| 单词 | bogus caller |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbogus caller bogus caller n. a person who visits or telephones someone under false pretences; spec. (chiefly British) one who poses as being on official business in order to enter someone's home (esp. that of an elderly person) for the purpose of theft or fraud. ΚΠ 1917 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 10 Aug. 1/2 Employe at Karl G. Roebling home tells police of bogus callers. 1967 Guardian 22 Feb. 4/6 This deprives the criminals of a cherished advantage, the belief that old people..would be so terrified by their experience that they would find it impossible to identify the bogus callers. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Feb. a4 (heading) Bogus callers arouse suspicion in N.H. campaign. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 17 May 6 Bogus callers: Police have recently recorded 60 unexplained home visits by bogus social workers and health visitors. 2004 Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 9/7 Burglaries by bogus callers are running at more than 40 a day after the Home Office began measuring ‘distraction burglaries’ separately. < as lemmas |
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