crier, v.n., to cry, to cry out, to halloo, to shout, to bawl; to scream, to shriek, to screech; to squall, to clamor; to squeak; to call out; to whine, to pule; to complain loudly, to brawl, to exclaim; to scold; to huzza, to talk loudly; to gabble (of geese); to screech (of owls); to troat (of deer); to chirp (of grasshoppers and other insects); to groan (of roe-bucks); to creak (of doors). — aux armes; to cry to arms. — au secours; to call out for help. — au meurtre; to cry out murder. — au voleur; to cry out thief. — au feu; to cry out fire. — à l’injustice; to exclaim against an injustice. — au scandale; to inveigh against a scandal. — gare; to cry out beware! take care. — misère; to plead poverty. — miséricorde; to cry for mercy. — famine; to cry out famine. — à tue-tête, comme un perdu; to cry out; to shriek at the top of one’s voice or as loud as one can. — bien fort; to cry out lustily. Les boyaux lui crient; his bowels rumble. Il crie avant qu’on l’écorche; he cries before he is hurt. Tout le monde crie contre cela; everybody cries out against it.
crier, v.a., to proclaim; to cry; to hawk; to put up for sale; to publish, to blazon. Cet enfant est perdu, il faut le faire —; the child is lost, we must have him cried. Faites — ce paquet de livres; put up this lot of books.
crierie (kri-rî), n.f., bawling, clamor; wrangling; scolding, brawling.
crieu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., bawling man or woman, squaller, bawler; crier; auctioneer; hawker. — public; town-crier.
crime, n.m., crime; sin, transgression, offense, felony; guilt, guiltiness, wickedness, sinfulness. — d’Etat; treason. — de lèse-majesté; high treason. — capital; capital offense, crime; (jur.) felony. — dénaturé; unnatural crime. — abominable; base, foul crime. — qualifié; indictable offense. Faire un — à quelqu’un de; to impute as a crime to any one. Être porté au —; to be prone to crime. Endurci dans le —; hardened in crime.
criminaliser, v.a., to remove a cause from a civil to a criminal court.
criminaliste, n.m., writer on criminal law.
criminalité, n.f., criminality.
criminel, -le, adj., criminal, felonious, guilty, unlawful. Juge —; a judge that tries criminal cases. Chambre —le, cour —le; criminal court.
criminel, n.m., -le, n.f., criminal, culprit, offender, felon. m., criminal affair, proceedings before a criminal court. — d’état; state criminal. Au —; in criminal matters, criminally.