Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose?

如果不是出于某种恶毒的目的，为什么把整村人囚禁起来？

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Like nefarious screen villains, the bankers "had a simple plan: to remake America to serve them."

银行家们像电视里穷凶极恶的坏人一样，“有一个简单的计划：重新让美国为他们服务。”

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They couldn’t believe I’d sold out the spirit of the campaign with such a nefarious compromise.

他们无法相信我居然出卖了我们的竞选精神，做出了这样可恶的妥协。

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In the U.S., uncertainty over the near-term, with a looming fiscal cliff and the potentially nefarious effect of a new debt ceiling debate still to come, have kept investors on edge.

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Dark pools, unfortunately a nefarious-sounding moniker, actually have exotic names like H20, Liquidity Ping, Matchpoint, PIN, MS Pool and Liquifi.

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Online behavioral tracking, which has been going on for years, is increasingly being seen as a nefarious practice.

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