British Museum sacks staff member after items vanish from collection

The British Museum has sacked a member of staff and imposed “emergency measures” to increase security after it found items from its collection to be missing. It launched an independent review of security after items including gold jewellery and gems of semiprecious stones and glass dating from the 15th century BC to the 19th century AD were found to be missing, stolen or damaged. Legal action against the dismissed member of staff will be taken and the matter is also being investigated by the economic crime command of the Metropolitan police.

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sack 洗劫；解雇（非正式）

dismiss 解雇；开除

Metro 是 metropolitan 的简写，通常指的是都市地区，尤其是大城市及其周边地区