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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbourrage d'urnes
Pronunciation / Transliteration: buʁaʒ dyʁn
"Le bourrage d'urnes est un crime grave puni par la loi électorale."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The illegal practice of secretly submitting multiple fraudulent votes by a single person during an election to manipulate the outcome.
"Observers caught several individuals attempting ballot-box stuffing at the remote polling station." - 2
Any dishonest method of artificially inflating the numbers, votes, or scores in a competitive process.
"Online polls are frequently compromised by automated ballot-box stuffing using bots."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the late 19th century in the United States and Britain, combining 'ballot' (from Italian 'ballotta', a small ball used in voting) and 'box' with 'stuffing' (the act of packing something tightly). Originally referring to the physical insertion of multiple fraudulent votes into a ballot box during elections, the term has expanded to cover digital and metaphorical electoral fraud.
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bourrage d'urnes
Transliteration: buʁaʒ dyʁn
"Le bourrage d'urnes est un crime grave puni par la loi électorale."
Wahlfälschung
Transliteration: vaːlˌfɛltsʊŋ
"Die Wahlfälschung durch das Einwerfen zusätzlicher Stimmzettel wurde aufgedeckt."
imbroglio elettorale
Transliteration: imˈbrɔːʎo elettoˈrale
"L'imbroglio elettorale ha compromesso la legittimità delle votazioni."
fraude electoral
Transliteration: ˈfrawde elektoˈɾal
"El fraude electoral mediante la manipulación de urnas fue denunciado por los observadores."
fraude eleitoral
Transliteration: ˈfɾawdʒi eleiˈtoɾaw
"A urna eletrônica foi projetada para evitar qualquer tipo de fraude eleitoral."
बूथ कैप्चरिंग
Transliteration: būth kaipcharinġ
"चुनाव आयोग ने उस निर्वाचन क्षेत्र में बूथ कैप्चरिंग की घटना की पुष्टि की।"
塞选票
Transliteration: sāi xuǎnpiào
"警方在投票站附近防止任何塞选票的行为。"
투표함 부정 조작
Transliteration: tupyo함 bujeong jojak
"투표함 부정 조작은 민주주의의 근간을 흔드는 범죄입니다."
投票箱への不正投票
Transliteration: tōhyōbako e no fusei tōhyō
"その選挙では投票箱への不正投票が厳しく監視されました。"
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