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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by joncrocks on Monday February 27, 2017 @06:46AM (#13743532)
From google:

engueuler. (transitive, informal) to give (someone) a roasting, to tell someone off. (reflexive, informal) to argue, to have a row.

So I think the officer just gave her a telling off.

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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by NoirDesir on Monday February 27, 2017 @11:13AM (#13745235)
engueuler = bawl out
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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by mercutio2 on Monday February 27, 2017 @02:11PM (#13746920)
Several people have offered this translation. Just FYI, I don't think many US English speakers will have heard that phrase before.

A more idiomatic phrase in the US would be "she was chewed out".

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