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[Police] balle de caoutchouc [utilisée contre des manifestants]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > rubber bullet
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rubber [ˈrʌbər]1. nouna. ( = material) caoutchouc mc. ( = condom) (inf!) préservatif m2. adjectivede or en caoutchouc3. compounds* * *['rʌbə(r)] 1.1) ( substance) caoutchouc m2) GB ( eraser) gomme f3) ( for cleaning) chiffon m4) (colloq) US ( condom) préservatif m, capote (colloq) f5) ( in games) partie f2. -
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A n balle f ; plastic/rubber bullet balle en plastique/en caoutchouc ; to put a bullet in sb/in sb's head ○ tirer une balle sur qn/dans la tête de qn.B modif [wound] par balle ; [hole, mark] de balle ; a door riddled with bullet holes une porte criblée de balles.to bite (on) the bullet prendre le taureau par les cornes. -
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rubber ['rʌbə(r)](ball, gloves, hose) en ou de caoutchouc; (bullet) en caoutchouc;∎ American familiar Politics the rubber chicken circuit = série de visites dans de petites villes au cours d'une campagne électorale2 noun(a) (material) caoutchouc m;∎ figurative my legs feel like rubber j'ai les jambes en coton;(d) (in bridge, whist) robre m, rob m;∎ to play a rubber faire un robre►► rubber band élastique m;American rubber boots bottes fpl en caoutchouc;rubber cement dissolution f de caoutchouc;rubber dinghy canot m pneumatique;Botany rubber plant caoutchouc m, ficus m;rubber plantation plantation f d'hévéas;rubber planter planteur(euse) m,f d'hévéas;rubber ring bouée f (de natation);rubber stamp tampon m ou timbre m en caoutchouc;familiar rubber stamp parliament = parlement qui ne fait qu'entériner les lois;Botany rubber tree hévéa m -
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1 noun∎ to take a slug of whisky boire une lampée de whisky∎ he was slugged over the head with a rubber cosh il a reçu un coup de matraque en caoutchouc sur la tête□∎ I left them to slug it out (fight) je les ai laissés régler leurs comptes à coups de poing□►► slug pellet pastille f anti-limace
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