U11 Intelligent Business

abolish - zlikwidować
accounting errors
advantage (personal/business)
against sb: bring, file, press, prefer charges
alarmingly common
amnesty
antagonise
antitrust – apposing monopolies in order to promote free competition
antitrust breaches – naruszenia praw ochrony konsumenckiej
asset management – zarządzanie aktywami
be busted – rozsadzić niszczyć
be convicted of – być skazanym
be in negative territory – decreasing
be par for the course - If a type of behaviour, event, or situation is par for the course, it is not good
but it is normal or as you would expect
blow against insider trading
blow the whistle
bluntly - dosadnie
breach – break an agreement
bribery
bring into line - wyrównać
buck - dollar
bundling – oferowanie w pakiecie
bust – niepowodzenie, fiasko
bystanders – osoby postronne
cartel
cartel – a group of businesses who have joined together to reduce competition
carve up – divide and share, podzielić
commit an act – formal – do sth wrong, illegal
compliance officers – inspektorzy zgodności
concealment
confidence trickster - a dishonest person who obtains money by deceit
conscience - sumienie
conspirator – a member of a group who agrees to do illegal thing together
conspire
conspiring to rig markets
copyright infringement
corruption
crack conspiracies
create a stir – get a lof of attention
creative accounting
credit card fraud
cripple
cripple a company financially – uczynić kaleką, sparaliżować
culpable executives
Damage:
deal with by sth
deceit
declare war – wypowiedzieć wojnę
defendant – a person being sued or accused (sometimes: the accused)
defendants
deliberately - celowo
deter cartels
deterrent - odstraszacz
deterrent effect
disclosure – ujawnienie, zdemaskowanie
disqualified from doing business
distinguish from robust competition
draw a line
draw a veil over - If you draw a veil over a particular subject, you do not speak about it because it is
unpleasant and you do not want to think about it/ zaciągnąc kurtynę milczenia
draw back – retreat / wycofywać się
draw blank - to fail to get an answer or a result/ fail to remember
draw conclusion -
draw down – deplete by consuming or spending / wybrać, wyczerpać
draw line at sth - to never do something because you think it is wrong
draw near – approach / zbliżać się
draw out – prolong or induce to speak freely / przedłużać, nakłaniać do swobodnego mówienia
draw strength from – czerpać siłę
draw up – compose, write up or set down / zredagować, spisać formalnie
dressmaker - krawcowa
embezzlement
embezzlement and misappropriation of company funds
enter into agreement to fix prices
ethical decision
evaporate
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exceed - przekroczyć
expense account fraud
file a complaint/ lawsuit/ petition against sb
file a law suit – to give a document to court or organization for them to deal with it officially
file a suit against – take to court

file for – z jakiej przyczyny
fines
flatline – remain stable
foothold - oparcie
fraudulent act
fuss (make a fuss) – zamieszanie, ceregiele
gain ground – zyskać na popularności
gather information
get away with sth – succeed in doing something you shouldn’t
go against principals
gullibility - naiwność
harm
heavy sentencing
hedge funds
hefty
hinder rivals in related markets – powstrzyywać, przeszkadzać
identity theft
immediate supervisor – najbliższy, bezpośredni
impair
impairing competition – osłabianie konkurencji
in practice
incompletely documented payments - concealed or falsified information
increase in business transactions over the internet
incriminating evidence – obciążające dowody
indiscreet remark
insider trading – handel informacjami poufnymi
insider trading – handel poufnymi informacjami
intent – meaning to commit a crime
interal controls
jail sentence
Keynotes
larceny
larceny – stealing personal property
litigant/litigator – someone involved in the court case (both the accused and bringing action)
lucrative scam – dochodowe oszustwo
make a dishonest buck ahead od deals
market rigging
markets watchdog – strażnik rynków
milieu (social, exclusive) – środowisko, otoczenie
misappropriation of funds
misdeed - wykroczenie
Misdeeds:
monetise – make money
money laundering
monopoly
nosy - curious
obtain
office stationery
option trades – handel kontraktami ze za jakiś czas cos sprzedasz lub kupisz za ustalona cene
options - an agreement that can be bought and sold, that gives the owner the right to decide
whether to buy or sell shares, bonds, etc. for a fixed price within an agreed time period or on a
particular date
order to desist or a fine
Organisation:
originating - creating
pact – agreement or bargain
payouts
peaks and valleys
penalties and sanctions
perform an act – do sth, especially hard or useful
perjury – krzywoprzysięstwo
permissible
petty theft - drobna kradzież

plaintiff – a person who brings an action to a court of law
plea-bargain – adeal made when someone admis guilt in return for less punishment
plead guilty to charges
ponzi scheme - a fraud where the money from new investors is used to pay interest to initial
investors
predatory pricing – grabieżcze, rozbójnicze
preliminary investigation – wstępne śledztwo
press release
price fixing
price-fixing cartel
private damages – odszkodowania dla osób prywatnych
prosecutor – a government official who conducts criminal cases on behalf of the state
provide intent
punishable by prison
Punishment:
put off - odstraszyć
pyramid scam
quantify – określić ilość
racketeering – gangsterstwo
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regulatory bodies
report offenders
repurpose – modify
rig markets - to make the price of shares go up or down in order to make a profit
rightsizing – cutbacks
rigid – sztywny
ring – gang/ group
robust competition
rogue trader
run of the mill - standard, unexceptional

scam – a dishonest business scheme
scrupulous
sinister
smoking gun – concrete evidence
sounding out interest among – badanie zainteresowania wśród / trying to understand someone’s
opinions and attitudes
suffice
take things further
tax evasion
tax evasion - unikanie podatków
the harsher the penalty the greater the rush to be first to confess
threat of prison
thrive – kwitnąć, rozwijać się
trappings of successful lifestyle
trust
trustbuster – specjalista od znajdywania karteli, people who prosecute or dissolve business trusts
turn a blind eye
uncover dirt
value migration – lower returns
violation of trust
volatility - zmienność
watertight prosecution
weight up options
whistleblowing - reveal the wrong doing to outside authorities
white collar crime – non violent crime committed for financial gain. characterized by deceit,
concealment and violation of trust. motivation is to obtain or avoid losing money, property or
services or to secure personal or business advantage

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abolish - zlikwidować

against sb: bring, file, press, prefer charges

antitrust – apposing monopolies in order to promote free competition

antitrust breaches – naruszenia praw ochrony konsumenckiej

asset management – zarządzanie aktywami

be busted – rozsadzić niszczyć

be convicted of – być skazanym

be in negative territory – decreasing

blow against insider trading

blow the whistle

breach – break an agreement

bring into line - wyrównać

bust – niepowodzenie, fiasko

bystanders – osoby postronne

cartel – a group of businesses who have joined together to reduce competition

carve up – divide and share, podzielić

commit an act – formal – do sth wrong, illegal

compliance officers – inspektorzy zgodności

confidence trickster - a dishonest person who obtains money by deceit

conspirator – a member of a group who agrees to do illegal thing together

conspiring to rig markets

create a stir – get a lof of attention

credit card fraud

cripple a company financially – uczynić kaleką, sparaliżować

deal with by sth

declare war – wypowiedzieć wojnę

defendant – a person being sued or accused (sometimes: the accused)

disclosure – ujawnienie, zdemaskowanie

disqualified from doing business

distinguish from robust competition

draw back – retreat / wycofywać się

draw blank - to fail to get an answer or a result/ fail to remember

draw down – deplete by consuming or spending / wybrać, wyczerpać

draw line at sth - to never do something because you think it is wrong

draw near – approach / zbliżać się

draw strength from – czerpać siłę

draw up – compose, write up or set down / zredagować, spisać formalnie

embezzlement and misappropriation of company funds

enter into agreement to fix prices

expense account fraud

file a complaint/ lawsuit/ petition against sb

file a suit against – take to court

flatline – remain stable

fuss (make a fuss) – zamieszanie, ceregiele

gain ground – zyskać na popularności

get away with sth – succeed in doing something you shouldn’t

hinder rivals in related markets – powstrzyywać, przeszkadzać

immediate supervisor – najbliższy, bezpośredni

impairing competition – osłabianie konkurencji

incompletely documented payments - concealed or falsified information

increase in business transactions over the internet

incriminating evidence – obciążające dowody

insider trading – handel informacjami poufnymi

insider trading – handel poufnymi informacjami

intent – meaning to commit a crime

larceny – stealing personal property

lucrative scam – dochodowe oszustwo

make a dishonest buck ahead od deals

markets watchdog – strażnik rynków