trucage

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From truquer +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁy.kaʒ/
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Noun

trucage m (plural trucages)

  1. rigging, doctoring (especially fraudulent)
    • 2005, BEN NEFISSA Sarah, ARAFAT Alâ ' Al-dîn, Vote et démocratie dans l'Egypte contemporaine, KARTHALA Editions, →ISBN, page 227:
      Il existe deux sortes de trucage des urnes, celui du « haut » et celui du « bas ». Le trucage du « haut » s’opère principalement dans les bureaux centraux de triage et de comptage des voix, alors que le trucage du « bas » se produit dans les ...
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  2. (film, chiefly in the plural) special effects
    • 2007, David Aldstadt, Jean-Louis Hippolyte, Septième Art, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 33:
      Comment le trucage avance-t-il l’intrigue? Décrivez l’effet que le trucage évoque chez le spectateur: humour, peur, choc, surprise, admiration ou autre chose.
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