| 单词 | inside job |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinside job inside job n. slang a crime committed in a house, etc., by, or with the help of, a resident or servant, etc., in the building. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a crime > other general types of crime political offence1771 street crime1853 crime passionnel1892 war crime1906 inside job1908 outside job1925 single-o1930 hate crime1960 1908 ‘O. Henry’ Gentle Grafter 142 The police are calling it an inside job. 1924 G. S. Dougherty Criminal as Human Being 187 One of my assistants..made an investigation that convinced him an ‘inside job’ had been committed by the servants. 1925 A. Christie Secret of Chimneys xii. 121 How long have you had the idea that it might be an inside job? 1926 J. Black You can't Win xxi. 334 It was an inside job..done by the storekeeper to beat his creditors. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xv. 249 You seem convinced that the murder of Victor Dean was an inside job. 1972 ‘M. Innes’ Open House ii. x. 94 Wasn't there something factitious about the whole affair? Didn't it match the hoary old formula of the inside job disguised as an outside job? < as lemmas |
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