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词汇 bad-cheque
释义 bad cheque
noun[ C ]
UKuk /ˌbæd ˈtʃek/ us /ˌbæd ˈtʃek/(USbad check)
a cheque that has been written for an amount of money that the person writing it knows they do not have, so it cannot be paid: 空头支票,废票
He served a 15-month prison term for passing (= giving people) bad cheques in Boston. 他因在波士顿给人开空头支票而服刑15个月。
Prosecutors said he wrote a bad cheque to buy a boat.检察官说他买船开的是一张空头支票。
Pregnant with her 7th child, she was caught passing bad cheques.
People could be imprisoned for life just for writing a bad cheque or stealing a bicycle.
Frank Abagnale, subject of Catch Me If You Can, passed bad cheques totalling $2.5 million over five years of criminal activity.
A judge was removed from the bench for illegally switching licence plates and writing 59 bad cheques.
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bad cheque
noun[ C ]
UKukus(USbad check)
BANKING
a cheque that is not paid because there is not enough money in the account to pay it:
In some places, issuing a bad cheque is viewed as a criminal offence.
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