常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

takings

うちの近くで起きた事件です。どんな警備体制がひかれていたのか気になります。「前日の売り上げ(金)」がこのように表現してありました。(ゼミ生 Pear
Cars, cash stolen from luxury import car dealership in Ibaraki
CRIME JAN. 31, 2012 - 06:30AM JST ( 9 )IBARAKI —
Police said Monday that a luxury import car dealership in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, was robbed Sunday of cars, cash and other belongings worth around 8 million yen.

Police said they received a call from an employee of the dealership reporting the robbery, TV Asahi reported. Police said that a crowbar-like implement was used to wrench open a door on the second floor of the property. According to investigators, a safe containing the previous day’s takings and other items were stolen.

Three Mercedes Benz cars, used as display models, were also stolen from the showroom, TV Asahi reported.

A police spokesperson said the robbery took place between 9 p.m. on Saturday, when the last employee left the premises, and around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday when the first employee arrived.