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dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority 腐敗；貪污；賄賂；受賄 allegations of bribery and corruption 對賄賂與貪污的指控 The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption. 新上任的地方檢察官承諾要打擊警察腐敗。
Collocations CrimeCrime 犯罪 Committing a crime 犯罪 - commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud
犯罪／謀殺罪／暴力侵犯他人身體罪／殘殺罪／持械搶劫罪／詐騙罪 - be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking
參與恐怖主義活動；涉嫌縱火襲擊；參與人口走私／人口販賣 - engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism
參與犯罪活動／非法活動／愚昧的故意毀壞他人財産的行爲 - steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
偷某人的錢包／手機 - rob a bank/a person/a tourist
搶劫銀行／他人／遊客 - break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment
入室盜竊 - hijack a plane/ship/bus
劫持飛機／輪船／公共汽車 - smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants
走私毒品／武器／軍火；偷運移民 - launder drug money (through something)
（通過…）洗毒資 - forge documents/certificates/passports
僞造文件／證件／護照 - take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe
索取／收受賄賂；向（某人）行賄 - run a phishing/an email/an internet scam
進行網絡釣魚／電子郵件／互聯網詐騙
Fighting crime 打擊犯罪 - combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking
打擊犯罪／恐怖主義／腐敗／販毒 - prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy
防止／阻止信用卡詐騙／虐待兒童／軟件盜版 - deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals
威懾／阻止犯罪分子／入室盜竊者／小偷／商店扒手／故意破壞公物者 - reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
減少／處理／嚴厲打擊持刀／持槍／暴力／街頭犯罪／反社會行爲 - foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot
挫敗一起銀行搶劫案／一次恐怖分子的陰謀 - help/support/protect the victims of crime
幫助／支持／保護犯罪活動的受害者
Investigating crime 調查犯罪活動 - report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
向警方舉報不法行爲／偷竊案／強奸案／襲擊事件／暴力事件 - witness the crime/attack/murder/incident
目擊犯罪／襲擊／謀殺／暴力事件 - investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident
調查謀殺案／蓄意殺人案／入室盜竊案／搶劫案／涉嫌的暴力事件 - conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry
進行／開始／繼續（對…的）調查／警方調查／謀殺案調查 - investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case
調查／重新審理犯罪／謀殺案件 - examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime
仔細檢查／調查／查找犯罪現場的指紋 - collect/gather forensic evidence
收集法醫證據 - uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons
發現新證據／詐騙／欺詐／密謀／陰謀／政治腐敗／私藏武器 - describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker
描述／指認嫌疑犯／罪犯／作惡者／攻擊者／襲擊者 - question/interrogate a suspect/witness
詢問嫌疑人／目擊證人 - solve/crack the case
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Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1, Personal qualitiesc1He strongly attacked corruption and favouritism in the government. 他猛烈抨擊政府的腐敗與徇私。 She was brought down by a corruption scandal. 她因貪污醜聞而下台。 The corruption allegations proved false. 有關腐敗的指控被證明是不實的。 This police unit was established to fight corruption. 這個警察機構是爲了打擊貪污腐敗而建的。 corruption among high-ranking government officials 高級政府官員中的腐敗 corruption in government 政府腐敗 There were allegations of bribery and corruption. 有一些對賄賂與貪污的指控。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endemic
- massive
- rampant
- …
- case
- attack
- combat
- fight
- …
- scandal
- allegation
- charge
- …
- corruption among
- corruption in
- accusations of corruption
- allegations of corruption
- charges of corruption
- …
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the act or effect of making somebody change from moral to immoral standards of behaviour 堕落；腐蝕 He claimed that sex and violence on TV led to the corruption of young people. 他斷言電視中所宣揚的色情與暴力誘使青少年堕落。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endemic
- massive
- rampant
- …
- case
- attack
- combat
- fight
- …
- scandal
- allegation
- charge
- …
- corruption among
- corruption in
- accusations of corruption
- allegations of corruption
- charges of corruption
- …
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the form of a word or phrase that has become changed from its original form in some way; the process by which a word or phrase changes form in this way （單詞或短語的）變體 - [uncountable] (
computing 計算機 the effect when data is changed by accident in a computer system due to hardware or software failure 堕落；腐蝕 A failure of a hard disk can cause unrecoverable data corruption. 硬盤故障會導致不可恢複的數據損壞。
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin corruptio(n-), from corrumpere ‘mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor- ‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’.