they defied
Past they conjugation of defy.
They defied your orders, they haven't left the city.
Ils t'ont désobéi. Ils sont toujours en ville.
This made them not only more dangerous, but also more difficult to address, and they defied accommodating solutions.
Cela les rendait non seulement plus dangereux mais aussi plus difficiles à combattre, car ils ne se prêtaient guère aux solutions classiques.
They were the children of Abraham, they declared, and so firm did the foundation of their prosperity seem to them that they defied earth and heaven to dispossess them of their rights.
Descendant d'Abraham, il croyait que sa prospérité reposait sur un fondement si solide que ni la terre ni le ciel ne pourraient le déposséder de ses droits.
They defied your orders, they haven't left the city.
Ils ont bravé tes ordres, ils n'ont pas quitté la ville.
They defied a king?
Ils ont défié un roi ?
They defied global conventions and decriminalized all drug possession.
Ils ont défié les conventions mondiales et décriminalisé la possession de drogue.
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