thievery

常見例句

EXAGGERATING expenses—thievery of a sort—may become more popular as recession worsens.
隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退加深，夸大開支這一類似于偷竊的行為可能會(huì)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(duì)吝嗇鬼來說，節(jié)儉和偷竊之間的界線竟如同舊貨市場(chǎng)上的溜溜球般糾結(jié)雜亂。
But Americans across the spectrum increasingly see Wall Street's shortcomings as a form of modern thievery.
但是各個(gè)階層的美國(guó)人越來越多的把華爾街的缺點(diǎn)看成某種形式的偷竊行為。

Admittedly, though, art thievery probably gives you some serious cred with the criminal underbelly.
FORBES: FBI: We Know Who Stole The Isabella Gardner Paintings
The defense will argue that Fastow's thievery was the only illegal activity in Enron's history.
FORBES: The Fastow Factor
Generous foreign aid—Armenia is one of the biggest per-head recipients in the world—has obscured government thievery.
ECONOMIST: The chances of change in Armenia remain small