recel

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See also: reçel

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from recelar.

Pronunciation

Noun

recel m (uncountable)

  1. suspicion, distrust

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French recel, deverbal from receler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.sɛl/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

recel m (plural recels)

  1. (law) fencing, receiving of stolen goods
  2. (law) concealing with intent to defraud
    recel de cadavreconcealment of a body, hiding of a corpse
    recel de malfaiteurharbouring a criminal, harbouring a fugitive
    recel de grossesseconcealment of pregnancy
    • 2023 May, Frédéric Lemaire, “Un pouvoir parasite au cœur de Londres”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 13:
      Pour permettre à Londres de continuer à jouer un rôle dans la nouvelle donne financière internationale, ils vont développer une véritable industrie de la dissimulation et du recel de capitaux.
      In order to allow London to continue to play a role in the new international financial order, they are going to turn the concealment of captial into a veritable industry.

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