《史记·七十列传·酷吏列传》
所以盗贼更加多起来，上下互相隐瞒，玩弄文辞，逃避法律制裁。
故盗贼浸多，上下相为匿，以文辞避法焉。
Therefore the pirates became even more numerous, and the higher and lower officials concealed it from one another, and bandied words about, evading prosecution at law.