粵

洗sai2馬maa5欖laam5

simp洗马榄
sai2 maa5 laam5sai2 maa5 laam2xian3ma3 lǎn

English

  1. to embezzle funds [colloquial]
  2. to steal from the home of a friend, to take away the fund of their own organisation. Literally: to clean the horse stable. The house stable(brothel) as an important income of triad, so a triad robbing a brothel is regarded as one of the worst crime amount gangsters' community.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指江湖中人偷走兄弟財物、侵吞公款。馬檻 (妓院)為黑社會財政收入重要來源,江湖中人做賊打劫同道金庫,被江湖中人視為罪大惡極。

Examples

  • 江湖中人最忌三樣嘢,洗馬檻、着紅鞋、勾義嫂。

    The triad members hates 3 crimes most : to steal from a friend, to be a informer for police, to take a friend's woman.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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