body bag :装尸袋
A heavy-duty bag that is used to contain a corpse1.
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。
bomb squad2 :爆破小组
A team of police who are specially-trained to remove and deactivate3 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。
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。
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。
bribery4 :行贿受贿
The act of offering, giving, or taking bribes5.
赠送,提供,或接受贿金的行为。
The congressman6 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。
bucket shop :投机商号
(Also called “telephone boiler7 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。
Crooks8 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。
bug9 :窃听
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 bugged10.
这间办公室已被窃听。
bum11 rap :错捕
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。
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。
car bangers :汽车窃贼
Thieves who steal form automobiles12.
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。
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。
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。
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。
cocaine13 :可卡因
A powerful stimulant14 drug.
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?
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。