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counterfeit [7 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

counterfeit: an item in the "Exchange Media" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

contrefaçon : objet de la classe «Support d'échange» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Plastic Arts (General)
  • Museums
  • Archaeology
DEF

An imitation designed to pass for the original.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Arts plastiques (Généralités)
  • Muséologie
  • Archéologie
DEF

Copie d'une œuvre d'art, entièrement conçue dans l'intention de tromper.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Artes plásticas (Generalidades)
  • Museos
  • Arqueología
OBS

falsificación: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 - external organization data 2014-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Law of Evidence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit de la preuve
DEF

[...] imiter frauduleusement une signature ou un document, ou y apporter des modifications irrégulières.

OBS

«forger» : Forger une signature est un anglicisme qui fait double emploi avec l'expression reçue en français contrefaire une signature (imiter illégalement)

PHR

contrefaire une signature; falsifier un document.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Derecho probatorio
OBS

falsificar: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 5 2007-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

To adulterate, falsify or copy money ... without authorisation.

PHR

To counterfeit currency, money.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Fausser, dénaturer ou copier sans autorisation [...] de l'argent.

PHR

Contrefaire une monnaie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Monedas y billetes
DEF

Adulterar, falsear o copiar sin autorización [...] dinero.

CONT

[El billete es un] instrumento oficial de pago emitido por el banco emisor y dotado de curso legal en forma de papel difícil de falsificar.

PHR

Falsificar billetes, una moneda.

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Record 6 2007-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

The unlawful making of false money to be used as if genuine.

CONT

According to the report, the U.S. government has failed to keep pace with what could well be described as a technological revolution in the art of counterfeiting. Recent advances in so-called reprographic equipment (photocopiers, scanners, printers and the like) have led to fears that an epidemic of forgeries by a new class of offenders is just getting under way.

PHR

To prevent, punish counterfeiting.

PHR

Prevention, punishment of counterfeiting.

PHR

Counterfeit crackdown, of currency, detection, detection device, detector, law, machine, of money, penalty, protection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Action d'imiter une monnaie, des billets de banque dans une intention frauduleuse.

PHR

Contrefaçon de monnaie, de billets de banque.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Monedas y billetes
CONT

Han desarticulado una banda que se dedicaba a la falsificación de billetes.

OBS

falsificación: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 7 2000-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stamp and Postmark Collecting
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

A fraudulent imitation of a genuine stamp made to be sold as such.

CONT

Philatelic forgeries or counterfeits are unauthorized imitations of stamps designed to deceive and defraud stamps collectors. (Scott 1992 - Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Volume 2, 1992, p. 21A).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philatélie et marcophilie
  • Timbres et oblitération
  • Infractions et crimes
DEF

Copie d'un timbre, conçue dans l'intention de tromper.

CONT

[...] des contrefaçons ont été réalisées [...] pour frauder l'administration postale, tromper les collectionneurs (de timbres) [...] (Le livre Guiness des timbres, 1983, page 136).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Filatelia y matasellos
  • Sellos postales y obliteración
  • Infracciones y crímenes
OBS

falsificación: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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