larceny
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n. (名詞 noun)
1. 【律】竊盜(罪)
博物館必須防止赫本爸的雕像遭受 larceny
。法律用語
Forensic
。偷竊
arsenal
arson
larceny
kleptomania
purloin
[Narrating] I told myself... I needed to put everything aside for the moment. Emily, Sara, the purloined jacket... and the dead dog, and work on my book.
filch
pilfer
plagiarize
glom
He wanted to glom [onto] some of that money.
Only a few critics glommed [onto] the most impressive aspect of Polanski's version
crib
the film instantly disarms those who might otherwise be inclined to take it to task for [cribbing]
yegg
They'd flash ther duty standards at the wide-eyes, probably find some yegg to pin, probably even the right one.
ganef
But if you happen to come up with the next Harry Potter, we may need it to pay the ganef lawyers.【俚】小偷,賊
。買賣
contrarian
there’s a [contrarian] part of me that would love to see Boll actually make a movie worth watching.
and prove itself not merely a watered-down or even [reflexively] contrarian "alternative" to the mainstream but a transcendence of it.
haggard
haggle
Convulsion
At each stop cash is exchanged and haggled [over].
niche
But filmmakers with an easily defined [niche] and some marketing [flair] can still assemble a distribution plan.
to find one's niche in the [business] world.
grist
grain to be ground
Every delay was so much more grist [for] her mill.
things "Bergman-esque"—overt psychological symbology, brooding seriousness, spiritual crisis, Scandi-angst—have been [grist] for farce.
Turning despair into grist for the songwriting [mill], Hedwig [flounders] along until she acquires protege Tommy,
barter
to barter [wheat] for [machinery].
bartering [away] his [pride] for [material] gain.
syndicate
Scarlotti is lured into developing weapons for an [international] crime syndicate and then for himself.
McQueen plays a San Francisco cop assigned as bodyguard to a [syndicate] witness.
procurement
Slowly Ron learns the [breadth] of Earl's power, ranging from the easy procurement of drugs to the violent [dispatching] of a prisoner who gets out of line.
raffle
It's a raffle ticket. You have to keep up with the competition. 獎券銷售
I mean, who makes the cut? Is there a raffle or something?
People steal raffle [prizes] meant to [benefit] the victim of the fire; a veteran fireman is caught stealing; the [memento] for the retired chief turns out to have been [filched] as well.
guerdon
You did not tell me your house is so far away. I take the train first, then turn the taxi to arrive here. These all will add to the guerdon I will pay.【詩】報酬,獎賞
gratis
without charge or payment, free
I apologise for getting you a press spread! It's been an honour serving you gratis.
fiduciary
I'm an attorney. Legally, I'm in a fiduciary relationship with your husband. 信託的,信用發行的
。廉價
monger
Too uneventful for you? Not enough action? For me, Shyamalan's [approach] is more effective than smash-and-grab [plot]-mongering.
Call it a Method-actor [approach] to probing the complexities of a culture too often defined by [fear]mongering and mass-media stereotypes.
huckster
the [crass] methods of political hucksters.
hock
When Don Birnam searches for a [pawn] shop to [hock] his typewriter, the Third Ave Elevated is in the background. The last train on the "el" ran May 12,1955 and the structure was torn down later that year.
bauble
and the other [baubles] of his Hollywood years.
They were my baubles that were stolen.
Don't you want to take this little bauble along in case he is there?
schlock
shoddy
Or is the acting merely earnest salesmanship of [shoddy] merchandise?
Jenkins, who last year [mastered] the "living out my own private hell with dignity" [niche] in The Visitor and Step Brothers, will play Lotterman, the supervisor of the [shoddy] and troubled newspaper that employs Depp.
trinket
The usual trinket? Not this time. It's pretty, though.
but the arrival of a menacing gang of [nomadic] bikers proves that this is not to be. With their survival instincts weakened by a [mallful[ of [toys[ and [trinkets], the crew are again forced to face grim reality as they face both living and undead foes in a final battle.
filch
of small value
to filch [ashtrays] from fancy restaurants.
and he was looking for a new cow, to filch from the [psychobabble] in ''Someone Like You''
Let me finish him off, sir. This fellow is my servant. He has just filched two shillings from my coat pocket.
poxy
Agathe deserves better than poxy hotel.
comp
They comped you, right? Yeah, they were cool about it!
falderal
You're a son of a whore, for all your fancy falderals!
diddly
Compared to that, what you know about a person when you get married to them doesn't amount to diddly, does it?【俚】無價值的東西
Yes, nothing from our far-reaching computer system has turned up diddly on these two.
clunker
I’ve always enjoyed LaBute’s films, but he’s had a couple of [clunkers] in a row. Technically [clunkers], at least, as both The Wicker Man and Lakeview Terrace are pretty damned entertaining, even if they’re not always entertaining in the ways intented. 破爛的機械 (尤指汽車)
I got you this expensive paper to type on, and I got a great deal on this 50lb clunker on account of it's missing an N. I told the saleslady N was one of the letters in my favourite writer's name. It's two of the letters in my favourite nurse's name, A-nn-ie.
lees
dreg
dregs, the sediment of liquids, lees, grounds
Usually, dregs. the least valuable part of anything
a small remnant, any small quantity
Give me wine, I'd drain the dreg[s] and toss the empty bottle at the world.
pissant
You want money for your pissant station. Just try playing the lottery.【美】【口】毫無價值的, 不值得的, 不重要的
Larcency
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