Charity is as bad as brigandage. Charity is really just as unfair to the recipient as to the donor.

施舍和掠夺一样可恶，对捐献者和接受者都有失公平。

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As a result, there were excessive fraudulence and brigandage in the field of economy between all groups of people with various sly and brutal measures.

这造成了明代经济领域诓骗窃夺现象的空前盛行，这种社会现象广泛地发生在各种社会群体之间，实行诓骗窃夺之人，采用的手段多而狡猾、残忍。

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Short of protecting our persons and property from fraud, brigandage and like abuses through an impartial application of the law, government can only impede the natural flow of commerce.

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