单词 | money trail |
释义 | > as lemmasmoney trail money trail n. originally and chiefly North American a series of financial transactions investigated to reveal evidence of personal or institutional policy, practice, or wrongdoing; cf. paper trail n. at paper n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1912 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Sept. 4/1 Once a big thief or a big grafter has put his money into a bank, or into property, he has left a trail... There is only one way for a thief to hide his money trail. If his loot is cash and he puts it in a hole in the ground, he may be safe. 1980 H. L. Bretton Power of Money p. xvii The money trail provides the most reliable, most direct, path to the nerve centers in government and politics. 2005 Wall St. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 30 Sept. c5 Seeing a pile of cash growing on one side of [the] world and a crater of debt developing on the other supports the notion that a wealth transfer is taking place. But uncovering the actual money trail isn't so easy. < as lemmas |
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