Crime & Prisons Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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bang v. Some of the recruits in the video—many who appear to be teenagers—are eager to “bang,” or join the Bloods. “I am ready to bang it official,” one recruit says. “Ready to bang for the Blood here,” says another. [English Crime & Prisons Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 21, 2007)

bang the books v. When I went to the field, I saw things like voucher fraud and banging the books—which means time and attendance fraud—and some of us were bitterly disappointed about that. But we rationalized that we were fighting a bigger enemy and every [organization] has fraud. [English United States Crime & Prisons Money & Finance Police] [full cite] (Oct. 6, 2004)

banging n. According to the complaint, the defendants:…Obtain credit card numbers and charge customers’ cards, without permission in a practice known as “banging” or “burning” a credit card. [English Crime & Prisons Money & Finance Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 15, 2007)

bank v. This occurred after Eddington had told the plaintiff to “bank” the package which had been left for him in the prison toilets. In prison parlance, “bank” meant to insert the package up his rectum. [English Crime & Prisons Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 7, 2007)

banking n. Cigarettes are like gold dust. Custody staff are not allowed to conduct internal examinations and the preferred method of eluding confiscation is “banking.” [English Scotland Crime & Prisons Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 10, 2007)

battery pack n. Brannon was described by a local gang investigator as a “battery pack” within his gang set, a term used to describe a member who is always on the streets, willing to do anything for the gang. The investigator said Brannon has been sent a variety of gang tasks, from murders to decoy tasks. [English Crime & Prisons Police] [full cite] (Jun. 15, 2007)

baulk v. The guys in the Cadillac were known to him as serial baulkers (as in baulking insurance companies), and they earned a living—sort of—by ploughing their battering-ram Cadi into the soft areas of cars being used by wholly legal drivers such as me.…Illegal baulking is such a big industry in the States that some of the offenders are funded and encouraged by wealthy criminal bosses and unscrupulous legal professionals to go out in old bangers and deliberately create “accidents” [English Automobiles & Transportation Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Jan. 17, 2006)

be sweet chair n. Jail and prison employees call it… the “we care chair,” and the “be sweet chair."…They are referring not to the electric chair, but to a restraining device that has led to many serious abuses, including torture and death. Belts and cuffs prevent the prisoner’s legs, arms, and torso from moving. [English Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Feb. 9, 2006)

bean shoot n. Only a few weeks shy of parole in 1995, Andre found himself confined to a cell with walls the color of Pepto-Bismol. He received his meals through a slit in the door known in prison parlance as a “bean shoot”; his best friend was his only visitor: a mouse.…From the Pink Room, Andre was moved to the segregation unit proper, where men on (comparably) good behavior were permitted to leave their cells for one hour a day and open their bean shoots to talk to one another. [English Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Mar. 29, 2007)

beat bag n. In 2000 he pleaded no contest in Superior Court to a charge of creating and selling a counterfeit substance, which in street parlance is a “beat bag.” The idea of a beat bag is to sell someone an innocuous substance by claiming it is an illicit drug, thereby beating the buyer out of his money. [English Crime & Prisons Drugs Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 10, 2007)

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