maverick

indépendant, anticonformiste

Qui pense ou agit à sa manière, même si les autres ne sont pas d’accord.

En anglais simple : Thinking or acting in your own way, even when other people disagree.

• She is a maverick thinker.
• His maverick approach challenged the usual methods.
• The party struggled to control its maverick members.

Synonymes : independent, unconventional, unorthodox

Contraires : conventional, conformist

Expressions courantes : maverick politician, maverick approach

non marqué

Se dit d’un animal d’élevage sans marque au fer indiquant son propriétaire.

En anglais simple : Describing a farm animal without a burned mark showing who owns it.

• They found a maverick calf.
• Maverick cattle wandered near the ranch.
• The cowboys separated the maverick animals from the branded herd.

Synonymes : unbranded

Contraires : branded

Expressions courantes : maverick cattle, maverick calf

anticonformiste, franc-tireur

Personne qui suit ses propres idées plutôt que de faire ce que les autres attendent.

En anglais simple : A person who follows their own ideas instead of doing what others expect.

• She is a maverick.
• The party’s mavericks refused to support the bill.
• As a young artist, he was considered a maverick.

Synonymes : nonconformist, individualist, rebel

Contraires : conformist

Expressions courantes : a political maverick, a real maverick, an artistic maverick, a scientific maverick

bête non marquée

Animal d’élevage sans marque de propriété au fer, surtout s’il se déplace librement.

En anglais simple : A farm animal without a burned ownership mark, especially one wandering freely.

• A maverick joined the herd.
• The rancher branded the maverick he had found.
• Cowboys gathered several mavericks during the roundup.

Synonymes : unbranded animal

Expressions courantes : a stray maverick, brand a maverick

objet volé, butin

Chose que quelqu’un a prise de manière malhonnête.

En anglais simple : Something that a person has taken dishonestly.

• The watch was a maverick.
• He hid his mavericks under the bed.
• The trader was caught selling a maverick.

Synonymes : stolen property, loot

Expressions courantes : a stolen maverick, a maverick stash

s’approprier du bétail non marqué

Prendre un animal d’élevage non marqué en terrain ouvert et le déclarer sien.

En anglais simple : To take an unmarked farm animal from open land and claim it as your own.

• He mavericked a stray calf.
• The rancher was accused of mavericking cattle.
• They tried to maverick unbranded animals from the open range.

Expressions courantes : maverick a calf, maverick stray cattle

s’approprier illégalement

Prendre quelque chose que l’on n’a pas le droit de posséder selon la loi.

En anglais simple : To take something that you have no legal right to own.

• He mavericked his neighbour’s tools.
• They were accused of mavericking public land.
• The trader had mavericked goods belonging to another merchant.

Synonymes : steal, misappropriate

Expressions courantes : maverick someone’s property, maverick something