单词 | perfect crime |
释义 | > as lemmasperfect crime perfect crime n. an ingenious crime that cannot be detected or solved. ΚΠ 1908 L. MacQuoddy in Chicago Tribune 1 Mar. iv. (Worker’s Mag.) 2/1 I aim to perform the perfect crime, to leave absolutely no possible means by which my guilt—rather, my identity—may be discovered. 1933 Mod. Lang. Notes 48 78 A perfect crime may be revolting but the artistry involved fascinating. 1969 M. Pugh Last Place Left xix. 142 All his long life he'd been wanting to put one over on the police and to commit the perfect crime. 1992 I. Banks Crow Road xvi. 420 ‘Bit of a risky way to top your wife, isn't it?’ ‘Convincing, though. And maybe..the perfect crime.’ < as lemmas |
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