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piggybacking [6 records]

Record 1 2016-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Security
DEF

... a method for entering controlled-access areas when control is provided by electronically locked doors.

CONT

Piggybacking occurs when a bona fide user enters through a door and, while the door is in the open position, another person passes through without being processed through the system.

Key term(s)
  • physical piggy-backing
  • piggy-backing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Sécurité
DEF

[...] moyen d'accéder à des locaux dont l'accès est contrôlé par des portes à fermeture électronique.

CONT

L'accès à califourchon se produit lorsqu'un utilisateur autorisé entre par une porte et qu'une autre personne profite du fait que la porte soit ouverte pour passer sans que son identité soit contrôlée par le système.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Transport of Goods
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Piggybacking typically requires ordering a cover load from a legitimate vendor, arranging shipping and transportation, and gaining control of the shipment when it arrives in Canada [...] Piggybacking allows smuggling of larger quantities of narcotics than rip loads because the entire container is available to the smuggler.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Action de trafiquer le manifeste d'une commande de marchandises effectuée en bonne et due forme dans le but d'opérer le transport de substances illicites à des fins commerciales.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Transport of Goods
CONT

Piggybacking typically requires ordering a cover load from a legitimate vendor, arranging shipping and transportation, and gaining control of the shipment when it arrives in Canada. Gaining control can involve the removal of the contents or the entire container at the pier or an alternate location (e.g. in transit or at a bonded warehouse).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Transport de marchandises
DEF

Action visant à détourner de manière illicite le transport de marchandises ou d’objets sans se faire repérer dans le but d’en faire le trafic.

PHR

Déroutage illicite de marchandises, déroutage illicite d'objets.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

The process of loading, transporting, and unloading truck trailers on railroad flat cars or cars of special design.

OBS

piggybacking: term officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

OBS

Although "piggyback" and "piggyback traffic" are the most frequently used terms, "rail-road transport" was retained by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

Key term(s)
  • piggy backing
  • pick-a-back
  • pigaback
  • railroad transport
  • piggy back traffic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Transport combiné par remorques routières spéciales acheminées sur wagons plats.

OBS

ferroutage : terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicio de carga (Transporte ferroviario)
DEF

Transporte por ferrocarril de semirremolques de carretera.

OBS

transporte combinado carretera-ferrocarril; transporte por carretera-ferrocarril: Términos y definición propuestos por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 5 2007-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Techniques
  • Advertising Media
Key term(s)
  • piggybacking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques publicitaires
  • Supports publicitaires
Key term(s)
  • couplage-groupage

Spanish

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