confine

They are grabbing as much land as possible, using pretexts and tricks made kosher by the High Court of Justice; they are confining the natives to densely populated reservations.
Ils s’emparent d’autant de terres que possible, avec des prétextes et des manoeuvres rendues cachères par la Haute Cour de Justice, ils confinent les habitants indigènes dans des réserves très peuplées.
So far as Chechnya is concerned, President-in-Office, I have only one thing to say: you are confining the Chechnya problem too much to the subject of terrorism.
En ce qui concerne la Tchétchénie, Monsieur le Président en exercice du Conseil, je n’ai qu’une chose à dire : vous limitez beaucoup trop la question tchétchène à la question du terrorisme.
Out of 8,000 suspects, we are confining our activity to 108.
Alors, sur 8000 suspects, on limite notre activité à 108.
Secondly, you are examining its relations with civil society and the social players, and you are confining yourself to a procedure within the institutions.
Deuxièmement, vous ne traitez pas de ses relations à la société civile et à ses acteurs sociaux et vous vous cantonnez dans une procédure interne aux institutions.
The European Union is, without doubt, the only political power capable of convincing the Cubans that the isolation in which they are confining themselves is suicidal and can only lead them, sooner or later, to a tragic fate.
L'Union européenne est sans doute la seule puissance politique capable de convaincre les Cubains que l'isolement dans lequel ils se confinent est suicidaire et ne peut les conduire, tôt ou tard, qu'à un destin dramatique.
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