腊肠术通常指一系列常常以秘密方式进行的小动作，能累积整体成为更大的动作或结果，但要一次合部运行通常有困难或非法。虽然腊肠术通常用来进行非法活动，它其实只是一种随时间推移累加小增量的策略，因此它可以完全合法的进行。

腊肠术，也被称为一分钱剃头，是一种多次极少量偷钱的诈欺行为，一般采取四舍五入到最接近的分（或其他货币单位）的金融交易，它可以使用无条件舍去，并把一分转到另一个帐户来完成。这样做是为了使变化足够小，任何单一的交易将不被发现。

在信息安全领域，一个腊肠攻击是一连串的小规模攻击，合起来导致了更大的攻击。电脑非常适合自动化这种类型的攻击。

Salami slicing refers to a series of many small actions, often performed by clandestine means, that as an accumulated whole produces a much larger action or result that would be difficult or unlawful to perform all at once. The term is typically used pejoratively. Although salami slicing is often used to carry out illegal activities, it is only a strategy for gaining an advantage over time by accumulating it in small increments, so it can be used in perfectly legal ways as well.