under the counter

Related topics: Crime

ˌunder-the-ˈcounter adjectiveadj informal

SCCSECRETunder-the-counter goods are bought or sold secretly, especially because they are illegal 〔商品〕暗中[私下]成交的；违法交易的

Examples from the Corpus

under the counter• There's pots to wash and a broom under the counter.• Yet we all know that it goes on - under the counter, as it were.• That box of spark plugs under the counter is a cache.• This time you bring back a whole box of plugs to put under the counter.• Then he reached under the counter for his slim green ledgers.• And they sell under the counter, you know.• Without waiting to lift the flap she slipped under the counter.

under the countern

nSECRETif you buy something under the counter, you buy it secretly and usually illegally

It’s risky, but you can get alcohol under the counter.

→ counter

Examples from the Corpus

under-the-counter• Nothing under-the-counter about the six Salomes.• Cynics would suggest that an under-the-counter version of this system still applies - but they would be wrong.

单词	under the counter
释义	under the counter Related topics: Crime ˌunder-the-ˈcounter adjectiveadj informal SCCSECRETunder-the-counter goods are bought or sold secretly, especially because they are illegal 〔商品〕暗中[私下]成交的；违法交易的 Examples from the Corpus under the counter• There's pots to wash and a broom under the counter.• Yet we all know that it goes on - under the counter, as it were.• That box of spark plugs under the counter is a cache.• This time you bring back a whole box of plugs to put under the counter.• Then he reached under the counter for his slim green ledgers.• And they sell under the counter, you know.• Without waiting to lift the flap she slipped under the counter. under the countern nSECRETif you buy something under the counter, you buy it secretly and usually illegally It’s risky, but you can get alcohol under the counter. → counter Examples from the Corpus under-the-counter• Nothing under-the-counter about the six Salomes.• Cynics would suggest that an under-the-counter version of this system still applies - but they would be wrong.
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