As a French, I know we can be weird but even we have our limits lol. And judging by the way it’s spelled, I’m pretty sure the author did it on purpose rather than it just being a case of « I wanted to use a fancy French word and completely screwed it up »
My French buddies, what's with group literally called V.I.O.L?!? Who would call themselves the translation of R.A.P.E