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BRUTALISER [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2018-03-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Sociology of the Family
- Social Problems
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- molest
1, record 1, English, molest
correct, verb
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
To make unjustifiable sexual advances that go beyond the accepted norm. 2, record 1, English, - molest
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Cemetery reflects Povungnituk's social ills. Reverend Aipili Napartuq has buried more than 20 people since arriving [two years ago] in this Inuit community on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. Only five died of natural causes. ... Now this community wonders whether those deaths are linked to the sexual abuse that became public this spring, revealing that up to 90 youth had been molested over the years. 3, record 1, English, - molest
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Susan Smith, who is accused of drowning her two young sons, was molested by her stepfather when she was 16 ... [He] abused his stepdaughter Smith by "participating in open-mouth kissing, fondling her breasts and by the stepfather placing the minor's hand on him in and about the genital area. 4, record 1, English, - molest
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
This term, which encompasses a wide range of unacceptable sexual behaviours, is usually found in newspaper articles and texts of a general nature. 2, record 1, English, - molest
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Sociologie de la famille
- Problèmes sociaux
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- agresser sexuellement
1, record 1, French, agresser%20sexuellement
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- molester 2, record 1, French, molester
avoid, see observation
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
34 pour cent des filles ont été agressées sexuellement par une personne étrangère à leur famille avant l’âge de 16 ans; 42 pour cent des filles ont subi au moins une expérience d’inceste et (ou) d’agression sexuelle extérieure à la famille avant l’âge de 16 ans. 1, record 1, French, - agresser%20sexuellement
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Quoique très utilisé dans le langage populaire dans le sens de violence sexuelle, le terme «molester» signifie, en français :«maltraiter physiquement, brutaliser, malmener, rudoyer»(Sources : Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse(LAROG), 1982, vol. 7, p. 7024 et Le nouveau petit Robert(PEROB), 1993, p. 1426). 2, record 1, French, - agresser%20sexuellement
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
L’ancien terme «attentat à la pudeur» signifie l’acte physique, contraire aux bonnes mœurs, exercé volontairement sur le corps d’une personne déterminée de l’un ou l’autre sexe, avec violence ou même parfois sans violence (si la victime est au-dessous d’un certain âge). 2, record 1, French, - agresser%20sexuellement
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1994-11-06
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Human Behaviour
- Sociology of the Family
- Social Problems
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- brutalize
1, record 2, English, brutalize
correct, verb
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
To treat brutally. 2, record 2, English, - brutalize
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... she had been repeatedly brutalized over years .... 3, record 2, English, - brutalize
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Comportement humain
- Sociologie de la famille
- Problèmes sociaux
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- brutaliser
1, record 2, French, brutaliser
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Traiter quelqu’un avec brutalité. 2, record 2, French, - brutaliser
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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