proliférer

Mais, plus on les accablait, plus ils se multipliaient et proliféraient, ce qui les fit détester.
Yet the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread.
En ce qui concerne les banques qui y proliféraient par centaines, elles n'avaient de commun que le nom avec ce que nous entendons par ce type d'établissement.
We must not be surprised, for example, that the Russian banking system has collapsed.
Les établissements spontanés proliféraient sans planification et manquaient d'assainissement, de services essentiels et d'infrastructures sociales, en particulier d'écoles et de forces de police ; de plus, les possibilités d'emploi y étaient rares.
Informal settlements were spreading without planning and lacked proper sanitation, basic facilities and social infrastructure such as schools and policing and had limited employment opportunities.
Ils proliféraient plus que les forges, dans cette zone, ils devenaient de plus en plus nécessaires, au fur et à mesure que les agriculteurs avaient besoin de moudre le blé et le maïs.
Mills were more spread than forges in Lea Ibarra, and also more necessary, as all farmers had to grind their wheat and corn.
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