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GROS BONNET [4 records]

Record 1 1986-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

the big man wholesales drugs to dealers and for peddlers, and may racketeer them for protection and the privilege of selling. Big men are usually not addicted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

les gros bonnets se gardent bien de toucher à la drogue elle-même, ils se contentent de toucher l'argent qu'elle rapporte.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

... the non-addicted purveyors of narcotics, the higher-ups who eventually pocket the enormous profits of the narcotic traffic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

Les gros bonnets se gardent bien de toucher à la drogue elle-même, ils se contentent de toucher l'argent qu'elle rapporte.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 4 1980-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
OBS

In the last third of the nineteenth century, out of the populist revolt against "big interests", the Knights of Labor emerged. At first it was a secret society which all but "lawyers, bankers, gamblers or liquor dealers, and Pinkerton detectives" could join.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
OBS

Un gros bonnet: un personnage éminent, influent.

Spanish

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