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

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vote hauling n. “Vote hauling,” as it is known and widely practiced, has long been acknowledged as a way to influence elections. But paying vote haulers is not illegal in Kentucky.… The indictment alleges Turner and his coconspirators funneled money from Harris through straw contributors and illegally paid people to vote and hid it by claiming to pay them for driving voters to the polls during the 2000 Democratic primary. [English Crime & Prisons Politics] [full cite] (May. 8, 2005)

walkaway n. A prison warden, Rick Hillengass, counts seven escapes—or walkaways, as he calls them—in the last 10 years. [ Language English Subject Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Dec. 27, 2005)

war ganging n. There is a practice called “war ganging” where if someone has a wireless laptop, they can come and park outside your home, and if you don’t have a router on the system to protect transmissions, they can monitor what you are doing and use your IP address to commit crimes/ [English Crime & Prisons Online Technology New or Nonce] [full cite] (Oct. 15, 2007)

water boarding n. There’s what I call the WaterHood, also known as “water boarding’ or the “watercure,” where interrogators shove a prisoner’s head in abarrel of water and make him think he’s drowning. Actually, heis drowning; they just save him from death at the lastsecond (if all goes well). [English United States Crime & Prisons Military Politics Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 3, 2004)

we care 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)

wet n. According to court documents, Edwards and Larry Sr. were locked in a dispute over a drug called “wet,” the slang term for a mixture of PCP and formaldehyde. It is used to lace marijuana or other smoking materials to enhance the high they produce. [Crime & Prisons Drugs Slang] [full cite] (May. 7, 2004)

wet adj. “They are being embalmed alive,” Hendricks, of Second Genesis, said of PCP users. “They get it sprayed with roach spray and formaldehyde. [Sellers] will use anything to give it the chemical aroma and make it wet.” [Crime & Prisons Drugs] [full cite] (May. 27, 2004)

wet n. Allen was “running with a crowd doing a lot of drugs”: marijuana, crack, PCP and a potent concoction called “Wet,” which is marijuana laced with formaldehyde. [Crime & Prisons Drugs Slang] [full cite] (May. 27, 2004)

wet n. PCP was infrequently incorporated into marijuana cigarettes….These are being sold on the street under varying names such as “Illy” in Connectivut, “Hydro” in New York City, “Dip” in New Jersey, “Wet” in Philadelphia, and “Fry” in Texas. The cigarettes are treated with “embalming fluid,” allegedly to enhance the drug’s euphoric effects. Embalming fluid, which contains formalin (formaldehyde in methanol), is used as a medium to ease a uniform distribution of PCP in these cigarettes. [New York City Crime & Prisons Drugs Slang] [full cite] (May. 27, 2004)

wet cell n. Capt. Mike Sanders, Bannock County Sheriff’s Office: “We refer to them as wet cells, because they have a sink and a toilet; there’s a common shower, which is regulated; there’s constitutional requirements, like a certain amount of sunshine, that type of thing. [English Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Oct. 31, 2006)

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