cold case angl.

kɔld kɛs

Definition

Definition of cold case - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

enquête

TECH.

affaire criminelle non résolue depuis longtemps mais pouvant être rouverte

TECH.

La police a rouvert ce cold case grâce à de nouveaux indices.
Ce cold case a été rouvert après 20 ans.
Les détectives ont relancé le cold case avec de nouvelles preuves.

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Expressions with case

case départ

première case d'un jeu de plateau où commence la partie

Tous les pions sont placés sur la case départ avant de commencer.

mettre dans une case

placer quelque chose dans un compartiment ou un espace délimité

Il faut mettre dans une case chaque document selon sa catégorie.

avoir une case en moins

agir de façon bizarre ou irrationnelle comme si on était fou

Il a une case en moins depuis qu'il collectionne les bouchons de bouteille.

il lui manque une case

exp.

être un peu fou ou agir de façon bizarre

Pierre dit n'importe quoi, il lui manque une case !

manquer une case

avoir un comportement fou ou dérangé

Il manque vraiment une case à ce type, regarde ce qu'il fait !

retour à la case départ

fait de revenir au point initial après avoir perdu tous ses progrès

Après l'échec du projet, c'est un retour à la case départ pour l'équipe.

Origin of cold case

anglais, cold (froid) + case (affaire/dossier)

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English:cold case, ...
German:Cold Case, ...
Italian:caso irrisolto, ...
Spanish:caso sin resolver, ...
Portuguese:caso arquivado, ...
Chinese:悬案, ...
Japanese:コールドケース, ...
Arabic:قضية عالقة, ...
Hebrew:תִּיק פָּתוּחַ, ...
Russian:нераскрытое дело, ...
Ukrainian:нерозкрита справа, ...
Catalan:cas fred, ...
Danish:cold case, ...
Dutch:cold case, ...
Greek:υπόθεση παγωμένη, ...
Khmer:សំណុំរឿងក្តីព្រហ្មទណ្ឌមិនទាន់ដោះស្រាយ, ...
Korean:장기 미제 사건, ...
Polish:nierozwiązana sprawa, ...
Portuguese (BR):caso arquivado, ...
Romanian:caz nerezolvat, ...
Swedish:cold case, ...
Thai:คดีค้างเก่า, ...
Turkish:faili meçhul dosya, ...
Vietnamese:vụ án tồn đọng, ...

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