英语词汇“code of silence”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

code of silence n. any (unwritten) rule, custom, or principle which involves a refusal to talk openly about something (typically clandestine or criminal activity), esp. as observed within a particular group or organization.

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1892 Monthly Packet Dec. 261 Your code of silence has given us all a miserable week. You should have told papa, Pat; he would have set it straight.

1938 U.S.A. before Securities & Exchange Comm. in Matter R. Whitney & Company I. 181 There was recurring evidence as to the existence of an unwritten code of silence in Stock Exchange circles which in practical effect prohibited a member from revealing that he had loaned money to a fellow member.

1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 12 Sept. 43/1 The protection program was formally established after passage of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 to hasten the breakdown of omertà, the underworld code of silence.

2011 J. R. Baker & S. J. Rivele Vice iii. 33 ‘Maybe you see something that isn't exactly department procedure... You keep your mouth shut about that.’ It was my introduction to the cops' code of silence, which, though unwritten, was ironclad.

单词	code of silence
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