recel

See also: reçel

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from recelar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈsɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈsəl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [reˈsɛl]

Noun

recel m (uncountable)

1. suspicion, distrust

Derived terms

• recelós

Further reading

• “recel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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 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

• receler

Further reading

• “recel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.