单词 | economic crime |
释义 | > as lemmaseconomic crime economic crime n. (a) a grave mistake or act of negligence in the management of an economy; a financial or economic outrage; (b) crime of a financial nature, esp. involving fraudulent activity; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1868 F. R. Lee & D. Burns Temperance Bible Comm. iii. 4 Could it be shown that alcohol, when imbibed, is neutral as to any sensible effect, its manufacture at the expense of the staff of life would be a vast economic crime. 1916 H. P. Horton tr. W. A. Bonger Criminality & Econ. Conditions ii. ii. ii. 590 While the opportunity to commit violent economic crimes successfully was diminishing, there was a constantly increasing opportunity to commit other economic crimes, such as theft, embezzlement, and fraud. 1951 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 6 Apr. 2/1 The government has steadily evaded taking the only actions which can block inflation... That is an economic crime against a misled people. 2005 K. C. Wong & G. Wong in R. Broadhurst & P. Grabosky Cyber Crime iii. 61 Committing economic crime via the Internet, for example theft, blackmail and illegal pyramid sales activity. < as lemmas |
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