Espionage is a capital offence in this country.

间谍活动在这个国家是死罪。

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You know treason is a capital offence.

你知道背叛是一种严重的罪行。

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One can still succeed by using others' money and material resources artfully when he himself is short of "capital". Of course, all this should be done without offence to legal and moral principles.

一个人在缺少成功的“本钱”的时候，可以在不违反法律和道德规范的前提下，巧妙地借他人的财力和物力为自己创造成功。

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Fraud is not a capital offence, after all, and executives can usually afford a good lawyer.

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The police have accused him of treason, a capital offence, though he has yet to be charged.

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On the campaign trail he has repeatedly defended the Texas system, arguing that every inmate executed on his watch was guilty of a capital offence.

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