dish up, procurer/ procuress, “literary pimp”, trafficking, pool table, coolant

 

 

 

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"This is a crime that has all the profits of drug trafficking and none of the risk."

THOMAS A. WATTS-FITZGERALD, an assistant United States attorney, on the smuggling of HCFC-22, a coolant gas.

'A Pimp's Notes'

By GIORGIO FALETTI. Translated by ANTONY SHUGAAR.
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER R. BEHA

Giorgio Faletti's antihero is caught up in a drama that involves the Mafia, the Red Brigades and the Italian government.

Illustrations by Steve McNiven; Coloring by R. Kikuo Johnson.

From the Magazine

Cocaine Incorporated

By PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE

Disposable submarines, a marijuana catapult, a tunnel entrance hidden under a pool table — drug-trafficking has never been so clever, or so complicated. 

Some of Robb’s characters may be less well known — like Henry Murger, author of “La Vie de Bohème,” whom Robb satirizes as a proto-blogger dishing up “intimate slices of his life” and becoming, in effect, the “literary pimp” of his doomed mistress.


Pimps, brothels targeted in Germany-wide anti-trafficking raids

Around 1,000 bordellos around Germany were raided late Thursday as part of
a police operation trying to smash a suspected sex-trafficking ring originating in West Africa.

老鴇 (The Procuress)。
pimp
(pĭmp)
n. 皮條客
One who finds customers for a prostitute; a procurer.

intr.v., pimped, pimp·ing, pimps.
To serve as a procurer of prostitutes.

[Origin unknown.]

procurer

Syllabification: (pro·cur·er)

Pronunciation: /prəˈkyo͝orər, prō-/

noun

• a person who obtains a woman as a prostitute for another person.

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting a steward): from Anglo-Norman French procurour, from Latin procurator (see procurator). Modern usage dates from the mid 17th century

procuress

Syllabification: (pro·cur·ess)

Pronunciation: /prəˈkyo͝oris, prō-/

noun

a female procurer.

dish up[dish up]

(自)料理を皿に盛る, 出す

dish up for him
彼に料理を出す.

tráfficking[tráf・fick・ing]

[名][U]密売；不法（出）入国.

⇒traffickerの全ての意味を見る

In pool (the common American term for pocket billiards), a ball is struck with the end of a long, slender stick (cue), causing it to roll into other balls and knock them into holes (pockets) around the edges of the playing table. A short wall (rail) around the perimeter of the table keeps the balls on the playing surface. The rail is faced with a rubber cushion so balls that strike it rebound predictably and remain in play.

coolant[cool・ant]

• 発音記号[kúːlənt]
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[名][C][U]

1 （エンジン・原子炉などの）冷却剤［液］.

2 （摩擦によって起こる熱を減じる）潤滑剤.