英语词组crime是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

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CRIME

breaking and entering

the crime of forcing one's way into a place. (A criminal charge. Fixed order.)

Max was charged with four counts of breaking and entering.It was not an act of breaking and entering. The thief just opened the door and walked right in.

foul play

illegal activity; bad practices.

The police investigating the death suspect foul play.Each student got an A on the test, and the teacher imagined it was the result of foul play.

have a price on one's head

to be wanted by the authorities, who have offered a reward for one's capture. (Informal or folksy. Usually limited to western and gangster movies.)

We captured a thief who had a price on his head, and the sheriff gave us the reward.The crook was so mean, he turned in his own brother, who had a price on his head.

ill-gotten gains

money or other possessions acquired in a dishonest or illegal fashion.

Fred cheated at cards and is now living on his ill-gotten gains.Mary is also enjoying her ill-gotten gains. She deceived an old lady into leaving her money in her will.

read one one's rights

to make the required statement of legal rights to a person who has been arrested.

All right, read this guy his rights and book him on a charge of theft.You have to read them their rights before putting them in jail.

run someone in

to take someone to the police station and make an arrest.

"Don't run me in" cried the driver. "I'm innocent."The police officer was angry and ran in the motorist.

set fire to someone or something and set someone or something on fire

to ignite someone or something; to put someone or something to flames.

The thief set fire to the building.The poor man accidentally set himself on fire.

shake someone down

to extort money from someone; to blackmail someone. (Slang, especially criminal slang.)

The gang of criminals made a living from shaking people down.Lefty was trying to shake down the storekeeper.

stick someone or something up

to rob someone or something.

One robber stuck the cashier up first, but someone sounded the alarm before any money was taken.The robbers came in and tried to stick up the bank, but they got caught first.

action

n. illegal activity; commerce in drugs; acts of crime. (Underworld.)

You want a fast buck, you get in on that action over on Fourth Street.Things have been a little slow here, but there's some action on the East Coast.

big-time

mod. felonious. (Underworld.)

Max is into big-time stuff now.The gang pulled a real big-time job and got away with it.

buttlegging

n. the transportation of untaxed or undertaxed cigarettes across a state line. (Patterned on “bootlegging.”)

There's another news story about buttlegging in northern Indiana tonight.Most of the guys at the plant do buttlegging on the way home from work.

caper

n. a criminal job: theft, kidnapping, blackmail, etc. (Underworld.)

Who did you work with on that bank caper?The black and whites pulled up right in the middle of the caper.

case the joint

tr. to look over someplace to figure out how to break in, what to steal, etc. (Underworld.)

First of all you gotta case the joint to see where things are.You could see he was casing the joint the way he looked around.

chop-shop

n. a place where stolen cars are cut or broken up into car parts for resale.

The state is cracking down on these chop-shops.Once a stolen car gets to a chop-shop, there's no hope of identifying it.

crib

n. a location where thieves gather to plot; a dwelling for thieves, prostitutes, etc. (Underworld.)

The police busted a crib over on Fourth Street.They use a basement over there for a crib.

dirty

mod. illegal; on the wrong side of the law.

The cops knew that Max was dirty and they searched his car until they found something they could use against him.You just look at Bruno and you know he is dirty. The question is, what's he done now?

greenwash

tr. to launder money; to obliterate the illegal sources of money by moving it through a variety of financial institutions. (Underworld.)

It was shown in court that the mayor had been involved in greenwashing some of the bribe money.The treasurer hired someone to greenwash the cash.

hit

n. a robbery; an assassination. (Underworld.)

There was a hit at the bank on Maple Street last night.Somebody died in the hit last night, but they don't know who yet.

hot

mod. carrying contraband and subject to arrest if caught.

Max was hot and on the run.Lefty was hot and needed a place to stay.

hot-wire

tr. to start a car without a key.

Lefty hot-wired the car and used it for an hour or two.Isn't it illegal to hotwire a car?

inside job

n. a crime perpetrated against an establishment by someone associated with the victimized establishment. (derworld.)

The cops figured that it was an inside job.It was an inside job all right. The butler did it.

jazzed (up)

mod. forged or altered.

This check is jazzed. Deep-six it!Better not try to cash a jazzed check at this bank.

juice racket

n. a racket where exorbitant interest is charged on loans. (Underworld.)

The cops got one of the leaders of the juice racket.The juice racket is no picnic, I guess.

launder

tr. to conceal the source and nature of stolen or illicitly gotten money by moving it in and out of different financial institutions. (Underworld.)

The woman's sole function was to launder the money from drug deals.When you finish laundering the last job, we want you to do another.

make a score

tr. to do a criminal act: to buy or sell drugs, to rob someone. (Underworld.)

We made a score with that bank job in Adamsville, didn't we?They made quite a score off that junky.

merchandise

n. any contraband. (Underworld.)

The merchandise is still at the boss's place.How much of the merchandise can you deliver by midnight?

mob

n. the crime syndicate. (Underworld and journalistic.)

The mob has held this city in abject terror for years.One of the biggest fish in the mob was pulled from the river yesterday.

on the run

mod. running from the police.

Max is on the run from the cops.The gang of crooks is on the run. Probably somewhere in Florida.

palm something off

tr. to succeed in spending counterfeit money; to succeed in cashing a bad check. (Underworld.)

Max palmed four phony twenties off in less than an hour.Somebody palmed off a rubber check on me yesterday.

pass

tr. to succeed in spending counterfeit money; to succeed in cashing a bad check.

Beavis passed one bad check after another.He was arrested for passing bad checks.

reach for the sky

in. (a command) to put one's hands up, as in a robbery.

Okay, you guys, reach for the sky!The bank teller reached for the sky without having to be told.

rip someone off

tr. to assault, kill, beat, rob, rape, or cheat someone. (Note the for in the example.)

They ripped me off, but they didn't hurt me.Man, they ripped me off for $300.

run

tr. to transport contraband, alcohol, or drugs.

Max used to run booze during Prohibition.The soldiers were caught running guns.

n. an act of transporting contraband.

Four soldiers were killed during a run.In their final run the cocaine smugglers made over $4 million.

shakedown

n. an act of extortion. (Underworld.)

Mary was giving Bruno the shakedown, so he tried to put her out of the way.Those bums are masters at the shakedown.

shake someone down

tr. to blackmail someone. (Underworld.)

Fred was trying to shake Tracy down, but she got the cops in on it.The police chief was trying to shake down just about everybody in town.

shove

tr. to pass counterfeit money. (Underworld.)

She got sent up for three years for shoving funny-money.He got away with shoving the stuff for months before they got onto him.

smurf

tr. & in. to shift illicit money from place to place to conceal its origin. (Underworld.)

I smurf for a living. It doesn't pay much, but you meet some very interesting people.I smurfed a fortune for a famous drug kingpin and got fourteen years up the river—with some very interesting people.

smurfed

mod. having to do with a bank that has been used to launder money.

The teller came slowly into the office. “I think we were smurfed,” she said.See that this dough is smurfed by Friday.

snatch

tr. to kidnap someone. (Underworld.)

We're gonna snatch the kid when the baby-sitter comes out to see what happened.The mob snatched Mrs. Davis and held her for ransom.

n. a kidnaping. (Underworld.)

The Bradley snatch had the detectives up all night for weeks.The snatch went off without a hitch.

wide open

mod. vice-ridden.

This town is wide open!Because the prison is understaffed, it is wide open.

it's no crime to (do something)

It is no great offense to do something; it is not wrong, unlawful, or immoral to do something. I wouldn't worry about quitting your job. After all, it's no crime to want a career you love! I know you feel guilty about breaking up with Steve, but it's no crime to fall out of love with someone.

if you can't do the time, don't do the crime

Do not misbehave if you are unprepared or unwilling to accept the punishment. A: "Dad, I can't be grounded for a month, I need to see my friends!" B: "Yeah, well, you're the one who keeps breaking curfew. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime!"

crime doesn't pay

Ultimately, crime does not benefit the criminal, and only results in negative consequences. The billboards are designed as reminders that even minor fraud convictions carry serious consequences—crime doesn't pay.

partner in crime

1. One who aids or accompanies someone in crimes or nefarious actions. Once the CFO and CEO were revealed to be partners in crime, they were both fired for their involvement in the embezzling scandal.

2. By extension, one's close friend or confidant. If Seth is here, Jimmy can't be far behind—those two are partners in crime.

the weed of crime bears bitter fruit

Illegal, immoral, or illicit schemes will only every yield bad outcomes. While sentencing the three CEOs following their conviction, the judge said he wanted to make it clear to the whole country that the weed of crime bears bitter fruits.

poverty is not a crime

A person should not be regarded as inferior or culpable simply because they are economically disadvantaged. A: "The legislation I am proposing would restrict homeless people to a specific block in the east side of the city." B: "Poverty is not a crime, Senator. These are people—you can't expect us to treat them like pests!"

Crime doesn't pay.

Prov. Crime will ultimately not benefit a person. No matter how tempting it may appear, crime doesn't pay.

partners in crime

1. Fig. persons who cooperate in committing a crime or a deception. (Usually an exaggeration.) The sales manager and the used-car salesmen are nothing but partners in crime.

2. persons who cooperate in some legal task. The legal department and payroll are partners in crime as far as the average worker is concerned.

Poverty is not a crime.

and Poverty is no sin.

Prov. You should not condemn someone for being poor. Ellen: I wish there were a law to make all those poor people move out of our neighborhood. Jim: Poverty is not a crime, Ellen.

crime does not pay

Lawbreakers do not benefit from their actions. For example, Steve didn't think it mattered that he stole a candy bar, but he's learned the hard way that crime does not pay . This maxim, originating as a slogan of the F.B.I. and given wide currency by the cartoon character Dick Tracy, was first recorded in 1927. There have been numerous jocular plays on it, as in Woody Allen's screenplay for Take the Money and Run (1969): "I think crime pays. The hours are good, you travel a lot."

someone's partner in crime

Someone's partner in crime is a person that they do something with. My evening begins with watching possibly the worst romance I've ever seen, with my movie partner in crime, Monique. He presented his last programme with partner in crime Will Anderson last Friday. Note: This expression is often used humorously.

the weed of crime bears bitter fruit

No good will come from criminal schemes. The Shadow was a very popular radio detective series that began in the early 1930s. Its hero, playboy Lamont Cranston, had “the power to cloud men's minds,” a form of hypnosis by which he appeared off to the side of where people thought he stood (contrary to popular belief, the Shadow did not make himself invisible). After the credits at the end of every episode, the Shadow intoned, “The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay! The Shadow knows,” and then utter a sardonic laugh. Another famous Shadow-ism was “Who knows what evil lurks in the minds of men?—The Shadow knows!”

词组	crime
释义	IDIOMSLANG CRIME breaking and entering the crime of forcing one's way into a place. (A criminal charge. Fixed order.) Max was charged with four counts of breaking and entering.It was not an act of breaking and entering. The thief just opened the door and walked right in. foul play illegal activity; bad practices. The police investigating the death suspect foul play.Each student got an A on the test, and the teacher imagined it was the result of foul play. have a price on one's head to be wanted by the authorities, who have offered a reward for one's capture. (Informal or folksy. Usually limited to western and gangster movies.) We captured a thief who had a price on his head, and the sheriff gave us the reward.The crook was so mean, he turned in his own brother, who had a price on his head. ill-gotten gains money or other possessions acquired in a dishonest or illegal fashion. Fred cheated at cards and is now living on his ill-gotten gains.Mary is also enjoying her ill-gotten gains. She deceived an old lady into leaving her money in her will. read one one's rights to make the required statement of legal rights to a person who has been arrested. All right, read this guy his rights and book him on a charge of theft.You have to read them their rights before putting them in jail. run someone in to take someone to the police station and make an arrest. "Don't run me in" cried the driver. "I'm innocent."The police officer was angry and ran in the motorist. set fire to someone or something and set someone or something on fire to ignite someone or something; to put someone or something to flames. The thief set fire to the building.The poor man accidentally set himself on fire. shake someone down to extort money from someone; to blackmail someone. (Slang, especially criminal slang.) The gang of criminals made a living from shaking people down.Lefty was trying to shake down the storekeeper. stick someone or something up to rob someone or something. One robber stuck the cashier up first, but someone sounded the alarm before any money was taken.The robbers came in and tried to stick up the bank, but they got caught first. action n. illegal activity; commerce in drugs; acts of crime. (Underworld.) You want a fast buck, you get in on that action over on Fourth Street.Things have been a little slow here, but there's some action on the East Coast. big-time mod. felonious. (Underworld.) Max is into big-time stuff now.The gang pulled a real big-time job and got away with it. buttlegging n. the transportation of untaxed or undertaxed cigarettes across a state line. (Patterned on “bootlegging.”) There's another news story about buttlegging in northern Indiana tonight.Most of the guys at the plant do buttlegging on the way home from work. caper n. a criminal job: theft, kidnapping, blackmail, etc. (Underworld.) Who did you work with on that bank caper?The black and whites pulled up right in the middle of the caper. case the joint tr. to look over someplace to figure out how to break in, what to steal, etc. (Underworld.) First of all you gotta case the joint to see where things are.You could see he was casing the joint the way he looked around. chop-shop n. a place where stolen cars are cut or broken up into car parts for resale. The state is cracking down on these chop-shops.Once a stolen car gets to a chop-shop, there's no hope of identifying it. crib n. a location where thieves gather to plot; a dwelling for thieves, prostitutes, etc. (Underworld.) The police busted a crib over on Fourth Street.They use a basement over there for a crib. dirty mod. illegal; on the wrong side of the law. The cops knew that Max was dirty and they searched his car until they found something they could use against him.You just look at Bruno and you know he is dirty. The question is, what's he done now? greenwash tr. to launder money; to obliterate the illegal sources of money by moving it through a variety of financial institutions. (Underworld.) It was shown in court that the mayor had been involved in greenwashing some of the bribe money.The treasurer hired someone to greenwash the cash. hit n. a robbery; an assassination. (Underworld.) There was a hit at the bank on Maple Street last night.Somebody died in the hit last night, but they don't know who yet. hot mod. carrying contraband and subject to arrest if caught. Max was hot and on the run.Lefty was hot and needed a place to stay. hot-wire tr. to start a car without a key. Lefty hot-wired the car and used it for an hour or two.Isn't it illegal to hotwire a car? inside job n. a crime perpetrated against an establishment by someone associated with the victimized establishment. (derworld.) The cops figured that it was an inside job.It was an inside job all right. The butler did it. jazzed (up) mod. forged or altered. This check is jazzed. Deep-six it!Better not try to cash a jazzed check at this bank. juice racket n. a racket where exorbitant interest is charged on loans. (Underworld.) The cops got one of the leaders of the juice racket.The juice racket is no picnic, I guess. launder tr. to conceal the source and nature of stolen or illicitly gotten money by moving it in and out of different financial institutions. (Underworld.) The woman's sole function was to launder the money from drug deals.When you finish laundering the last job, we want you to do another. make a score tr. to do a criminal act: to buy or sell drugs, to rob someone. (Underworld.) We made a score with that bank job in Adamsville, didn't we?They made quite a score off that junky. merchandise n. any contraband. (Underworld.) The merchandise is still at the boss's place.How much of the merchandise can you deliver by midnight? mob n. the crime syndicate. (Underworld and journalistic.) The mob has held this city in abject terror for years.One of the biggest fish in the mob was pulled from the river yesterday. on the run mod. running from the police. Max is on the run from the cops.The gang of crooks is on the run. Probably somewhere in Florida. palm something off tr. to succeed in spending counterfeit money; to succeed in cashing a bad check. (Underworld.) Max palmed four phony twenties off in less than an hour.Somebody palmed off a rubber check on me yesterday. pass tr. to succeed in spending counterfeit money; to succeed in cashing a bad check. Beavis passed one bad check after another.He was arrested for passing bad checks. reach for the sky in. (a command) to put one's hands up, as in a robbery. Okay, you guys, reach for the sky!The bank teller reached for the sky without having to be told. rip someone off tr. to assault, kill, beat, rob, rape, or cheat someone. (Note the for in the example.) They ripped me off, but they didn't hurt me.Man, they ripped me off for $300. run 1. tr. to transport contraband, alcohol, or drugs. Max used to run booze during Prohibition.The soldiers were caught running guns. 2. n. an act of transporting contraband. Four soldiers were killed during a run.In their final run the cocaine smugglers made over $4 million. shakedown n. an act of extortion. (Underworld.) Mary was giving Bruno the shakedown, so he tried to put her out of the way.Those bums are masters at the shakedown. shake someone down tr. to blackmail someone. (Underworld.) Fred was trying to shake Tracy down, but she got the cops in on it.The police chief was trying to shake down just about everybody in town. shove tr. to pass counterfeit money. (Underworld.) She got sent up for three years for shoving funny-money.He got away with shoving the stuff for months before they got onto him. smurf tr. & in. to shift illicit money from place to place to conceal its origin. (Underworld.) I smurf for a living. It doesn't pay much, but you meet some very interesting people.I smurfed a fortune for a famous drug kingpin and got fourteen years up the river—with some very interesting people. smurfed mod. having to do with a bank that has been used to launder money. The teller came slowly into the office. “I think we were smurfed,” she said.See that this dough is smurfed by Friday. snatch 1. tr. to kidnap someone. (Underworld.) We're gonna snatch the kid when the baby-sitter comes out to see what happened.The mob snatched Mrs. Davis and held her for ransom. 2. n. a kidnaping. (Underworld.) The Bradley snatch had the detectives up all night for weeks.The snatch went off without a hitch. wide open mod. vice-ridden. This town is wide open!Because the prison is understaffed, it is wide open. crime 1. noun someone who doesn't pay debts. From the adage 'crime doesn't pay' AUSTRALIA, 1989 2. verb in the military, to discipline someone AUSTRALIA, 1932 idiomcrime► fashion crime it's no crime to (do something) It is no great offense to do something; it is not wrong, unlawful, or immoral to do something. I wouldn't worry about quitting your job. After all, it's no crime to want a career you love! I know you feel guilty about breaking up with Steve, but it's no crime to fall out of love with someone. if you can't do the time, don't do the crime Do not misbehave if you are unprepared or unwilling to accept the punishment. A: "Dad, I can't be grounded for a month, I need to see my friends!" B: "Yeah, well, you're the one who keeps breaking curfew. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime!" crime doesn't pay Ultimately, crime does not benefit the criminal, and only results in negative consequences. The billboards are designed as reminders that even minor fraud convictions carry serious consequences—crime doesn't pay. partner in crime 1. One who aids or accompanies someone in crimes or nefarious actions. Once the CFO and CEO were revealed to be partners in crime, they were both fired for their involvement in the embezzling scandal. 2. By extension, one's close friend or confidant. If Seth is here, Jimmy can't be far behind—those two are partners in crime. the weed of crime bears bitter fruit Illegal, immoral, or illicit schemes will only every yield bad outcomes. While sentencing the three CEOs following their conviction, the judge said he wanted to make it clear to the whole country that the weed of crime bears bitter fruits. poverty is not a crime A person should not be regarded as inferior or culpable simply because they are economically disadvantaged. A: "The legislation I am proposing would restrict homeless people to a specific block in the east side of the city." B: "Poverty is not a crime, Senator. These are people—you can't expect us to treat them like pests!" Crime doesn't pay. Prov. Crime will ultimately not benefit a person. No matter how tempting it may appear, crime doesn't pay. partners in crime 1. Fig. persons who cooperate in committing a crime or a deception. (Usually an exaggeration.) The sales manager and the used-car salesmen are nothing but partners in crime. 2. persons who cooperate in some legal task. The legal department and payroll are partners in crime as far as the average worker is concerned. Poverty is not a crime. and Poverty is no sin. Prov. You should not condemn someone for being poor. Ellen: I wish there were a law to make all those poor people move out of our neighborhood. Jim: Poverty is not a crime, Ellen. crime does not pay Lawbreakers do not benefit from their actions. For example, Steve didn't think it mattered that he stole a candy bar, but he's learned the hard way that crime does not pay . This maxim, originating as a slogan of the F.B.I. and given wide currency by the cartoon character Dick Tracy, was first recorded in 1927. There have been numerous jocular plays on it, as in Woody Allen's screenplay for Take the Money and Run (1969): "I think crime pays. The hours are good, you travel a lot." someone's partner in crime Someone's partner in crime is a person that they do something with. My evening begins with watching possibly the worst romance I've ever seen, with my movie partner in crime, Monique. He presented his last programme with partner in crime Will Anderson last Friday. Note: This expression is often used humorously. the weed of crime bears bitter fruit No good will come from criminal schemes. The Shadow was a very popular radio detective series that began in the early 1930s. Its hero, playboy Lamont Cranston, had “the power to cloud men's minds,” a form of hypnosis by which he appeared off to the side of where people thought he stood (contrary to popular belief, the Shadow did not make himself invisible). After the credits at the end of every episode, the Shadow intoned, “The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay! The Shadow knows,” and then utter a sardonic laugh. Another famous Shadow-ism was “Who knows what evil lurks in the minds of men?—The Shadow knows!”
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