fence

clôture, palissade

Barrière entourant un terrain, souvent en bois ou en fil métallique, qui empêche les personnes ou les animaux de passer.

En anglais simple : A barrier around land, often made of wood or wire, that keeps people or animals in or out.

• The dog jumped over the fence.
• We built a fence around our garden.
• Who painted these fences blue?

Synonymes : barrier

Expressions courantes : wooden fence, garden fence, fence around something

receleur

Personne qui achète des objets volés pour les revendre à d’autres.

En anglais simple : A person who buys stolen things and sells them to other people.

• The thief knew a fence.
• They sold the stolen watches to a fence.
• Police arrested two fences who were buying stolen phones.

Synonymes : stolen goods dealer

Expressions courantes : sell to a fence, a local fence

clôturer

Entourer un terrain d’une barrière en bois ou en fil métallique.

En anglais simple : To put a wooden or wire barrier around an area of land.

• They fenced the field.
• We need to fence this land before buying sheep.
• The dangerous area has been fenced off.

Comment l'utiliser : fence something off (They fenced off the building site.); fence something in (We fenced the garden in to keep the dog safe.)

Synonymes : enclose

Expressions courantes : fence a field, fence something off, fence something in, fence an area

faire de l'escrime

Pratiquer un sport de combat avec des épées légères en portant une tenue protectrice.

En anglais simple : To fight with light swords as a sport, wearing protective clothing.

• My brother likes to fence.
• She fenced for her school last year.
• Have you ever fenced against him?

Comment l'utiliser : fence against someone (She fenced against the national champion.)

Expressions courantes : fence against someone, learn to fence

revendre des objets volés

Vendre des objets volés à une personne qui en fait le commerce.

En anglais simple : To sell stolen things to someone who trades in them.

• He fenced the stolen watch.
• They tried to fence the jewellery that night.
• She was arrested for fencing stolen laptops.

Expressions courantes : fence stolen goods, fence stolen jewellery