bad cheque
noun[C]
UKuk/ˌbæd ˈtʃek/us/ˌbæd ˈtʃek/(USbad check)achequethat has been written for anamountofmoneythat thepersonwriting itknowsthey do not have, so it cannot bepaid:
空头支票，废票Heserveda 15-monthprisontermforpassing(= givingpeople)badchequesin Boston.他因在波士顿给人开空头支票而服刑15个月。
Prosecutors said hewroteabadchequetobuyaboat.检察官说他买船开的是一张空头支票。
- Pregnant with her 7thchild, she wascaughtpassingbadcheques.
- People could beimprisonedforlifejust for writing abadchequeorstealingabicycle.
- Frank Abagnale,subjectof Catch Me If You Can,passedbadchequestotalling$2.5 million over fiveyearsofcriminalactivity.
- Ajudgewasremovedfrom thebenchforillegallyswitchinglicenceplatesand writing 59badcheques.
Fraud & corruption
- anti-bribery
- anti-corruption
- anti-counterfeiting
- anti-fraud
- Augean
- bribe
- dolus
- embezzle
- embezzlement
- extortion
- false accounting
- launder
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- match-fixing
- money laundering
- nobble
- pyramid scheme
- siphon
- vishing
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Payment methods