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FORCE COERCITIVE [4 records]

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Record 1 2025-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • National and International Security
OBS

In the context of foreign interference, a coercitive activity is a set of actions involving the use of force to pressure individuals into actions they are unwilling to take, often as part of broader activities such as blackmail, recruitment, or manipulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
OBS

Dans le contexte de l'ingérence étrangère, une activité coercitive est un ensemble d’actions impliquant l'usage de la force pour contraindre des individus à accomplir des actes qu'ils ne souhaitent pas effectuer, souvent dans le cadre d’activités plus larges telles que le chantage, le recrutement ou la manipulation.

OBS

activité coercitive : désignation tirée du mini-lexique «Espionnage, trahison et haute trahison» et reproduit avec l’autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l’Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
  • National and International Security
CONT

The general idea of coercive diplomacy is to back one's demand on an adversary with a threat of punishment for noncompliance that he will consider credible and potent enough to persuade him to comply with the demand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
CONT

La diplomatie coercitive est une stratégie visant à influencer les décisions ou actions d’un autre État par des menaces ou des promesses de récompense sans recourir à la force militaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity
OBS

coercive force: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité
OBS

force coercitive : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques(Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Magnetism
DEF

The magnetizing force which must be applied to a magnetic material in a direction opposite to the residual induction to reduce the intrinsic induction to zero.

OBS

The formula "Hcl" is written H subscript cl.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Magnétisme

Spanish

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