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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
DEF

The act of using street gang signs, signals and symbols to show affiliation to the gang.

CONT

... people of similar tastes and lifestyles converge on a Website that [displays] key signals. Gang members using such sites may be signalling and, thus, provoking visitors to join the gang.

OBS

Gangs often establish distinctive, characteristic identifiers including graffiti tags, colors, hand-signals, clothing, jewelry, hair styles, fingernails, slogans, signs such as the swastika, the noose, or the burning cross, flags, for example, the Confederate flag, secret greetings, slurs, or code words and other group-specific symbols associated with the gang's common beliefs, rituals, and mythologies to define and differentiate themselves from rival groups and gangs. As an alternative language, signs, symbols, and slurs in speech, graffiti, print, music, or other mediums communicate specific informational cues used to threaten, disparage, taunt, harass, intimidate, alarm, influence, or exact specific responses including obedience, submission, fear, or terror.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
DEF

Utilisation de signes, de signaux et de symboles caractéristiques d'un gang de rue pour prouver son appartenance à ce gang.

CONT

[...] les personnes partageant des goûts et des modes de vie analogues convergent vers un site Web qui [expose] les principaux signalements d'appartenance. Les membres d'un gang qui utilisent ces sites peuvent signaler leur appartenance et inciter les visiteurs à joindre le gang.

CONT

C’est davantage sur le plan de l’affichage et de l’intimidation que les vêtements des détenus font sourciller [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family spoken by the Yako, a people of the Cross River region of eastern Nigeria.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue du groupe Bénoué-Congo de la famille nigéro-congolaise parlée par les Yako, peuple habitant la région de la rivière Cross à l'est du Nigeria.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family spoken by the Mbembe, a group of peoples living along the middle Cross river in Nigeria

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue du groupe Bénoué-Congo de la famille nigéro-congolaise parlée par les Mbembe, groupes ethniques vivant le long du cours moyen de la rivière Cross au Nigeria

Spanish

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