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

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Yahoo run n. The fact that she is putting a time limit and that travel agencies are already contacting you makes me feel that it is all a sham. I’ve had a few friends that were into all these Yahoo runs(419) and the way things are being played out is begining to seem quite familiar. [English Nigeria Crime & Prisons Technology] [full cite] (Jan. 22, 2006)

yahoo-yahoo n. In less than three months of its release, the song is currently generating controversy, following the alleged promotion of the internet fraud popularly known as Yahoo-yahoo in local parlance. [English Nigeria Crime & Prisons Online] [full cite] (Jul. 16, 2007)

yahoo-yahoo boy n. Today, the con usually relies on e-mail and is often called a 419 scheme after the anti-fraud section of the criminal code in Nigeria, where it flourishes.…The scammers, who often operate in crime rings, are known as “yahoo-yahoo boys,” because the frequently use free Yahoo accounts. [English Nigeria Crime & Prisons Online] [full cite] (May. 10, 2006)

yard dog n. The yard dogs—prison vernacular for guards—were already baying. Someone had issued a Signal 3, a man-down alert, and guards descended from all directions. [English Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Feb. 27, 2005)

yoking n. One October night in 1968, Arvinger, then 19, and four acquaintances gathered at a house in Baltimore. The conversation turned to mugging—or, as they called it, “yoking”—a man. [English Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Dec. 13, 2004)

Yomango n. The source of inspiration is Yomango, a movement that began in Spain (the word means “I steal” in Spanish slang) and has spread to Germany and South America. The movement calls for the “liberation of labels” and for resistance to multinational conglomerates by means of shoplifting. Its activists hold workshops and “fashion shows” in which designer clothes that have been nicked from stores are displayed. [Spanish Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Jul. 30, 2005)

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