dirty war

英 美
  • 卑鄙的战争
  • dirty adj.脏的;肮脏的;下流的;卑鄙的;腐败的;不正当的v.弄脏;玷污
  • war n.战争;斗争v.作战;斗争
Noun:
  1. an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims;

    "thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s"

    1. They have been playing all sorts of dirty tricks.
      他们一直在耍弄种种卑鄙的伎俩。
    2. He was arrested for a dirty business deal.
      他因一桩卑鄙的交易而被捕。