单词 | benefit tourism |
释义 | > as lemmasbenefit tourism benefit tourism n. British colloquial the practice of travelling to Britain in order to live off social security payments while untruthfully claiming to be seeking work. ΚΠ 1993 Evening Standard 7 Oct. 5/4 [Peter Lilley's conference speech's] highlight was a series of jokes about what he labelled ‘benefit tourism’. 2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 Mar. Critics said the fact that ‘benefit tourism’ was now attracting foreign gangs to Britain was a shocking indictment of how poorly the system is policed. < as lemmas |
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