| 单词 | drug amnesty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrug amnesty b. An undertaking by a government or other authority to take no action against individuals for illegal possession of a weapon, drug, etc., under the condition that the item is surrendered within a fixed period (or, occasionally, under other specified conditions). Frequently as the second element in compounds, as in drug amnesty, firearms amnesty, etc. ΚΠ 1937 R. Freund Let. in Spectator 12 Feb. 270/1 The amnesty for the illegal possession of foreign currency, which expired on January 31st, brought some £13 million in foreign exchange to the Reichsbank. 1965 Financial Times 22 Jan. 1/1 A firearms amnesty to recover weapons illegally held. 1992 Vancouver Sun (Electronic ed.) 17 Nov. a14 The last time an amnesty was declared in 1978, police were able to collect and destroy 50,000 weapons. 2016 Scottish Daily Mail (Nexis) 12 July 17 On Friday two teenagers died suddenly, sparking a drug amnesty by the organisers, who urged attendees to dump any illegal drugs in bins. < as lemmas |
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