犯罪術(shù)語(三)

字號(hào):

blackmail 敲詐,勒索
     The act of threatening to reveal personal information, esp. sexual scandals, in order to extract money.
     以揭露隱私特別是性丑聞為威脅手段以謀取錢財(cái)?shù)男袨椤?BR>     例句:
     Linda was involved in a blackmail scandal of the mayor.
     林達(dá)涉嫌敲詐市長的丑聞。
     black market 黑市
     A market place where illegal or hard-to-get items are sold or where money is illegal exchanged.
     非法或緊俏物資的銷售點(diǎn),或者非法換匯的地方。
     例句:
     Gangs are buying assault weapons on the black market.
     黑幫總在黑市購買攻擊性武器。
     blood money 血腥錢
     Money that is paid as retribution for injury, loss of life, vandalism, etc.
     為他人受傷、喪命、損壞財(cái)產(chǎn)而付出的酬金。
     例句:
     The mafia paid blood money to have that man killed.
     黑手黨拿出血腥錢將那人殺了。
     body bag 裝尸袋
     A heavy-duty bag that is used to contain a corpse.
     一種結(jié)實(shí)的用來裝運(yùn)尸體的袋子。
     例句:
     The officer warmed the man to drop his gun or “end up in a body bag.”
     警察警告那人放下武器,否則必死無疑。
     bomb squad 爆破小組
     A team of police who are specially-trained to remove and deactivate bombs.
     經(jīng)專門訓(xùn)練,從事排除和拆卸炸彈的一支警察隊(duì)伍。
     例句:
     The bomb squad was called in to deactivate the car bomb.
     有關(guān)部門請(qǐng)來爆破小組拆除這枚汽車炸彈。
     bootlegging 販賣違禁品
     The illegal distribution of items such as alcohol, drugs, firearms, etc.
     非法銷售物品如酒類、毒品、槍支等。
     例句:
     Three Mexicans were arrested for bootlegging firearms across the border.
     三名墨西哥人因越境販賣槍支而被捕。