[ABC] TIDE THEFT: HOT ITEM

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TIDE THEFT: HOT ITEM

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)(OC): Talk about a strange bulletin.  [1]Word has gone out tonight that some stores are [2]putting those big jugs of Tide detergent on a kind of lockdown.  It all happened after [3]a police press conference announcing that [4]Tide is playing a big role in a national crime wave.  So, what's going on?  Here's ABC's senior justice department correspondent, Pierre Thomas.

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)(VO): It's not unusual to see [5]security alarms on high-priced items.  But [6]laundry detergent?  In stores across the country, retailers are trying to [7]stem a new tide of crime and are literally [8]locking up the Tide.  Don't believe me?  [9]You're watching surveillance of a man Minnesota police say is [10]responsible for shoplifting $25,000 worth of Tide, which has become [11]kind of a liquid gold.

MIKE SIEMIENAS (SUPERVALU): This is [12]one of the top products that we do see stolen from our stores.

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)(VO): Mike Siemienas is an executive at Supervalu, [13]one of the largest grocery conglomerates in the country, with 11,000 stores.

MIKE SIEMIENAS (SUPERVALU): These are very [14]brazen thieves who are looking at the cost of the item and what they can get for it.  And these are [15]retail crime syndicates, whether the economy is good or bad, it's individuals who are trying to [16]make a quick buck.

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)(OC): And police say that Tide, [17]typically retailing at $10 to $20, is [18]a hot commodity on the street, where it's [19]sold on the cheap and sometimes even [20]bartered for drugs.

LIEUTENANT BRAD PYLE (PRINCE GEORGE'S CO MARYLAND POLICE): Tide is [21]a staple item.  Everybody uses it, [22]day in and day out.  And it's the most popular brand, so, they can move it, get a lot of money for it.

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)(VO): You can find it [23]offered on internet shopping sites, [24]at cut-rate prices.  Stores like CVS are developing countermeasures like those alarms we showed you and some police departments are even [25]setting up task forces.

NARRATOR (COMMERCIAL): If it's got to be clean, it's got to be Tide.

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)(VO): Apparently, for the criminals, no other brand will do.  Pierre Thomas, ABC News, Washington.

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[1] 발표에 의하면

[2] 이 커다란 Tide세제통들을 가져갈 수 없도록 잠가놓다

[3] 경찰의 기자 회견

[4] Tide가 전국적으로 횡행하는 범죄에서 큰 역할을 차지하고 있다

[5] 고가의 제품들에 대한 도난 주의 경보

[6] 세제

[7] 새로운 범죄가 본격화하는 것을 차단하다

[8] Tide를 (훔쳐가지 못하도록) 잠그다

[9] CCTV에 포착된 한 남자의 모습이다

[10] 2만5천 달러 상당의 Tide세제를 훔쳐간

[11] 일종의 금과 같은 물건

[12] 우리 매장에서 가장 많이 도난을 당하는 제품 중의 하나입니다

[13] 우리 나라 최대 잡화 체인점들의 중의 하나

[14] 대담한 도둑들

[15] 소매 유통점 털이꾼들의 전문화된 대형 조직

[16] 돈을 쉽게 벌다

[17] 소매 가격으로 대개 10~20달러에 판매되는

[18] 그냥 내놓아도 아주 잘 팔리는 물건

[19] 할인 가격에 팔리다

[20] 약물과 맞거래되다

[21] 생활 필수품

[22] 날이면 날마다

[23] 인터넷 거래 사이트에 매물로 나와 있는

[24] 할인된 가격에

[25] 전담대책반을 구성하다