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corporate criminals

French translation: criminels en cols blanc

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English term or phrase:corporate criminals
French translation:criminels en cols blanc
Entered by: Laetitia Chemin

16:47 Feb 20, 2005
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law (general)
English term or phrase: corporate criminals
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criminels en cols blanc
Explanation:
une idée...

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Aussi criminel homme d\'affaires

Crime and how they do it
On l’appelle aussi criminel à « col blanc » ou « white collar criminal » en
anglais. Il s’agit du véritable criminel homme d’affaires. ...

http://www.crimeandhowtheydoit.com/4-04-fraudeur-reb.htm

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-02-20 17:01:17 GMT)
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Suite au commentaire de Writeaway, j\'ai trouvé multinationales criminelles

Greenpeace Schweiz: Communiqué du 27 janvier 2005
... Pour beaucoup des victimes, DOW est devenu l\'incarnation des \'corporate criminals\'
(multinationales criminelles).» Matthias Wüthrich, de Greenpeace, commente ...
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Elodie Rousseau
Mexico
Local time: 19:20
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5criminels en cols blanc
Elodie Rousseau
4des criminels corporatifs OU des corporations criminelles ...
Jean-Claude Gouin
4la délinquence/les délinquants en col blanc
mannix
3sociétés criminelles
Finn Skovgaard (X)


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
criminels en cols blanc


Explanation:
une idée...

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-02-20 16:51:37 GMT)
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Aussi criminel homme d\'affaires

Crime and how they do it
On l’appelle aussi criminel à « col blanc » ou « white collar criminal » en
anglais. Il s’agit du véritable criminel homme d’affaires. ...

http://www.crimeandhowtheydoit.com/4-04-fraudeur-reb.htm

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-02-20 17:01:17 GMT)
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Suite au commentaire de Writeaway, j\'ai trouvé multinationales criminelles

Greenpeace Schweiz: Communiqué du 27 janvier 2005
... Pour beaucoup des victimes, DOW est devenu l\'incarnation des \'corporate criminals\'
(multinationales criminelles).» Matthias Wüthrich, de Greenpeace, commente ...

Elodie Rousseau
Mexico
Local time: 19:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
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thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: that would be white-collar criminals-corporate here means the actual company afaik/without more context from Asker second seems fine
7 mins
  -> C'est juste. Voir ma nouvelle note. Et merci pour le commentaire.

agree  Platary (X): Oui pour la deuxième version. Un autre éclairage sans doute ici : http://www.xavier-raufer.com/actualite_2.php
25 mins
  -> Merci Adrien.

agree  df49f (X): oui pour les multinationales criminelles (terme plus couramment utilisé dans ce contexte que simplement "sociétés" ou "entreprises")
1 hr
  -> Merci df49f

agree  GILLES MEUNIER
12 hrs
  -> Merci Gilles.

agree  Assimina Vavoula
14 hrs
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sociétés criminelles


Explanation:
"corporate" doesn't mean "multi-national", although some corporations are multi-national. Agree that we're talking about companies, not individuals.

For a quick laugh, click on http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-corpora...


    Reference: http://www.lectlaw.com/files/lws19.htm
Finn Skovgaard (X)
Local time: 03:20
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
des criminels corporatifs OU des corporations criminelles ...


Explanation:
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Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 21:20
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
la délinquence/les délinquants en col blanc


Explanation:
another option, seems to be used both in Québec and France


    Reference: http://figaro.concileo.com/user/non-frames/message.asp?forum...
mannix
Local time: 03:20
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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