Over 16,000 arrested in Zimbabwe for illegal mining

blitz (ATTACK) Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a fast, violent attack on a town, city, etc. usually with bombs dropped from aircraft
cuộc oanh tạc chớp nhoáng

smuggle Hide phonetics
verb [T usually + adverb or preposition]
to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally:
She was caught trying to smuggle 26 kilos of heroin out of/into the country.
They managed to smuggle a videotape of the captive journalists out of the prison.
buôn lậu

degrade (MAKE WORTHLESS) Hide phonetics
verb [T]
to cause people to feel that they or other people are worthless and do not have the respect or good opinion of others:
Pornography degrades women.
sự suy biến,thoái hóa

raid Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 a short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people:
The commandos made/staged/carried out a daring raid (on the enemy).
planes on a bombing raid

2 when people enter a place by force in order to steal from it:
Millions of dollars were stolen in a bank raid last night.

3 when the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:
The drugs were found during a police raid on the house.
cuộc đột kick1

guilt (FEELING) Hide phonetics
noun [U]
a feeling of anxiety or unhappiness that you have because you have done something wrong, such as causing harm to another person:
He suffered such feelings of guilt over leaving his children.
She remembered with a pang of guilt that she hadn't called her mother.

shallow (NOT DEEP) Hide phonetics
adjective
1 having only a short distance from the top to the bottom:
The stream was quite shallow so we were able to walk across it.
She told her children to stay in the shallow end (of the swimming pool).
Fry the onions in a shallow pan.
These beech trees have shallow roots (= roots which do not go very
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