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OPPORTUNIST [4 records]

Record 1 2015-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Law of the Sea
DEF

[An] opportunist [attack that is] typically directed against ships anchored at harbor and [that] usually targets cash or portable high-value items.

French

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

Vol simple, opportuniste, souvent effectué dans un port ou au préjudice d’un petit bateau de pêche, [qui] représente la moitié des actes de piraterie effectivement commis.

OBS

Il s'agit habituellement d'un vol d'argent ou d'objets de grande valeur faciles à emporter.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
CONT

Fourth generation warfare (4GW) is a concept in American military doctrine ... used to describe warfare’s return to a decentralized form. In terms of generational modern warfare, the fourth generation signifies the nation states’ loss of their monopoly on combat forces, returning in a sense to the uncontrolled combat of pre-modern times. The simplest definition includes any war in which one of the major participants is not a state but rather a violent ideological network. Fourth generation wars are characterized by a blurring of the lines between war and politics, soldier and civilian, peace and conflict, battlefield and safety. ... Fourth generation warfare is defined as conflicts which involve the following elements: high technology, terrorism, a non-national or transnational base, a direct attack on the enemy’s culture, highly sophisticated psychological warfare, especially through manipulation of the media.

CONT

Fourth generation warfare involves operations against non-state combatants or remnants of armies in a battle space where there are no definable battlefields or front lines, where deadly threats emerge suddenly and disappear just as quickly and where combatants mingle freely with non-combatants. The division between combatant, criminal opportunist and civilian is often blurred.

Key term(s)
  • 4th generation warfare
  • fourth-generation warfare
  • fourth-generation war
  • 4th generation war

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
CONT

La guerre de quatrième génération se caractérise par des opérations contre des combattants non étatiques ou des restes d'armées, et ce, dans un espace de combat où les champs de bataille et les lignes de front sont impossibles à définir, où les menaces meurtrières apparaissent soudainement, et disparaissent tout aussi rapidement, et où les combattants se mêlent librement aux non-combattants. La distinction entre combattants, criminels opportunistes et civils est souvent imprécise.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Birds
  • Fish
DEF

Animal or plant species that takes advantage of all conditions and resources present in its environment.

CONT

On the other hand, when fauna is removed by the dredge, opportunist species rapidly recolonize the new substratum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Oiseaux
  • Poissons
DEF

Espèce animale ou végétale qui tire parti de toutes les circonstances et (ou) ressources présentes dans son milieu.

CONT

En contrepartie, après l'enlèvement de la faune par la drague, des espèces opportunistes recolonisent rapidement le nouveau substrat.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • North American Football

French

Domaine(s)
  • Football nord-américain

Spanish

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