| 单词 | bag job |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbag job bag job n. U.S. slang an illegal search of a suspect's property by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, esp. for the purpose of copying or stealing incriminating documents, etc.; cf. black bag adj. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a). ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > types of search strip-search1947 body search1961 sweep1966 toss1970 bag job1971 1971 Time 11 Oct. 44/1 Bag job, in the U.S., an illegal search of a suspected spy's residence to obtain incriminating information. 1971 Time 25 Oct. 15/1 In the past, numerous spies..have been exposed by bag jobs. 1973 Telegraph (Brisbane) 25 Aug. 4/1 An [F.B.I.] agent..said he engaged in about a dozen illegal ‘black bag jobs’ during his career. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 19 Sept. 2/1 A US attorney told the jury to ‘say no to bag jobs’ during opening statements in the trial of two former FBI officials. < as lemmas |
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