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Activist: London Property Market Tied to 'Dirty Money'
日期:2015-08-10
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money laundering – v. to put money from illegal activities into a business or to buy goods or property in order to hide where it really came from

proceed – v. to continue to do something; to take action

procurement – n. the act of getting (something)

deprived (someone) of (something)– phrasal verb. to take something away from someone or something; to not let (someone or something) have something

shell company – n. a company that exists but does not actually do any business or have any assets (materials, possessions, etc.)

relaxed – adj. not carefully controlled; eased

anonymous – adj. not named or identified

ill-gotten gains – idiomatic phrase illegally-earned money or assets

tracked down – phrasal verb. investigated, discovered or found

fraud – n. the crime of using dishonest methods to take something valuable from another person

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