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MANIGANCER LIEU CRIME [2 records]

Record 1 1994-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Psychology
DEF

[The manner in which] some organized criminals [throw] the police off their track.

CONT

... stagings [:e.g.] such common occurrences as husbands who have killed their mates in a fit of anger, then tried to make the scene appear as if a burglar had come in and murdered the poor wife. The police almost always see through such stagings quickly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Psychologie criminelle
OBS

Propositions faites par analogie avec les équivalents suivants : «to stage an accident» = organiser un accident; manigancer un accident. (Source : ATROB, 1993, page 781E.)

Key term(s)
  • organiser un lieu de crime
  • manigancer un lieu de crime

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Psychology
CONT

An organized offender may sometimes stage a crime scene or death scene in order to confuse the authorities.... No disorganized offender is capable of staging a crime scene....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Psychologie criminelle
OBS

Propositions faites par analogie avec les équivalents suivants : «to stage an accident» = organiser un accident; manigancer un accident. (Source: ATROB 1993, page 781E.)

Key term(s)
  • organiser une scène de meurtre
  • manigancer une scène de meurtre
  • organiser un lieu de crime
  • manigancer un lieu de crime
  • organiser un lieu de meurtre
  • manigancer un lieu de meurtre

Spanish

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