recel
See also: reçel
Catalan
Etymology
Deverbal from recelar.
Pronunciation
Noun
recel m (uncountable)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “recel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French recel, deverbal from receler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.sɛl/
Audio (Paris): (file)
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.
Related terms
Further reading
- “recel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.