French-English translation for "pantins"

 

"pantins" English translation

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pantins {noun}

pantins {m pl}

puppets {pl}

D'autres orateurs ont qualifié leurs gouvernements de «pantins» des grandes, puissantes et riches sociétés transnationales présentes sur...

Other speakers referred to their Governments as “puppets” of the large, powerful and rich TNCs operating on their lands.

pantin {noun}

pantin {m}

jumping jack {noun}

pantin {m} [pej.] (also: marionnette, guignol, fantoche)

puppet {noun}

D'autres orateurs ont qualifié leurs gouvernements de «pantins» des grandes, puissantes et riches sociétés transnationales présentes sur leurs terres.

Other speakers referred to their Governments as “puppets” of the large, powerful and rich TNCs operating on their lands.

pantin {m} [pej.] (also: représentant, prête-nom, homme de paille)

figurehead {noun}
 

Synonyms

Synonyms (French) for "pantin":

 

Usage examples

Usage examples for "pantins" in English

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Nous aurons ainsi en Europe des citoyens qui pensent et qui ne sont pas les pantins d'intérêts qui les dépassent.

In this way we shall have citizens in Europe who think and are not the playthings of interests which pass over their heads.

La classe politique est entièrement constituée de pantins du président, évoluant dans un système de récompenses et de punitions.

The political class consists entirely of slavish servants of the president as a result of a system of rewards and punishments.

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