germany
Local time: 18:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thanks assem i am going for murder it fits perfectly

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Ayyub
1 day 21 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
execution


Explanation:
please refer to to the link below:

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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-02-21 04:42:46 GMT)
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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0DE6DD103AE...


    Reference: http://people.smu.edu/rhalperi/
Ehsan Chukro
United States
Local time: 11:16
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Some of these (actions) could be described as manslaughter


Explanation:
"Liquidation" is correct, but "manslaughter" is more commonly used in English

fcn
Local time: 20:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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