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Catalan
Etymology
Deverbal from recelar.
Pronunciation
Noun
recel m (uncountable)
- suspicion, distrust
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French recel, deverbal from receler.
Pronunciation
Noun
recel m (plural recels)
- (law) fencing, receiving of stolen goods
- (law) concealing with intent to defraud
- recel de cadavre ― concealment of a body, hiding of a corpse
- recel de malfaiteur ― harbouring a criminal, harbouring a fugitive
- recel de grossesse ― concealment 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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