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French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | French term or phrase: délinquance de voie publique | A footnote to the total in a table of crime statistics:
"Dont délinquance de voie publique : #####"
In English would you call this "street crime"? |
|  Carolyn DenoncourtKudoZ activityQuestions: 19 (none open) ( 1 without valid answers) Answers: 114
United States
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| | street crime | Explanation:
Yes I think you're spot on with "street crime", which involves robbery and snatch theft (eg mobile phones). |
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meggy
Local time: 20:03
| Grading comment Thank you all for your suggestions. I chose this answer because I found the references helpful and became persuaded that the French term does not carry the sense of "petty" that we mean in English when we say "petty street crime."
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peer agreement (net): +3