(名詞) 活提款機,活櫃員機,活ATM - 常常被搶的非法移民、外勞或流動工人,因為他們沒有銀行帳戶,現金都帶在身上。
引句:
Damian estimates that at least two-thirds of the people here are undocumented, and that has made it a magnet for robberies over the years. Gangs know undocumented day workers are especially lucrative targets, he says. Their pockets are often stuffed with a day's or even a week's worth of wages. The street term for these men: "walking ATMs."
—Laura Sullivan, "Police, Banks Help Undocumented Workers Shake 'Walking ATM' Label," NPR, January 20, 2014
The problem is nationwide, stated the Southern Poverty Law Center. In a 2009 study, the center said that less than half of undocumented immigrants had confidence in law enforcement and that criminals saw them as "walking ATMs."
—Jay Meisel, "Prosecuting crimes against migrants," Highlands Today, April 5, 2015
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