macoute

makut

Definition

Definition of macoute - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

artisanat

Rare

sac en paille tressée utilisé pour transporter des objets

Rare

Elle portait ses légumes dans un macoute traditionnel.

Tonton Macoute

Rare

membre de la police secrète du président Duvalier en Haïti

Rare

Les macoutes terrorisaient la population haïtienne sous la dictature.

tonton macoute

milicien

Rare

membre d'une milice paramilitaire au service d'un pouvoir autoritaire

Rare

Les macoutes du régime réprimaient brutalement toute opposition.

paramilitaire

Adjective

répressif

Rare

qui ressemble aux méthodes brutales et répressives des Tontons Macoutes

Rare

Le régime utilisait des méthodes macoutes pour intimider la population.

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sac en paille tressée utilisé pour transporter des objets

Expressions with macoute

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tonton macoute

membre d'une milice paramilitaire haïtienne sous François Duvalier

Les tonton macoutes terrorisaient la population sous la dictature de Duvalier.

Origin of macoute

haitian creole/taíno/spanish, macoute (nom propre, possibly guardian)

Examples of macoute in a sentence

Chaque enfant recevait un petit macoute pour transporter ses affaires d’école.
Un ancien macoute a témoigné lors de la commission de vérité.
Le nom de ce macoute revient souvent dans les récits des survivants.
Macoute en civil, il surveillait les réunions étudiantes discrètement.
L'ancien macoute a témoigné anonymement devant la commission d'enquête.
La police a mené une opération macoute contre les manifestants pacifiques.

Son discours macoute visait surtout à faire peur aux opposants.

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English:straw bag, Macoute-style, ...
German:Strohsack, macouteartig, ...
Italian:borsa di paglia, macoutista, ...
Spanish:macuto, represivo, ...
Portuguese:saco de palha, repressivo como os Tontons Macoutes, ...
Chinese:草编袋, 马库特式的, ...
Japanese:藁の袋, マクート的な, ...
Arabic:حَقيبَة قَش, مَكُوتِيّ, ...
Hebrew:סַל קָשׁ, בְּסִגְנוֹן הַמָּקוּט, ...
Russian:макут, макутовский, ...
Ukrainian:макут, макутівський, ...
Catalan:bossa de palla, repressiu, ...
Danish:stråtaske, som minder om Tontons Macoutes, ...
Dutch:strooitas, macouteachtig, ...
Greek:μακούτ, μακουτικός, ...
Hungarian:szalmafonatú táska, a Tonton Macoute-ok brutalitását és elnyomó módszereit idéző, ...
Khmer:ថង់ចំបើងត្បាញ, បង្ក្រាបឃោរឃៅ, ...
Korean:짚가방, 마쿠트식의, ...
Polish:torba z plecionej słomy, makutowski, ...
Portuguese (BR):macute, macouteano, ...
Romanian:traistă de paie, macutist, ...
Swedish:halmväska, som präglas av brutala och repressiva metoder, ...
Thai:กระเป๋าสาน, โหดเหี้ยมแบบมากูต, ...
Turkish:hasır çanta, baskıcı, ...
Vietnamese:túi rơm đan, tàn bạo kiểu Macoute, ...

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Definition of macoute - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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