TERMIUM Plus®

From: Translation Bureau

On social media

Consult the Government of Canada’s terminology data bank.

INCREASE PENALTY [5 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2006-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Penal Administration
  • Sentencing
DEF

Circumstances that increase the seriousness or outrageousness of a given crime, and that in turn increase the wrongdoer's penalty or punishment.

CONT

aggravating circumstances: Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime which cause its gravity to be greater than that of the average instance of the given type of offense.

OBS

aggravating circumstances; circumstances of aggravation: terms usually used in the plural in this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Administration pénitentiaire
  • Peines
DEF

Faits entourant la commission de l'infraction qui permettent au juge, lorsqu'il les apprécie, d'infliger à l'accusé une peine plus sévère que la sanction encourue normalement.

OBS

circonstances aggravantes : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
  • Administración penitenciaria
  • Penas
Save record 1

Record 2 2005-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

First, the bill will expand the scope of some existing offences, narrow the availability of statutory defences and/or increase penalties available following conviction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Premièrement, il aura pour effet d'élargir la portée de certaines infractions actuelles, de limiter la possibilité d'employer certains moyens de défense prévus par la loi et d'accroître les sanctions applicables après reconnaissance de la culpabilité.

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 2002-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
Key term(s)
  • increase of penalty

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines

Spanish

Save record 3

Record 4 1989-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
OBS

The abbreviation is L accompanied by the subscript R-1, and may be followed by the word "algorithm".

CONT

The basic idea of the Linear Reward-Inaction... scheme is to increase the probability of selecting an action resulting in nonpenalty and inaction(no change) if a penalty results.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Logiciels

Spanish

Save record 4

Record 5 1981-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
  • Insurance
OBS

Joint Insured Rider simply extends the coverage to additional firms who are under the same financial control but does not increase the penalty of the bond on this account.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
  • Assurances
OBS

Son but est d'étendre la couverture aux autres entreprises appartenant aux mêmes intérêts financiers.

Spanish

Save record 5

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2026
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Display options

Change the order of display of the official languages of Canada
Option to display the non-official languages (Spanish or Portuguese)
Display definitions, contexts, etc., on records

Features

GCtranslate (available on the Government of Canada network only)

Use this artificial intelligence prototype to translate Government of Canada content up to and including Protected B. Available to employees of selected departments and agencies only.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: