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carcan [kaʀkɑ̃]masculine noun( = contrainte) straitjacket* * *kaʀkɑ̃carcan administratif — administrative constraints (pl) ou straitjacket
* * *kaʀkɑ̃ nmfig yoke, shackles pl* * *carcan nm1 ( entrave) carcan politique/scolaire/administratif political/educational/administrative constraints (pl) ou straitjacket; le carcan de la discipline/des institutions disciplinary/institutional rigidity; briser le carcan de qch to break free of sth; enfermer qn/qch dans le carcan de qch to place sb/sth under the yoke of sth;2 ( objet qui enserre) vice; le carcan d'un col empesé the vice-like grip of a starched collar;3 Hist (instrument, peine) iron collar.[karkɑ̃] nom masculin1. HISTOIRE [collier] collar shackle3. [pour bétail] yoke
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