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

Entries in the Category Crime & Prisons

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air supply n. a type of corruption in which money is paid for services not rendered, usually with the agreement of both parties. (posted Jul. 17, 2004) [full entry…]

area boy n. a hoodlum or street thug; agbero. (posted Jun. 17, 2005) [full entry…]

Asbo n. a court order designed to curtail unwanted public behavior. (posted Nov. 2, 2004) [full entry…]

beat bag n. a package or bindle of a non-drug substance that is sold as narcotics. (posted Jan. 10, 2007) [full entry…]

black aspirin n. 1. (in Australia) a cola-based soft drink. 2. (in U.K. prisons), a kicking assault of a prisoner by guards. (posted Oct. 6, 2006) [full entry…]

blue light bandit n. a person with criminal intentions who impersonates a police officer in a patrol car. (posted May. 31, 2005) [full entry…]

booster bag n. a bag, sack, pouch, purse, or box used by a shoplifter to conceal or disguise merchandise. (posted Dec. 2, 2004) [full entry…]

buffet flat n. a speakeasy or other unregulated or illegal entertainment establishment which sells alcohol, usually located in an apartment or home. (posted Sep. 2, 2004) [full entry…]

butter and eggs n. an illegal lottery in which winning numbers are calculated from closing prices in butter and egg market trading. (posted Jan. 23, 2006) [full entry…]

cho-mo n. a child molester. Also chi-mo. (posted Jun. 30, 2004) [full entry…]

clean-skin n. a person without a police record; someone who does not trigger suspicions; (hence) an unimpeachable person; a lilywhite. (posted Jul. 15, 2005) [full entry…]

Corrupticut n. a derisive or derogatory name for the state of Connecticut. (posted Feb. 24, 2005) [full entry…]

cuff and stuff v. to (physically) place someone under arrest. (posted Dec. 14, 2004) [full entry…]

curbstoning n. the conducting of (streetside) business without a license, especially automobile sales and formerly real estate; among census-takers, falsifying information about a household. (posted Nov. 30, 2004) [full entry…]

dementia Americana n. a (supposed) form of insanity, leading to violence, which comes over a man who believes his his home or family has been violated. (posted Jun. 25, 2004) [full entry…]

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