La technologie - Vocab English to French
French: AQA A Level, topic 2.2.2
La technologie Vocab English to French

Key topic words
- Le piratage - hacking
- Le pare-feu - firewall
- Un cheval de Troie - Trojan horse
- La cyberintimidation - cyberbullying
- Un logiciel malveillant - malicious software/malware
- Le mot de passe - password
- Les données personnelles - personal data

Nouns
- Le chantage - blackmail
- Le harcèlement - harassment/bullying
- Le vol - theft
- Le virus - virus
- La fraude - fraud
- Les insultes/la violence verbale - insults/verbal abuse
- La sécurité-safety
- La vie privée-private life

Nouns (continued)
- Les propos diffamatoires - defamation/defamatory comments/slander
- La loi - the Law
- Le crime organisé - organised crime
- Un mineur - a minor (under 18)
- Un délit - a crime
- Le vol/l’usurpation d’identité - identity theft
- La santé mentale - mental health

Verbs
- Se défendre - to defend oneself
- Se fier à - to trust
- Avoir confiance en - to have faith/confidence in
- Faire attention à - to be mindful of
- Etre prudent - to be careful
- Se faire passer pour - to pretend to be

Verbs (continued)
- Se faire pièger/manipuler - to get caught/to be framed
- Se faire escroquer - to get scammed
- Menacer - to threaten
- Divulguer - to disclose
- Diffuser - to broadcast/spread

Adjectives
- Abusif - abusive
- Néfaste - harmful
- Compromettant - compromising/incriminating
- Vulnérable - vulnerable

Others
- A l’abris de - safe/sheltered from
- A l’insu de quelqu’un - without somebody’s knowing
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