Police Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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mop and glow v. phr. attributively, connoting hazardous materials clean-up, especially when applied to emergency services personnel. (posted Oct. 10, 2005) [full entry…]

187 n. a homicide. (posted Apr. 29, 2004) [full entry…]

po-po n. the police. (posted Aug. 24, 2004) [full entry…]

puffer n. an automobile left unattended and running in cold weather. (posted Jan. 28, 2005) [full entry…]

rowdy-sheeter n. a person with a criminal record; a hardened criminal. (posted Jan. 25, 2006) [full entry…]

security theater n. highly visible but ineffective anti-terrorism or other protection and precaution measures. (posted Jan. 6, 2005) [full entry…]

squadrol n. a police vehicle that serves the purposes of both a patrol wagon and squad car. (posted Jun. 29, 2005) [full entry…]

starlight tour n. the forcible transfer by police of a person to a remote area for release. (posted Jan. 20, 2006) [full entry…]

throw down n. evidence, especially a weapon, planted by police on a suspect or at a crime scene. (posted Mar. 7, 2005) [full entry…]

turkey bacon n. a private security guard or officer; a rent-a-cop. Also plural. (posted Sep. 21, 2004) [full entry…]

witness mark n. generally, an intentional, accidental, or naturally occurring spot, line, groove, or other contrasting area that serves as an indicator of certain facts; in geography and surveying, a blaze, cut, hole, paint splash, or message written on a post, tree, rock or other guide to indicate a boundary, feature, or significant point on land, especially on a witness post; in construction and manufacturing, a line, groove, score, notch, cut, or written indicator made on the surface of material to impart information, such as where to cut or join; in forensic investigation, a surface groove, smear, stain, abrasion or other feature that can serve as evidence. (posted Aug. 9, 2007) [full entry…]

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