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Record 1 2010-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
OBS

Company established in Calgary, Alberta.

Key term(s)
  • AGRA Earth & Environmental
  • AGRA Earth & Environmental Ltd.
  • HBT AGRA
  • HBT AGRA Ltd.
  • Hardy BBT
  • Hardy BBT Ltd.
  • Hardy Associates Ltd.
  • Hardy Associates Limited
  • Hardy Associates

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
OBS

Compagnie établie à Calgary (Alberta).

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Psychology
DEF

A person who commits a series of similar murders with no apparent motive.

CONT

[A] man was discussing what the Brits called crimes in series - a series of rapes, burglaries, arsons, murders. That seemed a highly appropriate way of characterizing the killings of those who do one murder, then another and another in a fairly repetitive was.... After a murder, the serial murderer thinks of how the crime could have been bettered.... When he follows this sort of train of thought, his mind jumps ahead to how he can kill more nearly perfectly the next time; there's an improvement continuum.... Serial killers ... are obsessed with a fantasy, and they have what we must call nonfulfilled experiences that become part of the fantasy and push them on toward the next killing.

OBS

serial killer: Term coined by former FBI detective Robert Ressler.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Psychologie criminelle
DEF

Personne qui commet plusieurs meurtres successifs, généralement, dans des circonstances analogues.

CONT

Contrairement au meurtrier de masse, qui ne frappe généralement qu’une seule fois au cours de sa vie, mais de façon spectaculaire, le tueur en série tue tant et aussi longtemps qu’il n’est pas appréhendé.

OBS

Le terme "tueur en série" a été également retrouvé dans la base de données AGRA et dans l'Actualité Québec.

OBS

En français, le complément de TUEUR précise généralement le type de victimes visées : tueur d’enfants, tueur de femmes, etc.

Key term(s)
  • auteur de meurtres à répétition
  • multi-assassin

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
  • Psicología criminal
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Record 3 1998-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

Agra gauze: A strong, transparent, gauze-like silk fabric.

Key term(s)
  • agre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Nomenclature des tissus

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

City in Uttar Pradesh, northeast India; founded in 1566 by Akbar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Ville de l’Inde (Utter Pradesh), sur la Yumana.

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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