bad cheque
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˌbæd ˈtʃek/ us/ˌbæd ˈtʃek/ (US bad check)
空头支票，废票
a cheque that has been written for an amount of money that the person writing it knows they do not have, so it cannot be paid
He served a 15-month prison term for passing (= giving people) bad cheques in Boston. 他因在波士顿给人开空头支票而服刑15个月。
Prosecutors said he wrote a bad cheque to buy a boat. 检察官说他买船开的是一张空头支票。
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- Pregnant with her 7th child, she was caught passing bad cheques.
- People could be imprisoned for life just for writing a bad cheque or stealing a bicycle.
- Frank Abagnale, subject of Catch Me If You Can, passed bad cheques totalling $2.5 million over five years of criminal activity.
- A judge was removed from the bench for illegally switching licence plates and writing 59 bad cheques.