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FAUSSAIRE [4 records]

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Record 1 2007-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

One that forges or makes copies or imitations of current money.

CONT

Recent advances in so-called reprographic equipment (photocopiers, scanners, printers and the like) have led to fears that an epidemic of forgeries by a new class of offenders is just getting under way. Members of that group, known as casual counterfeiters, run off small amounts of funny money to help meet daily living expenses. ... Expert counterfeiters have been around since the first coins were minted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Personne qui fabrique de faux billets de banque, imite une signature, etc.

OBS

En droit, on appelle «contrefacteur» la personne qui se rend coupable de contrefaçon frauduleuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Monedas y billetes
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Record 2 2006-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art History and Theory
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

Someone who makes a profession of copying great artists and then selling their works as originals.

DEF

A fraudulent imitator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

Renaissance : [...] Époque du renouveau de la création artistique, elle fût aussi l'âge d'or des faussaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Historia y teoria del arte
  • Infracciones y crímenes
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Record 3 1999-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • IT Security
DEF

An online or offline hacker who steals copies of blockbuster movies, computer games, and software before their official release and makes them available free over the web.

CONT

the theft was not for profit. Bootleggers in it for the technical challenge rather than the money. Although it will take four days to download the 19th Bond adventure into an ordinary computer, users with high-speed telephone lines are able to make a copy overnight and then "burn" it onto a video CD which could be watched on any home computer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Sécurité des TI
OBS

On peut déjà distinguer le «cyberpirate» qui opère en ligne sans nécessairement gagner de l'argent, du «contrefacteur multimédias» qui peut vendre les copies physiques des CD, films, et logiciels volés.

CONT

Le business de la contrefaçon c'est hautement perfectionné et globalisé. Avec l'essor des disques optiques (CD, CD-ROM, CDV, DVD...) les pirates sont passés à la production de masse. Les faussaires amortissent en cinq mois le coût de leur équipement, contre cinq ans pour un fabricant légal. Les contrefacteurs engrangent des projets colossaux. Le piratage de CD attire la criminalité organisée.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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