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deve n. a coerced payment; “protection” money. (posted Jun. 8, 2004) [full entry…]
diesel therapy n. the continuous or unnecessary transport of a prisoner from place to place, especially as a form of reprimand or punishment, but also as a result of bureaucratic mistakes. (posted Oct. 20, 2005) [full entry…]
drive-off n. the act of departing a gas station without paying for automobile fuel; a person who does so. (posted Sep. 29, 2005) [full entry…]
encobijado n. a person found wrapped in blankets after being assassinated by drug traffickers or their associates. (posted Jun. 4, 2004) [full entry…]
featherwood n. a female member of an organized white racist gang, or a white woman who has a relationship with a man who is a member of such a gang. (posted Aug. 15, 2007) [full entry…]
fifi n. a masturbatory substitute for a vagina. (posted May. 19, 2005) [full entry…]
gank v. to rob, rip off, or con (someone). (posted Jun. 23, 2004) [full entry…]
gank n. fake illegal drugs sold as real. (posted Jun. 23, 2004) [full entry…]
gassing n. in a prison, throwing feces or bodily fluids at someone. (posted Jan. 30, 2006) [full entry…]
gate v. to arrest (for the same crime) a prisoner just released under parole; to hold a prisoner beyond the period when parole would ordinarily be permitted. (posted Feb. 16, 2005) [full entry…]
gbege n. an act of (vengeful) violence. (posted Jun. 12, 2004) [full entry…]
goonda tax n. money extorted as ‘protection’ or to permit passage on public thoroughfares, or paid as a simple bribe. (posted Oct. 7, 2004) [full entry…]
hang-up n. in prison, a suicide by hanging. (posted Mar. 1, 2005) [full entry…]
hawasim n. a looter or thief. (posted Aug. 17, 2004) [full entry…]
heater n. a crime or criminal case that attracts a lot of (media) attention. (posted Jan. 5, 2005) [full entry…]

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