正是埃斯特拉达自己定义了“赃物”这个词的含义：20世纪90年代担任参议员时，他作为国会议员参与了宣判他有罪的法律的制定工作。
Estrada literally defined plunder: as a senator in the early 1990’s, he was a member of the congress that crafted the law under which he was convicted.