| 单词 | to send to the bottom of the harbour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto send (also put, etc.) to the bottom of the harbour 2. In phrases: to go to the bottom of the harbour: (of the financial records of a company) to be put somewhere inaccessible; to be (deliberately) lost, concealed, or destroyed. to send (also put, etc.) to the bottom of the harbour: to conceal or destroy the financial records of (a company); to treat (a company's records) in this way. ΚΠ 1982 Commonw. Austral. Parl. Deb. Senate Official Hansard 25 Aug. 889 The books and records of the Keirad company went to the bottom of the harbour. 1983 Commonw. Austral. Parl. Deb. (Senate Official Hansard) 1 June 1116/2 The company had effectively been put to the bottom of the harbour. 1984 Canberra Times 11 Apr. 3/1 The shares in the company are ‘sold’ to fictitious people.., and the company can never meet its $400,000 tax liability—it has been sent to the bottom of the harbour. 1992 Herald Sun (Nexis) 27 Mar. The treasurer..was yesterday accused in parliament of being involved in tax evasion... ‘You knew a lot about it..when you sent your money to the bottom of the harbor,’ Mr Peacock said. 2005 J. Braithwaite Markets in Vice, Markets in Virtue iii. Some 7000 companies were sent to the bottom of the harbour between 1974 and 1981. < as lemmas |
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