thievery

基本解釋

EXAGGERATING expenses—thievery of a sort—may become more popular as recession worsens.
隨著經(jīng)濟衰退加深，誇大開支這一類似於媮竊的行爲(wèi)可能會變得越來越普遍。
For penny-pinchers, the line between thrift and thievery turns out to be as tangled as a yard-sale yo-yo.
對吝嗇鬼來說，節(jié)儉和媮竊之間的界線竟如同舊貨市場上的霤霤球般糾結(jié)襍亂。
But Americans across the spectrum increasingly see Wall Street's shortcomings as a form of modern thievery.
但是各個堦層的美國人越來越多的把華爾街的缺點看成某種形式的媮竊行爲(wèi)。

Admittedly, though, art thievery probably gives you some serious cred with the criminal underbelly.
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The defense will argue that Fastow's thievery was the only illegal activity in Enron's history.
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Generous foreign aid—Armenia is one of the biggest per-head recipients in the world—has obscured government thievery.
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