thievery

基本解释

EXAGGERATING expenses—thievery of a sort—may become more popular as recession worsens.
随着经济衰退加深，夸大开支这一类似于偷窃的行为可能会变得越来越普遍。
For penny-pinchers, the line between thrift and thievery turns out to be as tangled as a yard-sale yo-yo.
对吝啬鬼来说，节俭和偷窃之间的界线竟如同旧货市场上的溜溜球般纠结杂乱。
But Americans across the spectrum increasingly see Wall Street's shortcomings as a form of modern thievery.
但是各个阶层的美国人越来越多的把华尔街的缺点看成某种形式的偷窃行为。

Admittedly, though, art thievery probably gives you some serious cred with the criminal underbelly.
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The defense will argue that Fastow's thievery was the only illegal activity in Enron's history.
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Generous foreign aid—Armenia is one of the biggest per-head recipients in the world—has obscured government thievery.
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