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201.accomplice1 : 同案犯
Any person who takes part in a crime. 参与犯罪的每个人。 Tony was found to be an accomplice in the crime. 人们发现托尼是该案的同案犯。 202.adult business district : 红灯区 A neighborhood zoned2 for pornographic bookstores and movie theaters, striptease bars, etc. 划定的街区,作为开设色情书店、影院、脱衣舞场等的场所。 Police are constantly arresting people over in the adult business district. 警察常在红灯区拘捕人犯。 203.agricrime : 农业犯罪 Sort for agricultural crime. The theft of crops and /or farm equipment. “agricultural crime”的缩写词,偷盗庄稼和/或农场设备的犯罪。 Farmers are losing thousands of dollars each year due to agricrime. 每年农业犯罪给农场主造成了成千上万美元的损失。 204.armed robbery :武装抢劫 The act of using a deadly weapon when raking or attempting to take property form another person or party. 夺取或试图夺取他人或他方财物时使用致命武器的犯罪行为。 Did you read about the armed robbery in this morning's paper? 今早的报纸上报道了这次武装抢劫,你读了吗? 205.arrest warrant : 逮捕证 A document that orders the arrest of an individual who has been accused with a crime. 对被指控犯罪的某人实施搜捕的文件。 The court issued an arrest warrant on the suspect. 法庭对这个嫌疑人发出了逮捕证。 The crime of intentionally5 destroying property by the use of fire. 故意放火毁坏财产的犯罪。 Police think the fire that burned down the old warehouse6 was an act of arson. 警察怀疑这座仓库的大火是纵火行为所致。 207.assassin : 暗杀 A murderer. A person who sets out to kill someone, esp. a prominent person. 谋杀者。密谋杀害他人,特别是一位杰出人物的凶手。 Police are still looking for the assassin of the president candidate. 警方仍在追查暗杀总统候选人的凶手。 208.assault : 袭击 The act of attempting or threatening to harm another person. 试图伤害或威胁要伤害他人的行为。 Mr. Green was assaulted while he was walking on 25th street. 格林先生在第25大街行走的时候受到袭击。 209.attack dog : 攻击犬 A canine7 dog that has been trained to attack burglars, etc. 一种经过训练的狼犬,用来攻击窃贼等。 The officer's attack dog has saved his life many times. 这位警察的攻击犬多次救了主人的命。 210.back-alley butcher : 卑鄙的屠夫 Slang for abortionist. 俚语,给人施行流产手术的人。 Demonstrators picked an abortion8 clinic with signs that said “back-alley” butcher. 示威者将一家流产诊所用标语牌围起来,牌子上写着“卑鄙的屠夫”。 Money that is deposited with a court in order to secure the release of a defendant10 while awaiting trial. 存放在法庭的一定数量的保证金,以使被告在候审期间获得释放。 Frank's wife came down to the police station to bail him out. 弗兰克的妻子到警察局将他保释出来。 212.ballistics : 弹道学 The science of firearms and the study of the motion of bullets. 研究火器及子弹运动的科学。 A ballistics expert was taking evidence at the scene of the crime. 一位弹道学家正在犯罪现场提取证据。 The act of threatening to reveal personal information, esp. sexual scandals, in order to extract money. 以揭露隐私特别是性丑闻为威胁手段以谋取钱财的行为。 Linda was involved in a blackmail scandal of the mayor. 林达涉嫌敲诈市长的丑闻。 214.black market : 黑市 A market place where illegal or hard-to-get items are sold or where money is illegal exchanged. 非法或紧俏物资的销售点,或者非法换汇的地方。 Gangs are buying assault weapons on the black market. 黑帮总在黑市购买攻击性武器。 215.blood money : 血腥钱 Money that is paid as retribution for injury, loss of life, vandalism, etc. 为他人受伤、丧命、损坏财产而付出的酬金。 The mafia paid blood money to have that man killed. 黑手党拿出血腥钱将那人杀了。 216.body bag : 装尸袋 A heavy-duty bag that is used to contain a corpse12. 一种结实的用来装运尸体的袋子。 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,否则必死无疑。 A team of police who are specially-trained to remove and deactivate14 bombs. 经专门训练,从事排除和拆卸炸弹的一支警察队伍。 The bomb squad was called in to deactivate the car bomb. 有关部门请来爆破小组拆除这枚汽车炸弹。 218.bootlegging : 贩卖违禁品 The illegal distribution of items such as alcohol, drugs, firearms, etc. 非法销售物品如酒类、毒品、枪支等。 Three Mexicans were arrested for bootlegging firearms across the border. 三名墨西哥人因越境贩卖枪支而被捕。 219.break-in : 非法闯入 A burglar 入室盗窃 It looks like you are the victim of a break-in. 看起来,你是入室盗窃的受害者。 The act of offering, giving, or taking bribes17. 赠送,提供,或接受贿金的行为。 The congressman18 resigned after having been found guilty of bribery. 这位议员被证实犯有行贿受贿罪后辞职了。 221.bucket shop : 投机商号 (Also called “telephone boiler19 room.”) An office that is used to promote worthless land or securities by mail or through telemarketing. (也被称为“电话交易所”)通过邮件或电话营销来推销荒地或垃圾证券的地点。 Crooks20 across the country are using bucket shops to scam older people. 全国各地的骗子都利用投机商号来欺骗老年人。 To use electronic listening devices to listen in on the conversations of others. 使用电子收听装置来偷听他人的谈话。 This office has been bugged23. 这间办公室已被窃听。 An unmerited arrest 不应实施的逮捕。 Steve served six months jail time on a bum rap. 史迪夫因错捕而受了6个月的监禁。 224.burglary : 入室盗窃 The act of breaking into a home, building, etc. with the intent to steal from it. 闯入民宅、建筑物等,企图偷盗的行为。 Burglaries in our town have been on the upswing. 我们小城里的入室盗窃案一直在上升。 225.car bangers : 汽车窃贼 Thieves who steal form automobiles27. 从汽车里偷东西的贼。 Police caught the car bangers in the act. 警方将这些汽车窃贼当场抓获。 226.career criminal : 职业罪犯 A person who makes a living from crime. 以犯罪为生的人。 John was a career criminal until the day he got caught in the home of a policeman. 约翰是位职业罪犯,直到一天他在一个警察家里被抓获。 227.child abuse : 虐待儿童 The physical and verbal mistreatment of children. 对儿童进行身体上和言语上的虐待。 The most unnerving thing about child abuse is the number of cases that go unreported. 有关虐待儿童方面最让人不安的事情是大量的此类行为没有报道。 228.chop shop : 地下拆车厂 A shop where criminals take apart stolen cars and sell the parts. 犯罪分子将所盗汽车拆成零件并销售出去的窝点。 I watched a news program that tracked chop shops across the country. 我收看了一个追踪全国地下拆车点的电视节目。 一种有强力兴奋作用的毒品。 What is the street value of a pound of cocaine? 一磅可卡因市值多少? 230.computer cleaner : 消除财务信息的电脑黑客 A person who, for a price, clean computer files of unfavorable financial credit information of others. 将反映他人财物信用赤字的计算机文件抹去以获取报酬的人员。 Computer cleaners cost companies and financial institutions million of dollars every year. 消除财务信息的电脑黑客每年给公司和金融机构造成百万元计的损失。 A person who is skilled at convincing others of believing in fraudulent schemes. 擅于蒙骗并使人进入骗局的人。 Bob makes his living as a con artist. 鲍勃是位行骗高手,并以行骗为生。 232.con game : 骟局 Any fraudulent scheme 任何骗人的把戏。 My grandparents got burned in a con game. 我的祖父母曾上过骗子的当。 233.convict : 囚犯 A person found guilty of a felony and confined in a prison. 被判有重罪并羁于狱中的人。 Mr. Welch is an ex-convict. 韦尔奇先生从前是囚犯。 234.counterfeit30 : 伪造 To illegally reproduce a copy of money, postage stamps, bonds, etc. 非法印造钱币、邮票、证券等。 Police busted31 up a counterfeiting32 racket in Miami last week. 上周警方捣毁了迈阿密的一个伪造团伙。 235.credit-card fraud : 信用卡欺诈 The attempted use of a credit to obtain goods or services with the intention of avoiding payment. 企图使用信用卡获取货物或服务,并故意逃避付款。 That woman is wanted in 5 states for credit-card fraud. 那位妇女因信用卡欺诈而被5个州通缉。 236.crime of passion : 激情犯罪;冲动犯罪 Murder that resulted form the infidelity of a lover; Murder committed in the heat of rage. 由于情人的不忠而导致的谋杀;暴怒驱使的杀人行为。 Crimes of passion seem to be popular material for TV infotainment programs. 冲动杀人似乎是娱乐性新闻节目受欢迎的题材。 237.Crime rate : 犯罪率 The number of reported crimes per specified33 number of the population. 每一定人数中发生的犯罪数量。 Which state has the highest crime rate in the U.S.? 在美国,哪个州的犯罪率最高? 238.criminal : 犯罪 A person who has violated a criminal law. 触犯刑法的人。 We are placing your son in criminal detention34. 我们对你儿子实行刑事拘留。 A rape that is committed by a woman's date. 由女性的约会对象实施的强奸。 Date rape is the last thing that a young girl should have to worry about. 约会强奸是年轻女子最不用害怕的事。 240.deadly weapon : 致命武器 Any object, or instrument that is capable of being used to kill. 任何可以用以杀人致命的物体、器具。 It is against the law to carry a concealed36 deadly weapon. 秘密携带致命武器是违法的。 241.death penalty :死刑 Punishment by death, that is imposed in a legal manner. 以合法的形式剥夺罪犯生命的一种惩罚。 Three men have received the death penalty so far this year. 今年已有三个被判死刑。 242.death row : 死囚牢房 A cell block reserved for convicts awaiting execution. 特别为等待处决的死刑犯设置的牢房。 This convicted killer37 has been on death row for 15 years. 这位被判决死刑的杀人犯住在死囚牢房已15年了。 243.defendant : 被告 A person who has been charged with a crime 被指控犯有罪行的人。 The court found the defendant guilty of murder. 法庭判定被告犯有谋杀罪。 244.domestic violence : 家庭暴力 Violence toward a family member, including child abuse or wife beating. 对家庭成员施加的暴力,包括虐待儿童和殴打妻子。 Domestic violence is one of the most dangerous calls that a law enforcement officer has to make. 家庭暴力是执法官最难应付的案件之一。 245.drug abuse : 吸毒 The excessive and compulsive use of drugs to the point of damaging one's health. 强迫性过量使用毒品,以致损害身体。 It was obvious to see by looking at the needle marks on her arms that the young girl was a victim of drug abuse. 从她臂上针扎的痕迹来看,很明显,这位年轻女子是吸毒的受害者。 246.drug king (czar) : 毒枭 The person who controls the production, transportation and selling of drug in an area. 控制某一地区的毒品地区生产、运输和销售的头号人物。 After two years of using an undercover operation, the FBI finally arrested the Cuban drug king. 经过两年的秘密行动,联邦调查局终于逮捕了这位古巴毒枭。 247.drunk driving : 酒后驾驶 Driving while under the influence of alcohol. 在受酒精影响的状态下开车。 This is your second drunk driving offense38 this month. 这是你本月第二触犯次酒后驾驶的禁令。 248.edp crimes : 电脑犯罪 Electronic data-processing crime; criminal offenses39 committed using computer technology. 在电子数据处理方面的犯罪;利用电脑技术进行的犯罪。 The IRS investigated hundreds of edp crimes every year. 美国国内收入局每年都要调查数以百计的电脑犯罪。 249.embezzlement40 : 贪污 The illegal misappropriation of funds entrusted41 to one's care. 将由自己保管的资金非法据为已有。 We have never had a problem with embezzlement at this bank. 我们这家银行从没发生过贪污案件。 250.first-degree murder : 一级谋杀案 Premeditated murder. 事先策划好的谋杀。 The man was changed with first-degree murder in the death of his lover's husband. 这位男子其情人的丈夫死亡案中被指控犯有一级谋杀罪。 The use of medicine in solving legal problems. 利用医学解决法律问题。 Many crimes could not be solved without using forensic medicine. 没有法医学,很多犯罪案件无法结案。 The act of creating a document, either written or printed, with the intent to defraud44. Forgery also covers counterfeiting, or producing fake signatures, works of art, etc. 以欺骗为目的而仿制手写或印刷文件的行为。伪造还包括制假钱币、仿冒签名和艺术品等。 253. gamble : 赌博 To bet or wager45 money on games of chance, races, etc. 在概率类游戏或比赛中打赌或下注。 Burt lost $ 3000 gambling46 in Las Vegas over the weekend. 伯特周末在拉斯维加斯赌博输了3000美元。 254.gang : 黑帮 A group of people organized to achieve some common goal. Gangs are often involved in drugs, violence, money lending, prostitution, etc. 为达到某种共同目的而组织起来的一群人。黑帮常常涉嫌毒品、暴力、高利贷和卖淫等。 Gangs often have automatic weapons more powerful than the police in many large U.S. cities. 在美国的许多城市里,黑帮常配备有自动武器,其火力强于警方。 To seize control of an airplane, boat, automobile26, etc. 强行控制飞机、船只、车辆等。 Terrorist just hijacked48 a plane to Cuba. 恐怖分子刚刚动持了一架飞往古巴的飞机。 256.hit-and-run :肇事逃逸 An automobile accident in which the driver fails to stop and identify himself or herself. The term “hit-and-run” may also be applied49 to such a driver. 指一起汽车事故中,肇事司机不停车,且不亮明自己身份。该词也可以指肇事逃逸司机。 I was a victim of a hit-and-run accident on Monday. 周一发生了一起肇事逃逸案,我是其中的受害者。 257.hold-up : 持枪抢劫 The act of robbing someone at gunpoint. 持枪相威胁,抢夺他人财物的行为。 There was a hold-up at the bank over on 2nd street. 在第二大街的银行里发生了一起抢劫案。 258.homcide : 杀人,他杀 杀死他人的行为。 Police are investigating the homicide of a prostitute. 警方正在调查一起妓女被杀案件。 259.hot wire : (汽车)电启动 To electrically start a vehicle without using an ignition key. 不用点火钥匙而用电来发动汽车。 Seasoned crooks can hot wire a car in seconds. 手段高明的窃贼可在几秒钟内用电启动来发动汽车。 260.impulse crime : 冲动犯罪 Crimes such as shoplifting, raping51, vandalizing, etc. that are done on an impulse. 在冲动之下所犯的罪行,如商店扒窃、强奸、损坏公物等。 261.juvenile52 delinquency : 青少年犯罪 Criminal behavior by adolescents and children. 少年和儿童的犯罪行为。 Some parents aren't concerned about juvenile delinquency. 一些家长对青少年犯罪漠不关心。 262.labor53 racketeering : 工会诈骗 Corrupt54 practices and organized crime that involve organized labor. 涉及工会的腐败行为和团伙犯罪。 The New York union leader was convicted of labor racketeering. 纽约的工会领袖被判有工会诈骗罪。 The stealing of another person's property. 偷取别人财产的行为。 Have you over been arrested for larceny? 你有偷盗被捕的经历吗? 264.libel : 文字诽谤 Written defamation56. 以文字材料来诋毁他人名声的行为。 The famous actress is suing the tabloids57 for libel. 这位知名的女演员正以诽谤罪起诉数家通俗小报。 265.Mafia : 黑手党 A secret society that originated in Italy in the 1860's. The Mafia now widespread, and is focused on power and profit. 19世纪60年代起源于意大利的秘密团体。现在黑手党势力广为分布,专门从事扩张势力、牟取钱财。 The “Godfather” is a story about the powerful mafia families in New York. 电影《教父》就是有关纽约黑手党的豪门大户的故事。 266.mail fraud : 邮政诈骗 The using of the mail system to defraud the public. 利用邮政系统诈骗公众的行为。 That mail-order company has been convicted of mail fraud. 那家邮购公司被判有邮政诈骗罪。 267.manhunt : 追捕 An organized search to catch a criminal or an escapee. 有组织的追踪、捉拿囚犯、逃犯。 Police have organized a manhunt to capture the escaped convict. 警方组织了一次追捕以抓获那名逃犯。 268.mass murderer : 谋杀多人的凶手 A murderer who kills many people. 多条命案的谋杀者;连环杀手。 More and more mass murderers are popping up in the news these days. 这些天来,新闻里不断报道谋杀多人的凶手。 269.money laundering58 : 洗钱 The act of concealing59 the source of funds for the purpose of tax evasion60 and fraud. 为达到逃税和欺骗的目的而隐瞒资金来源的行为。 This restaurant is just a front for money laundering. 这家餐馆仅仅是洗钱的掩护所。 A person used to transport drugs or contraband62 from one place to another. 被用来从一地到另一地运送毒品或违禁品的人。 Security officials in airports are finding an astounding63 number of people who are being used as mules64. 机场的安检人员发现数目十分庞大的旅客充当贩运私货的人。 271.organized crime : 集团犯罪 A term used to describe underworld societies such as the Mafia who deal in crimes such as gambling, narcotics65, and prostitution. 黑手党之类的黑社会组织所进行的犯罪,如赌博、贩毒、卖淫等活动。 This company is associated with an east-coast organized syndicate. 这家公司同东海岸的一个犯罪集团有联系。 272.parole : 假释 A conditional66 release of an offender67 from confinement68 before the expiration69 of his or her sentence. The offender is usually placed under the guidance of a parole officer. 囚犯在服刑期满前有条件地释放出来,但必须置 于假释官的督导之下。 The victim's family is nervous that the offender is up for parole. 受害者家属很紧张,因为罪犯即将获得假释。 273.penitentiary70 : 监狱,劳改所 A maximum-security facility designed to detain prisoners serving long sentences. Lee is serving his sentence down at the penitentiary. 李正在监狱服刑。 The crime of willingly giving false information while under oath. 在法庭上立誓之后故意提供虚假证词的犯罪行为。 If you lie while you are under oath, you can be found guilty of perjury. 如果立誓之后还撒谎,你可能被判伪证罪。 275.pickpocket72 : 扒手 A thief who is skilled in stealing items from other people's pockets. 擅于从别人口袋里偷取物品的窃贼。 I had my wallet stolen by a pickpocket while I was on the subway. 今天乘地铁时我的钱包让扒手偷了。 The act of using excessive physical force by police or other law enforcement officers. 警察或其他执法人员过多使用体罚的行为。 The infamous74 Rodney King beating in L.A. showed the public at how rampant75 police brutality is. 发生在洛杉矶的不光彩的罗德尼?金毒打案向公众展示了警察暴行是多少猖狂。 277.police corruption76 : 警察腐败 The misuse77 of police power in return for favors of gain. 警察滥用权力以换取好处和利益。 The mayor is working to put an end to police corruption in this city. 市长正致力于肃清本市的警察腐败。 278.pornoshop : 色情商店 A shop or bookstore that sells pornographic materials. 出售色情物品的商店。 The local pornshop has been shut down form selling materials to minors78. 当地的色情商店因向未成年人出售色情物品而被关闭。 279.prison break : 越狱 An escape from prison involving violence by one or more prisoners. 一个或多个囚犯使用暴力从监狱逃跑。 Two guards and two inmates79 were killed in a prison break in Texas, yesterday. 昨天在得克萨斯州发生一起越狱案,两名卫兵和两名囚犯被杀死。 280.property crime : 财产犯罪 Auto25 theft, burglary, larceny, etc. 偷汽车、入室盗窃、偷盗等。 This section of town has been plagued with property crimes. 这个城区的财产犯罪很猖獗。 291.serial80 killer :系列命案的杀手,连环杀手 A murder who commits a series of killings81, usually with distinct similarities in the murders. 制造多起命案的凶手,其作案手段通常有明显相似之处。 Doesn't it seems a little inappropriate to put serial killers82 on trading cards. 将系列命案的凶手印在商业卡片上是不是有些不合适? 292.sin tax :罪孽税 Tax that is imposed on cigarettes, liquor, gambling, etc. 对香烟、精、赌博等开征的税收。 Many people complain about the sin tax in Utah. 许多人抱怨犹他州过高的罪孽税。 A rundown section of a city characterized by drunkards living on the street. 城市的破旧区域,常见到许多酒鬼露宿街头。 After his divorce, Mike became a drunk down on skid row. 离婚之后,迈克尔沦落为贫民街的酒鬼。 294.slush fund :贿金 Money that is used to bribe15 public politicians and other influential84 officials 用来贿赂知名政客或其他有影响力的官员的资金。 Lobbyists use slush fund to bribe public officials. 院外集团的说客用贿金拉拢政府官员。 295.statutory rape :法定强奸罪 Sexual intercourse85 with a female who has consented, but who is legally incapable86 of consent because she is underage. 与未成年女子发生的性行为,虽经其本人同意,但法律规定其尚未成年,不具备表达同意意愿的能力。 What is the penalty for statutory rape? 对法定强奸罪的惩罚是什么? An agreement between two or more persons to commit suicide together. 一起自杀的两者或多者之间的协定。 The whole high school was shocked at the news of the two classmates who killed themselves in a suicide pact. 两个同班同学订立自杀合约并自杀身亡的消息使整个学校感到震惊。 297.suicide season :自杀季节 The Christmas season when many lonely people feel isolated88 and take their own lives. 指圣诞节期间,许多人孤独不堪而自杀。 December is without question, the suicide season. 十二月无疑是自杀季节。 298.tax evasion :逃税 The illegal attempt by a taxpayer89 to avoid paying his or her taxes. 纳税人企图逃避纳税的非法行为。 Bill was found guilty of tax evasion and owes the IRS over $60,000 in back taxes. 比尔被判逃税罪,他现在仍欠国内收入局六万多美元的滞纳税金。 299.vandalism :故意毁坏 The defacement or destruction of public or private property. 损坏或破坏公私财产的行为。 Vandalism is a major problem in inner city schools. 故意毁坏财物的的行为是市内学校的一个严重问题。 Plain clothes policeman who work undercover to detect crime. 隐蔽调查犯罪的便衣警察。 Sean has been a member of the vice squad for nine years. 西恩在缉捕队工作已经9年了。 301.vigilante :治安维持会 A person or group who takes the responsibility of a law enforcement officer into their won hands. 承担执法人员维持治安责任的个人和群体。 The subway vigilante in New York was in the media for weeks. 纽约地铁治安维持会几周来受到了媒体的关注。 302.war crime :战争犯罪 Crimes that violate the customs and laws of war. 违犯战争法律和战争习惯的犯罪。 The retired90 officer was found guilty of war crimes when evidence was uncovered during a recent investigation91. 在最近的一次调查中发现的证据证明这位退休军官曾有战争犯罪。 303.white-collar crime :白领犯罪 Crimes committed by persons in businesses including expense-account padding, stealing office supplies, price-fixing, product fraud, etc. 公司职员的犯罪,包括虚报开支、偷盗办公用品、私定价格、产品欺诈等。 Businesses are losing millions of dollars, and products are more expensive due to white-collar crime 点击收听单词发音
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