rap

rap, n. Slang.

1. Legal responsibility for a criminal act (he took the rap for his accomplices).

2. A criminal charge (a murder rap).

3. A criminal conviction; esp., a prison sentence (a 20-year rap for counterfeiting).

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译员张宏，知名法学院法律翻译专业，专注翻译各种与调查与白领犯罪辩护有关的法律文件。