Catchword: throw down

Filed Under: English, Police

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: Prosecutor John Quarenghi hinted throughout the trial that Zeigler had the dope in the black bag to use as a “throw down”—street language for planting evidence on a suspect.

Article or Document Title:
“Ex-officer is sentenced in shooting” (URL)

Author:
William C. Lhotka

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Publishing Location:
Mo.

Date of Publication:
Mar. 4, 2005

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