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ILLEGAL MOVE [9 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
CONT

The term "floating craps" refers to an illegal operation of the dice game craps. The term "floating" refers to the practice of the game's operators using portable tables and equipment to quickly move the game from location to location to stay ahead of the law enforcement authorities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Card Games
  • Games of Chance
DEF

To take back a portion of a bet.

OBS

... refers to an illegal move during a hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de cartes
  • Jeux de hasard
OBS

Terme [employé pour désigner] un mouvement illégal au cours d' une main.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Card Games
  • Games of Chance
DEF

To add money/chips to an existing bet.

OBS

Usually refers to an illegal move during a hand.

PHR

To cap a bet.

OBS

Definition given for: capping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de cartes
  • Jeux de hasard
DEF

Ajouter de la monnaie / des jetons à un pari en cours.

OBS

Ce terme se rapporte habituellement à un mouvement illégal au cours d'une main.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

It is easy to copy software and in most countries it is illegal to do so.... Games are probably the most commonly pirated software and they tend to move between PC users at a far greater speed than "serious" pirated software.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

On peut copier facilement un logiciel et cette pratique est répréhensible dans de nombreux pays. [...] Les jeux sont probablement les logiciels les plus piratés et ils circulent entre utilisateurs de PC nettement plus rapidement que les logiciels «professionnels» piratés.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Basketball
  • Team Sports (General)
  • Water Polo
DEF

... an illegal move which interferes through pushing, charging, holding, tripping or similar rough contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Basket-ball
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
  • Water-polo
DEF

[...] infraction qu'un joueur commet quand il provoque un contact avec un adversaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Básquetbol
  • Deportes de equipo (Generalidades)
  • Polo acuático
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Record 7 2001-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

A player making successive (non-simultaneous) contacts of the ball with any parts of his body ...

CONT

Each team is allowed to contact the ball a maximum of three times before returning it to the opposite court, but any one individual may not touch, or be touched by it, twice in succession (a "double hit"), and the ball must always be played cleanly by the hands, with no suggestion of holding ("held ball"), lifting, or carrying.

OBS

The double hit is considered an illegal move.

Key term(s)
  • double contact

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

Un joueur touchant la balle plus d'une fois à l'aide de n'importe quelle partie du corps sans qu'aucun autre joueur ne l'ait entre-temps touchée [...]

OBS

Le doublé est une infraction aux règles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vóleibol
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Record 8 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

An illegal move that occurs when team members hit the ball four times before sending it in the opponent's court.

OBS

A team is allowed to hit the ball three times (in addition to the block contact) to return it to the opponent’s court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

Type de faute consistant pour des membres d'une équipe à frapper le ballon quatre fois avant de le renvoyer dans le camp adverse.

OBS

Les joueurs ont droit à trois touches réglementaires (à l'exception du bloc)avant de retourner la balle dans le camp adverse.

Spanish

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Record 9 1979-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

An illegal move : hitting an opponent with the butt end of the hockey stick.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

Action par laquelle un joueur se sert du manche de son bâton (...) pour arrêter un adversaire de quelque façon que ce soit, ou pour le frapper ou tenter de le frapper.

OBS

«donner le bout du bâton» : Selon M. Richard Parayne de l'Association canadienne de hockey amateur, "donner un six-pouce" est le plus couramment employé mais cette expression est exacte.

Spanish

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