In law, receiving is a crime: you take, buy, keep, or help to sell goods that you know were stolen — or that you really ought to have guessed were stolen. The thief takes the laptop; the person who buys it cheap in a car park, knowing the story does not add up, is guilty of receiving.

In law在法律裡， receiving isreceiving 是 a crime一種罪： you你 take, buy, keep, or help to sell拿了、買了、收著，或幫忙賣 goods that you know were stolen你知道是偷來的貨 — or that you really ought to have guessed were stolen或你其實早該猜到是偷來的。The thief小偷 takes the laptop拿走筆電； the person那個 in a car park在停車場 buys it cheap便宜買下它、 knowing the story does not add up明知這說法兜不攏的人， is guilty of receiving就犯了 receiving 這條罪

British lawyers also say handling stolen goods, which covers much the same ground and is the name you may meet in modern UK law. In ordinary talk people rarely say “he was done for receiving”; they say he was buying stolen stuff.

British lawyers英國律師 also say也說 handling stolen goods， which covers much the same ground範圍大致相同， and is the name也是 in modern UK law你在現代英國法律裡 you may meet可能遇到的名稱。In ordinary talk日常說話時 people人們 rarely say很少說 “he was done for receiving”他因 receiving 被辦； they say他們會說 he was buying stolen stuff他在買贓物

Though actually, the tidy picture “buying and selling stolen goods” is a little narrower than the law: hiding the goods, or helping to move them, can count too. And this is not the everyday verb: “I am receiving a parcel” is just getting something.

Though actually不過其實， the tidy picture “buying and selling stolen goods”「買賣贓物」這幅整齊的圖 is a little narrower than the law比法律管的範圍窄一點： hiding the goods把貨藏起來、 or helping to move them或幫忙搬運， can count too也可能算。And this而這 is not the everyday verb不是日常那個動詞： “I am receiving a parcel”我正在收一個包裹 is just只是 getting something收到東西而已