Gregory's Server@davidrevoy I am curious about this line: "I had to make a deposit to the police for the many death threats I received."
Sad to here you receive death threats. But why make a deposit to the police? Shouldn't they act without a fee? I'm not trolling, just a bit naive maybe.
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 @davidrevoy @BjoernJagnow Ah, so more closely related to (but still not the same as) "deposition" in English. Definition 4 at Wiktionary: "The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken." https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=deposition&oldid=75104636#English  @linebyline Yes, it looks like this "deposition" meaning is close, but exclusively in English for court/law language. Good to know. Words that are close like that between my native language and English are painful. I do many mistakes of meaning because of them 😅 |
@BjoernJagnow Hey, thanks for pointing this: I think I used a bad word or false friend to get 'deposit'. In French: "Déposition" is very near to Deposit word, my brain made a shortcut. But Deposit in English is for money, I forgot about this. It should be "Make a statement to the police" or "a Report". I'll fix the article. Thanks!