Taking hush money from the underworldgang, the witness kept his mouth shut about what he saw.
从黑社会那里拿到了封口费以后，证人就对所看到的一切都闭口不谈。
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Caught cheating at cards, he ran off to join the army, and then deserted—but not before he connected with the Green Gang, the notorious gangsters who controlled the Shanghai underworld.