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blackmail1 敲诈,勒索
The act of threatening to reveal personal information, esp. sexual scandals, in order to extract money. 例句: Linda was involved in a blackmail scandal of the mayor. black market 黑市 A market place where illegal or hard-to-get items are sold or where money is illegal exchanged. 例句: Gangs are buying assault weapons on the black market. blood money 血腥钱 Money that is paid as retribution for injury, loss of life, vandalism, etc. 例句: The mafia paid blood money to have that man killed. body bag 装尸袋 A heavy-duty bag that is used to contain a corpse2. 例句: The officer warmed the man to drop his gun or “end up in a body bag.” A team of police who are specially-trained to remove and deactivate4 bombs. 例句: The bomb squad was called in to deactivate the car bomb. bootlegging 贩卖违禁品 The illegal distribution of items such as alcohol, drugs, firearms, etc. 例句: Three Mexicans were arrested for bootlegging firearms across the border. 点击收听单词发音
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