犯罪術(shù)語大全及英語口語講解 第3講

blackmail 敲詐，勒索

The act of threatening to reveal personal information, esp. sexual scandals, in order toextract 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?/p>

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 illegalexchanged.

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。