robbery

en-noun

robbery (countable and uncountable, plural robberies)

From Middle English robberie, robry, roberie, from Old French roberie, from the verb rober (“to steal; to pillage”) + -ie. Ultimately from unattested Frankish *raubōn. By surface analysis, rob + -ery. Compare Dutch roverij (“robbery”), Norwegian Bokmål røveri (“robbery”), German Räuberei (“robbery, banditry”).
Displaced native Old English rēaflāc.

bank robbery

(crime) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.

røveriforsøg

attempt of taking the property of another by threat


Alcatraz

From Spanish Isla de los Alcatraces (“island of gannets”), named by Juan Manuel de Ayala, an explorer of San Francisco Bay.

bor

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
w:Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary

Ellipsis of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a famous former U.S. federal prison, on the island.


penitentiary

pĕn'·ĭ·tĕnʹ·shə·rē

/ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/

From Middle English penitentiary, from Medieval Latin pēnitentiārius (“place of penitence”), from Latin paenitentia (“penitence”), term used by the Quakers in Pennsylvania during the 1790s, describing a place for penitents to dwell upon their sins.

der

A priest in the Roman Catholic Church who administers the sacrament of penance.

rippipappi

priest who administers the sacrament of penance


patrol

en-noun

patrol (countable and uncountable, plural patrols)

From French patrouille, from Old French patrouille, patouille (“a night-watch”, literally “a tramping about”), from patrouiller, patouiller, patoiller (“to paddle or pudder in water, dabble with the feet, begrime, besmear”), from patte, pate (“paw, foot of an animal”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *paþjaną, *paþōną (“to walk, tread, go, step, pace”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”); see find. Cognate with Dutch pad, patte (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”), German patschen (“to splash, smack, dabble, waddle”), German Patsche (“a swatter, beater, paw, puddle, mire”). Related to pad, path.

cog

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(law enforcement) The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service.


swindle

en-verb

swindle (third-person singular simple present swindles, present participle swindling, simple past and past participle swindled)

swindles (present singular third-person)
swindling (participle present)
swindled (participle past)
swindled (past)

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”).
See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).

cog

The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.

Such Nations cannot have a King to command them; can only have this or the other scandalous swindling Copper Captain, constitutional Gilt Mountebank, or other the like unsalutary entity by way of King; and the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children in a frightful and tragical manner, little noticed in the Penny Newspapers and Periodical Literatures of this generation.

1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XXI. (of XXI.):

That word is bezzle. It describes the period in which an embezzler has stolen a man's money but the victim does not yet realize he's been swindled.

2015 December 3, Tracy Alloway, “There's Been a Bezzle-Fueled Boom in Bonds”, in Markets, Bloomberg News, retrieved 2021-08-16:


caló

an argot that has been salted with Caló vocabulary


Met

The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over its handling of the investigation. […] The Met said it had informed its own Directorate of Professional Standards and a "mandatory referral will be made to the IOPC in relation to the initial contact from the woman's friend".

2024 April 11, Victoria Cook, “Westminster murder inquiry: Woman, 27, named by police”, in bbc.com:

(London, law enforcement) The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS).


Pogrom

de-noun

Pogrom n or m (strong, genitive Pogroms, plural Pogrome)

Pogroms (genitive)
Pogrome (plural)
Pogrom (definite nominative singular)
Pogrome (definite nominative plural)
Pogroms (genitive singular)
Pogrome (definite genitive plural)
Pogrom (dative singular)
Pogromen (dative definite plural)
Pogrom (accusative definite singular)
Pogrome (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Russian погро́м (pogróm). First attested in the late 19th century, in more general use since the Russian pogroms of 1905.

pogrom (organized riot against an ethnic or religious minority, especially Jews)


Strafe

Strafe f (genitive Strafe, plural Strafen)

Strafe (genitive)
Strafen (plural)
Strafe (nominative singular)
Strafen (definite nominative plural)
Strafe (genitive singular)
Strafen (definite genitive plural)
Strafe (dative singular)
Strafen (dative definite plural)
Strafe (accusative singular)
Strafen (accusative definite plural)

Kashubian: sztrôfa

Russian: штраф (štraf)

From Middle High German strāfe, from Proto-West Germanic *strēpōn, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to *streupan (“to squeeze, press, graze”). Compare Dutch straf, German Low German Straaf, Luxembourgish Strof.

angemessene Strafe.

Strafe muß sein.

Ein Gericht verurteilt einen Täter zu einer Strafe. Nachdem er sie verbüßt hat, ist der Rechtsfrieden wieder hergestellt: Seine Schuld ist getilgt, die Strafe söhnt ihn mit der Gesellschaft aus.

2010, Der Spiegel, number 27/2010, page 109:

A court sentences a delinquent to a penalty. After he has served it, the lawful state is restored: His guilt is cleared, the punishment reconciles him with society.


Holocaust

en-proper noun

the Holocaust (usually uncountable, plural Holocausts)

the Holocaust (canonical)
Holocausts (plural)

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(historical, strictly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

Sjoa

the mass murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany

Holocaust

the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany


Tat

Tat (genitive)
Taten (plural)
Tat (nominative singular)
Taten (definite nominative plural)
Tat (genitive singular)
Taten (definite genitive plural)
Tat (dative singular)
Taten (dative definite plural)
Tat (accusative singular)
Taten (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German tāt, from Old High German tāt (akin to Old Saxon dād), from Proto-West Germanic *dādi.
Compare Low German Daad/Daat, Dutch daad, English deed, Danish dåd, Gothic *𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*dēþs), and Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”).


Zeta

A member of Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate.


chop shop

Apparently his stolen car had been taken to a chop shop, as the police only recovered the frame.

Once the car is in a chop shop, a skilled cutter can reduce it to salable parts in half an hour to 45 minutes.

1979, “The Car-Theft Boom”, in Newsweek, page 100:

New York City sports a number of chop shops, as do Chicago, Detroit and most other large metropolitan areas.[…]If they can′t find the right engine, the junkyard may call a chop shop contact to get someone on the street looking for the right make and year.

1987 August 20, Ed Heney, “Outsmart the Car Thieves”, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 32:

“A chop shop disassembles the entire car, so they need a location that is secluded, like a warehouse or a vacant factory — although today′s forfeiture laws tend to discourage chop shops.”

2009, Taylor Joseph, Allison Investigates, Four Star Publishing, page 94:

(US) A facility where stolen motor vehicles are disassembled in order to sell their mechanical parts.


cold case

‘I had my researchers check the files on all the mispers and cold cases five years either side of that date estimate, on females of that approximate age. This is what they found. Fill your boots.’ He took a large gulp of his drink. / ‘I’m impressed, you've been moving fast.’ / ‘On it like a car bonnet, mate.’

2015, Peter James, You Are Dead, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN:

(law enforcement, slang) A criminal investigation that has not been solved after a considerable time but remains on the books and may be reopened when new evidence appears.


UCO

en-noun

UCO (countable and uncountable, plural UCOs)

(UK, law enforcement) Initialism of undercover officer.


prender

pt-verb

prender (first-person singular present prendo, first-person singular preterite prendi, past participle prendido, short past participle preso)

prendo (first-person present singular)
prendi (first-person preterite singular)
prendido (participle past)
preso (participle past short-form)
prender (impersonal infinitive)
prender (first-person infinitive singular)
prenderes (infinitive second-person singular)
prender (infinitive singular third-person)
prendermos (first-person infinitive plural)
prenderdes (infinitive plural second-person)
prenderem (infinitive plural third-person)
prendendo (gerund)
preso (masculine participle past short-form singular)
presos (masculine participle past plural short-form)
presa (feminine participle past short-form singular)
presas (feminine participle past plural short-form)
prendido (long-form masculine participle past singular)
prendidos (long-form masculine participle past plural)
prendida (feminine long-form participle past singular)
prendidas (feminine long-form participle past plural)
prendo (first-person indicative present singular)
prendes (indicative present second-person singular)
prende (indicative present singular third-person)
prendemos (first-person indicative plural present)
prendeis (indicative plural present second-person)
prendem (indicative plural present third-person)
prendia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prendias (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prendia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prendíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prendíeis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prendiam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prendi (first-person indicative preterite singular)
prendeste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
prendeu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
prendemos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
prendestes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
prenderam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
prendera (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
prenderas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
prendera (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
prendêramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
prendêreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
prenderam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
prenderei (first-person future indicative singular)
prenderás (future indicative second-person singular)
prenderá (future indicative singular third-person)
prenderemos (first-person future indicative plural)
prendereis (future indicative plural second-person)
prenderão (future indicative plural third-person)
prenderia (conditional first-person singular)
prenderias (conditional second-person singular)
prenderia (conditional singular third-person)
prenderíamos (conditional first-person plural)
prenderíeis (conditional plural second-person)
prenderiam (conditional plural third-person)
prenda (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prendas (present second-person singular subjunctive)
prenda (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prendamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prendais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
prendam (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prendesse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prendesses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prendesse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prendêssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prendêsseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prendessem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prender (first-person future singular subjunctive)
prenderes (future second-person singular subjunctive)
prender (future singular subjunctive third-person)
prendermos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
prenderdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
prenderem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
prende (imperative second-person singular)
prenda (imperative singular third-person)
prendamos (first-person imperative plural)
prendei (imperative plural second-person)
prendam (imperative plural third-person)
não prendas (imperative negative second-person singular)
não prenda (imperative negative singular third-person)
não prendamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não prendais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não prendam (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese prender, from Latin prēndere, variant of prehendere (“to seize; to detain”), from prae- (“before”) + *hendō (“to take, to seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-.

to arrest (to seize and take into legal custody)

to become close (emotionally) to someone


drive-by

A crime, such as a shooting, carried out from a moving vehicle.


matron

From Middle English matrone, from Old French matrone, from Latin mātrōna (“married woman”), from māter (“mother”). Doublet of matrona.


chain gang

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(cycling) A group of cyclists riding in a close-knit formation akin to a road race, normally for the purposes of training.

ryhmäajo

a group of cyclists riding in a close-knit formation


W

Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

(law enforcement) Abbreviation of warrant.


Mafioso

From Italian mafioso, from Sicilian mafiusu.

Coordinate term: (rare) Mafiosa

The widow of one murdered Mafioso gave her son the bloody jacket that her husband had been killed in. […] So far there has not been a Mafiosa who has made it to the top on her own.

1998, World Press Review, volume 45, page 43, columns 1–2:

“Sometimes, I swear you have no idea about the concept of money. Only you could give a one-of-a-kind ring to a female Mafioso, so casually.”

2010, Jess Phillips, Roxy’s Sequel, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 176:

Ninetta had grown up in a Mafia village, her family was Mafia, and she had fallen in love with a Mafioso. And she was a Mafiosa herself.

2015, Attilio Bolzoni, Giuseppe D’Avanzo, translated by Shaun Whiteside, The Boss of Bosses: The Life of the Infamous Totò Riina, Dreaded Head of the Sicilian Mafia, London: Orion Books, →ISBN:

“As the library grows in popularity, the community gets stronger and she gets more powerful. She ultimately goes from this timorous lady to a local kingpin. Kind of like a female Mafioso. And then someone crosses her so she has a vengeance to play out.”

2019, Michelle Frances, The Temp, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 301:

Plotted from the beginning fitting a plan for a Mafioso dictator / Never deviating from the decision to be the first for a throwaway bride / Whims and whimsical thinking guides the denial of the Mafiosa.

2019, Rosemarie M. Neilson, “The Throwaway Bride”, in Terrible Trauma Like a Poem, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

An (especially male) member of the Mafia.


recidivism

en-noun

recidivism (countable and uncountable, plural recidivisms)

/ɹəˈsɪdəvəzm̩/

From French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism.

uder

alcohol(ic) recidivism

(by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.


Adam Tiler

"In the same way as I got this," showing a handful of silver, "by turning autem diver, or, if you like it better, my Adam tiler."
"I do not understand you, Billy!"
"Why, an autem diver is a pickpocket who practises in a church, and an Adam tiler his associate, who receives his booty …"

1823, Tales of my Father, and my Friends, printed for T. and G. Underwood, Fleet Street, and Macredie, Skelly, and Co., Edinburgh; page 90–91

He waved his hand. "Well, you know how these sods gas. Most likely there's nothing in it. It's a cert Gursey sank dead on the gutter at the Flat. It'd be hard to prove he was Jem's Adam Tiler."

1934, Brian Penton, Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch

"In Mr Yarde's picturesque but somewhat obscure language, he — er — tipped the cole to Adam Tiler. Have I that right?'
'How the d-devil should I know?' snapped Brandon.
'You must forgive me. You seem to me to be so familiar with — er — thieves and — er — swashbucklers, that I assumed that you were conversant also with thieving cant.'

1940 (2009 edition), Georgette Heyer, The Corinthian, page 112

“And do you know what an Adam Tiler does?” Wickham looked a bit embarrassed. “Is he employed in the repair of roofs, sir?”
...
“An Adam Tiler is the associate of a Fork, better known as a pickpocket.”

2007, S. Thomas Russell, Under Enemy Colors:

“Then Sue lifted his passkey as he turned to go back to the office.”
“Lifted?” I said. “So now you've got the lingo down? Next you'll be telling me about marks, nippers, and Adam Tilers.” The Adam Tiler bit brought a puzzled look from even Sue.
“Oh, oh, I was the misdirection,” Narlene blurted. “I sort of let my pareo slip off of my shoulder at just the right time.”

2007, Ronnie Blackwell, Spite, page 154:

(idiomatic, archaic, thieves' cant and slang) A pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them.


angle for farthings

en-verb

angle for farthings (third-person singular simple present angles for farthings, present participle angling for farthings, simple past and past participle angled for farthings)

angles for farthings (present singular third-person)
angling for farthings (participle present)
angled for farthings (participle past)
angled for farthings (past)

(obsolete, idiomatic) To beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.


omerta

nl-noun

omerta f (plural omertas, diminutive omertaatje n)

omertas (plural)
omertaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Italian omertà, from a Southern dialectal rhotacist variant of umiltà (“humility”), from Latin humilitās, from humilis (“humble”), from humus (“ground, soil”).

(crime) omertà, (extensively) wall of silence, code of silence


piracy

en-noun

piracy (countable and uncountable, plural piracies)

From Medieval Latin pīrātia, from Classical Latin pīrāta + ia, or Ancient Greek πειρατεία (peirateía).

How should the international community respond to Somali piracy?

(crime, nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.


PO

(law enforcement) Initialism of police officer.

probation officer
probation officer#English

(law enforcement) Initialism of probation officer.


omertà

omertà (countable and uncountable, plural omertàs)

/ˌəʊmɛːˈtɑː/

From Italian omertà – even though a further etymology is disputed – italianization of Sicilian umirtà (“the quality of being humble, quiet, soft”). Some see it as a southern dialectal variant of umiltà (“humility”), from Latin humilitās, from humilis (“humble”), from humus (“ground, soil”), in which case it is a doublet of humility. Other sources (as the OED) interpret it as a Sicilian calque (loan translation) of Spanish hombredad (“manliness”), altered to fit Sicilian omu (“man”); in this latter case though “ummirità” should be the natural phonological output.

der

Patriarca pleaded guilty in December 1991 to racketeering and conspiracy charges, but he refused to admit he was a member of the Mafia, clinging to his vow of ‘omerta’ to the secret organization.

There was a time that high-profile killings such as the 1968 assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. brought passionate cries for limitations on handguns. A bipartisan omerta now smothers the issue.

The FDA was not pleased that the omertà had been broken.

2016 October 20, “How the FDA Manipulates the Media”, in Scientific American:

Despite criticising what he called an “omertà” in British politics about Brexit, he expressed some sympathy for the Labour leader Keir’s wariness about the issue.

2023 October 6, Heather Stewart, quoting Sadiq Khan, “‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Judith Godrèche, an actor who has accused two high-profile directors of raping her as a teenager, will address France’s most prestigious film awards ceremony on Friday in an unusual move aimed at breaking what she calls the “omertà” surrounding the abuse of women and girls in the industry.

2024 February 21, Kim Willsher, quoting Judith Godrèche, “Judith Godrèche to address French cinema’s ‘omertà’ around #MeToo”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(crime) A code of silence amongst members of a criminal organization (especially the Mafia) that forbids divulging insider secrets to law enforcement, often also followed outside of the organization in fear of retaliation; (by extension) any code of silence.

أُومِيرْتَا

code of silence amongst members of the Mafia or other criminal organization


omertà

Borrowed from Neapolitan omertà, from Latin humilitātem. Compare Sicilian umirtà. Doublet of umiltà, a borrowing from Latin.

(crime) an omertà or any code of silence


goodfella

From good + fella. Popularised by the US crime film GoodFellas (1990).


modus operandi

en-noun

modus operandi (plural modi operandi or modus operandis)

modi operandi (plural)
modus operandis (plural)

Borrowed from Latin modus operandī, from modus (“manner, method”) and operandī (“of working”).

(law enforcement) A known criminal's established habits and mode of work when committing specific offences, especially fraud, matched with characteristics of an unsolved crime to narrow down (limit to a specific list) or profile suspects.


modus operandi

From English modus operandi, borrowed from Latin modus operandī.


modus operandi

fr-noun

modus operandi m (plural modus operandi)


Mafia

Borrowed from Italian mafia, of uncertain origin. In the first instance, it is not clear whether the lemma in question is a Sicilian exonym or endonym, since written and oral sources on this term are scarce, the etymology remains uncertain and it's worthy of further investigation. It is possibly a regional term of the then recently established Kingdom of Italy; thus the meaning "spirit of hostility to the law" could be just derivative. The hypotheses put forward have been varied, but not very convincing from a reconstructive point of view. See Sicilian mafia for more. See, also, the Wikipedia article for more discussion of the origin of the word. Doublet of mafiya.

Somehow he managed to upset the Russian Mafia.

The Mob: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).

Any other specific organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; often with a modifying adjective, such as a nationality.


cat burglar

/kæt ˈbɜːɡlə/

/ˈkæt ˌbɝɡlɚ/

The police were baffled by the exploits of a cat burglar who only stole from the upper floors of high-rise apartments.

A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.


preso

Borrowed from Spanish preso, from Vulgar Latin prēnsus, from Latin prehēnsus.


footpad

en-verb

footpad (third-person singular simple present footpads, present participle footpadding, simple past and past participle footpadded)

footpads (present singular third-person)
footpadding (participle present)
footpadded (participle past)
footpadded (past)

When Mr. Kaiser was footpadded last December, the scare seemed to penetrate even the quiet town of Berkeley.

1894, The Blue and Gold - Volume 21, page 172:

Before that 'e footpadded round Covent Garden with a crew o' other masterless soldiers an' suchlike, calling 'imself "Captain Gun", as nasty a bill o' goods as ever slit your pocket or cut your throat,' Pope added, with loathing for the many thousands of defeated men who had limped home to live off the city streets which, by right and custom already belonged to established families of beggars and pickpockets, dog snatchers and cloak snitchers.

1988, Michael Talbot, To the ends of the earth, page 15:

To his first investment, Jack adds the money stolen by footpadding, all of which comes to £94 (CJ, 77).

1996, James Thompson, Models of value: eighteenth-century political economy and the novel:

(archaic) To rob travellers on the road.


criminology

en-noun

criminology (countable and uncountable, plural criminologies)

"So that then begins a sort of rethinking of my idea of criminology," Weisburd said. "Like most other people, my studies were about people. I said, maybe we ought to be more concerned with places."

2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 283:

The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

kriminologjia

the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour


CJ

And though in Dodd and Eletcher the judgment was reversed, it was to the dissatisfaction of C. J. Holt, and other judges […]

1792, Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: In the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of King George the Second. [1737-1738]:

criminal justice
criminal justice#English


PD

PD (countable and uncountable, plural PDs)

police department
police department#English

(law enforcement) Initialism of police department.


roundup

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(law enforcement) The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.


up the river

A reference to Sing Sing prison, which is located on the Hudson river, to the north of (and upstream from) New York City.

The former baseball player that Cincinnati idolized is being sent up the river to Ashland, Ky., to serve a prison term for cheating on his taxes.

1990 July 21, “Pete Rose: He doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame”, in Dallas Morning News, retrieved 2010-09-23:


RCMP

Canada had an international reputation for politeness. The RCMP Special Branch did not.

2020, Patrick Ness, Burn, Walker Books Ltd (2021), page 50:

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
w:Royal Canadian Mounted Police

(Canada, law enforcement) Initialism of Royal Canadian Mounted Police.


humbug

humbug (countable and uncountable, plural humbugs)

→ Finnish: humpuuki

→ German: Humbug

→ Hungarian: humbug (perhaps in part through German)

→ Polish: humbug (perhaps in part through German)

John Camden Hotten
Oxford English Dictionary
Piccadilly

Origin unknown; the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) states that “the facts as to its origin appear to have been lost, even before the word became common enough to excite attention”. It has been suggested that the word possibly derives from hummer (“(slang) An obvious lie”), or from hum (“(dialectal and slang) to cajole; delude; impose on”) + bug (“a goblin, a spectre”). In his Slang Dictionary (1864), English bibliophile and publisher John Camden Hotten (1832–1873) suggested a link to the name of the German city of Hamburg, “from which town so many false bulletins and reports came during the war in the last century”, or alternatively a derivation from ambage.
Hotten also said he had traced the earliest occurrence of the word to the title page of Ferdinando Killigrew’s book The Universal Jester (see quotations), which he dated to about 1735–1740. This dating has therefore been adopted by other dictionaries. However, the OED dates the word to about 1750, as the earliest edition of Killigrew’s work has been dated to 1754.

unk

unknown

"Let's talk first, Mr. Brown," Sergeant Murillo said. "Do you remember telling these officers you were going to sue them for false arrest?" / Bootsie Brown paused with the cookie halfway to his lips and said, "I mighta. It was a humbug arrest. That's why they let me and Axel outta jail in forty-eight hours. We was jist tryin' to have an Irish wake for good old Coleman."

2009, Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Moon: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

I pulled the initial investigation report. I see who arrested him and I knew it was a humbug. A humbug is a bullshit arrest. No Police Officer likes to believe they exist; however sometimes it was a fact of life.

2013, Sparky McLaughlin, “‘Et Tu (Fill in Name Here) …’”, in Damned from Memory, Swedesboro, N.J.: Damned from Memory LLC, BookBaby, →ISBN:

(countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.


meco

(Barcelona criminal slang) fool, easy mark


cronyism

en-noun

cronyism (countable and uncountable, plural cronyisms)

From crony (“close friend”) + -ism (suffix forming names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons).

suffix

[T]he present structure of the collective bargaining agreement, combined with nepotism and cronyism and other abuses in employment and referral practices, have perpetuated the effects of the past discrimination, […]

1974 September 19, Lawrence W[arren] Pierce, United States District Judge, “Memorandum Opinion and Order”, in John R. Patterson, et al., Plaintiffs, v Newspaper and Mail Deliverers’ Union of New York and Vicinity, et al., Defendants. […], page 23a:

[Robert L.] Hagist began what he called an "18 month reform program" that included revised warehouse procedures and measures to prevent the leakages, shortages, cronyisms, and politicking attributed to the managers and clerks of the various stores.

1988, Norman H. Clark, “Booze and Politics, 1933–83”, in The Dry Years: Prohibition and Social Change in Washington, revised edition, Seattle, Wash., London: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 258:

If we are going to reauthorize the National Endowment, we need to see to it that the Endowment, in its procedures, are open, one. […] That there is a cessation of a long-term practice of cronyisms on the panels so that artists across the Nation have equal access to this.

1990 April 4, Dick Armey, Hearing on the Reauthorization of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session […] (Serial No. 101-78), volume 3, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 35:

[C]ommunism is predicated upon a central structure of economic command that is singularly entrusted with allocating resources and making economic decisions. Because of this centralized command structure, communist societies fall prey to the forces of cronyism and influence-peddling as commune members without economic power curry favor with commune leaders that control access to resources.

2013 April, Randall G[regory] Holcombe, Andrea M. Castillo, “Communism”, in Liberalism and Cronyism: Two Rival Political and Economic Systems, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, →ISBN, page 31:

Patronage, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, and criminal activity flourish, sometimes for decades, in numerous town halls, police stations, and special-purpose government agencies in the suburbs.

2015, Thomas J. Gradel, Dick Simpson, “Suburban Scandals”, in Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality, Urbana; Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 117:

Critics accuse her [von der Leyen] of serious missteps over the pandemic, the Gaza war, alleged cronyism, – and of having a high-handed manner.

2024 May 4, Simon Tisdall, “Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

(originally US, derogatory) Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics), in their appointment to political positions.

وَاسِطَة

favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications

[T]he preacher […] was reading to them the duty of loving one another as Christians, But only particularly and exclusively were they to love one another "as Christians," that is as confederates and caballers together in a particular interest, distinct from that of the great family of mankind; […] The benefit to themselves from this Free-masonry sectarian cronyism, (for which the uninitiated world is so much obliged to them) was, to be, that […] [t]he spirit of God was to bear witness with their spirits, and to settle the matter of faith with a degree of conviction, that should render reason superfluous and inquiry unnecessary.

1829 June 26, Robert Taylor, “Characterism of Leeds”, in The Lion, volume III, number 26, London: Richard Carlile, […], →OCLC, page 813:

Our friend the Old Crony, we see, for all his connoisseurship and crony-ism, his regard for a certain piquancy of perfection in the French dress and walk, and his wish that his fair countrywomen would "take steps" after their fashion, cannot get rid of the preference in which he was brought up for the beauty of the English countenance.

1840, Leigh Hunt, “English and French Females. Their Costumes and Bearing.”, in The Seer; or, Common-places Refreshed. […], part I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 73, column 1:

She [the minister's wife] is warned against being drawn into excessive attachments, engrossing intimacies, low and gossiping cronyism, all intermeddling with tales and talebearers, with family breaches, with partisanship, and with ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

[1841], “a mother” [pseudonym], “Peculiar Duties of Wives in Various Stations of Life”, in The Young Wife; or, Hints to Married Daughters. […], London: The Religious Tract Society, →OCLC, page 123:

[H]e [William Jay] observed, that there were two things which caused religious servants to be too generally disliked. The first was their fondness for religious gossiping, or cronyism, which made them regardless of their time, &c.

1854, George Redford, John Angell James, “Part II. Supplement to the Autobiography of the Rev. William Jay.”, in George Redford, John Angell James, editors, The Autobiography of the Rev. William Jay; […], London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 223:

Pea-green Hayne was one of my most intimate friends; we occupied rooms vis à vis, and made prison life more than endurable by affectionate cronyism.

[1860], [Renton Nicholson], chapter XVIII, in The Lord Chief Baron Nicholson. An Autobiography, London: George Vickers, […], →OCLC, page 183:

And the Englishman and Irishman went off together in a state of thorough cronyism, the former imagining that he had quite taken in his companion, and entertaining no suspicion that it was rather the other way.

1869, Mortimer Collins, “Double Entanglement”, in The Ivory Gate. […], volume I, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], →OCLC, page 222:

(obsolete) The condition of being friends; friendship; also, the ability or inclination to make friends.


SIU

(law enforcement, Canada) Initialism of special investigation(s)/investigating unit.


司法

/sz̩⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾uɑʔ²⁴/

/su⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/

/sz̩⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾uɑʔ²⁴/

/su⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/

司法機關

司法机关

司法運作

司法运作

司法合作

(government, law) administration of justice; judiciary; judicature


ACC

assistant chief constable
assistant chief constable#English

(law enforcement) Initialism of assistant chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.


bailiff

From Middle English baillif, baylyf, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bailif (plural bailis), probably from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (“castellan”), from Latin bāiulus (“porter; steward”), whence also bail. As a translation of foreign titles, semantic loan from French bailli, Scots bailie, Dutch baljuw, etc. Mostly replaced the role of native reeve. Doublet of bailo.

Bailiffs of Jersey and Guernsey
High Bailiff of the Isle of Man
Landvogt
bailiff

مَأْمُور

equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts

(law enforcement) An officer of the court, particularly:

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

(UK) A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.

(UK) A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection.

(US) Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order.

teremőr

a law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order

process server

in role of serving processes and summonses

A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.


HRT

en-noun

HRT (countable and uncountable, plural HRTs)

(law enforcement) Initialism of hostage rescue team.


detective

→ Catalan: detectiu

→ Dutch: detective

→ French: détective

→ German: Detektiv

desc

→ Greek: ντετέκτιβ (ntetéktiv), ντεντέκτιβ (ntentéktiv)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: detektiv

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: detektiv

→ Portuguese: detetive

→ Spanish: detective

→ Swedish: detektiv

The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.

1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!:

(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.


detective

es-noun

detective m or f by sense (plural detectives, feminine detective or detectiva, feminine plural detectives or detectivas)

detectives (plural)
detective (feminine)
detectiva (feminine)
detectives (feminine plural)
detectivas (feminine plural)


ATF

(US, law enforcement) Initialism of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)


перо

ru-noun+

перо́ • (peró) n inan (genitive пера́, nominative plural пе́рья, genitive plural пе́рьев, relational adjective перьево́й, diminutive пёрышко)

перо́ (canonical)
peró (romanization)
пера́ (genitive)
пе́рья (nominative plural)
пе́рьев (genitive plural)
перьево́й (adjective relational)
пёрышко (diminutive)
перо́ (nominative singular)
пе́рья (irregular nominative plural)
пера́ (genitive singular)
пе́рьев (genitive irregular plural)
перу́ (dative singular)
пе́рьям (dative irregular plural)
перо́ (accusative singular)
пе́рья (accusative irregular plural)
перо́м (instrumental singular)
пе́рьями (instrumental irregular plural)
пере́ (prepositional singular)
пе́рьях (irregular plural prepositional)
перо́ (dated nominative singular)
пе́рья (dated irregular nominative plural)
пера́ (dated genitive singular)
пе́рьевъ (dated genitive irregular plural)
перу́ (dated dative singular)
пе́рьямъ (dated dative irregular plural)
перо́ (accusative dated singular)
пе́рья (accusative dated irregular plural)
перо́мъ (dated instrumental singular)
пе́рьями (dated instrumental irregular plural)
перѣ́ (dated prepositional singular)
пе́рьяхъ (dated irregular plural prepositional)

→ Azerbaijani: pero

→ Kildin Sami: пера (pjera)

→ Ingrian: pero

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *però; see there for more.


CSI

(India) Initialism of Computer Society of India.


PBT

en-noun

PBT (countable and uncountable, plural PBTs)

(law enforcement, countable) Initialism of preliminary breath test.


medio

Borrowed directly from Latin medius (“half”) rather than inherited through an Old Spanish form, possibly because the likely forms *meo and *meyo would have closely resembled mear (“to piss”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare Portuguese meio, which retained its original inherited form. In reference to spiritual mediums, calqued from Latin medium. Doublet of media. Cognate with English medium.

middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space)

(spiritualism) Synonym of médium (“medium”) (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead)

médium

(physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs)

society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives)


tax evasion

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tax evasion.wav

(taxation, criminology) The illegal avoidance of paying tax, especially by making a false declaration of income etc.


APB

all-points bulletin
all-points bulletin#English

(law enforcement) Initialism of all-points bulletin.


автор

ru-noun+

а́втор • (ávtor) m anim (genitive а́втора, nominative plural а́вторы, genitive plural а́второв)

а́втор (canonical)
ávtor (romanization)
а́втора (genitive)
а́вторы (nominative plural)
а́второв (genitive plural)
а́втор (nominative singular)
а́вторы (nominative plural)
а́втора (genitive singular)
а́второв (genitive plural)
а́втору (dative singular)
а́вторам (dative plural)
а́втора (accusative singular)
а́второв (accusative plural)
а́втором (instrumental singular)
а́вторами (instrumental plural)
а́вторе (prepositional singular)
а́вторах (plural prepositional)

→ Eastern Mari: автор (avtor)

→ Georgian: ავტორი (avṭori)

→ Ingrian: avtora

→ Kazakh: автор (avtor)

→ Yakut: ааптар (aaptar)

(criminal slang) the head of a criminal group


syndicate

From French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”), from syndic (“syndic; representative; chief magistrate of Geneva”) + -at (suffix denoting an action or result of an action), from Medieval Latin *syndicātus, from syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town; syndic”) (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate for a defendant”), from σύν (sún, “beside; with”) + δίκη (díkē, “judgment; justice”)) + -ātus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns indicating the possession of a thing or a quality).
Compare Italian sindacato (“syndicate; trade union; audit, control, supervision”), Occitan sendegat, Portuguese sindicato (“trade union”), Spanish sindicado, sindicato (“office of a syndic; syndicate; trade union”).

cog

Held at the estate of Mafia boss Joseph Barbara in Apalachin, NY, the meeting called by [Vito] Genovese in November 1957 brought over 100 mobsters from around the country to cement his power over the national crime syndicate.

1999, John Madinger, “Case Development”, in Confidential Informant: Law Enforcement’s Most Valuable Tool, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 178:

A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.

(crime) A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.


słoń

słoń (nominative singular)
słonie (nominative plural)
słonia (genitive singular)
słoni (genitive plural)
słoniowi (dative singular)
słoniom (dative plural)
słonia (accusative singular)
słonie (accusative plural)
słoniem (instrumental singular)
słoniami (instrumental plural)
słoniu (locative singular)
słoniach (locative plural)
słoniu (singular vocative)
słonie (plural vocative)

elephant, elephantid (any member of the family Elephantidae)


słoń

słoń (nominative singular)
słonie (nominative plural)
słonia (genitive singular)
słoni (genitive plural)
słoniowi (dative singular)
słoniom (dative plural)
słonia (accusative singular)
słoni (accusative plural)
słoniem (instrumental singular)
słoniami (instrumental plural)
słoniu (locative singular)
słoniach (locative plural)
słoniu (singular vocative)
słonie (plural vocative)


misper

Portmanteau of missing + person
Shortening of missing person as in “missing persons report”.

‘I had my researchers check the files on all the mispers and cold cases five years either side of that date estimate, on females of that approximate age. This is what they found. Fill your boots.’ He took a large gulp of his drink. / ‘I’m impressed, you've been moving fast.’ / ‘On it like a car bonnet, mate.’

2015, Peter James, You Are Dead, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN:

(law enforcement, slang) A missing person.


murha

murha (nominative singular)
murhat (nominative plural)
murha (accusative nominative singular)
murhat (accusative nominative plural)
murhan (accusative genitive singular)
murhat (accusative genitive plural)
murhan (genitive singular)
murhien (genitive plural)
murhain (genitive plural rare)
murhaa (partitive singular)
murhia (partitive plural)
murhassa (inessive singular)
murhissa (inessive plural)
murhasta (elative singular)
murhista (elative plural)
murhaan (illative singular)
murhiin (illative plural)
murhalla (adessive singular)
murhilla (adessive plural)
murhalta (ablative singular)
murhilta (ablative plural)
murhalle (allative singular)
murhille (allative plural)
murhana (essive singular)
murhina (essive plural)
murhaksi (singular translative)
murhiksi (plural translative)
murhatta (abessive singular)
murhitta (abessive plural)
murhin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
murhani (nominative singular)
murhani (nominative plural)
murhani (accusative nominative singular)
murhani (accusative nominative plural)
murhani (accusative genitive singular)
murhani (accusative genitive plural)
murhani (genitive singular)
murhieni (genitive plural)
murhaini (genitive plural rare)
murhaani (partitive singular)
murhiani (partitive plural)
murhassani (inessive singular)
murhissani (inessive plural)
murhastani (elative singular)
murhistani (elative plural)
murhaani (illative singular)
murhiini (illative plural)
murhallani (adessive singular)
murhillani (adessive plural)
murhaltani (ablative singular)
murhiltani (ablative plural)
murhalleni (allative singular)
murhilleni (allative plural)
murhanani (essive singular)
murhinani (essive plural)
murhakseni (singular translative)
murhikseni (plural translative)
murhattani (abessive singular)
murhittani (abessive plural)
murhineni (comitative plural)
murhasi (nominative singular)
murhasi (nominative plural)
murhasi (accusative nominative singular)
murhasi (accusative nominative plural)
murhasi (accusative genitive singular)
murhasi (accusative genitive plural)
murhasi (genitive singular)
murhiesi (genitive plural)
murhaisi (genitive plural rare)
murhaasi (partitive singular)
murhiasi (partitive plural)
murhassasi (inessive singular)
murhissasi (inessive plural)
murhastasi (elative singular)
murhistasi (elative plural)
murhaasi (illative singular)
murhiisi (illative plural)
murhallasi (adessive singular)
murhillasi (adessive plural)
murhaltasi (ablative singular)
murhiltasi (ablative plural)
murhallesi (allative singular)
murhillesi (allative plural)
murhanasi (essive singular)
murhinasi (essive plural)
murhaksesi (singular translative)
murhiksesi (plural translative)
murhattasi (abessive singular)
murhittasi (abessive plural)
murhinesi (comitative plural)
murhamme (nominative singular)
murhamme (nominative plural)
murhamme (accusative nominative singular)
murhamme (accusative nominative plural)
murhamme (accusative genitive singular)
murhamme (accusative genitive plural)
murhamme (genitive singular)
murhiemme (genitive plural)
murhaimme (genitive plural rare)
murhaamme (partitive singular)
murhiamme (partitive plural)
murhassamme (inessive singular)
murhissamme (inessive plural)
murhastamme (elative singular)
murhistamme (elative plural)
murhaamme (illative singular)
murhiimme (illative plural)
murhallamme (adessive singular)
murhillamme (adessive plural)
murhaltamme (ablative singular)
murhiltamme (ablative plural)
murhallemme (allative singular)
murhillemme (allative plural)
murhanamme (essive singular)
murhinamme (essive plural)
murhaksemme (singular translative)
murhiksemme (plural translative)
murhattamme (abessive singular)
murhittamme (abessive plural)
murhinemme (comitative plural)
murhanne (nominative singular)
murhanne (nominative plural)
murhanne (accusative nominative singular)
murhanne (accusative nominative plural)
murhanne (accusative genitive singular)
murhanne (accusative genitive plural)
murhanne (genitive singular)
murhienne (genitive plural)
murhainne (genitive plural rare)
murhaanne (partitive singular)
murhianne (partitive plural)
murhassanne (inessive singular)
murhissanne (inessive plural)
murhastanne (elative singular)
murhistanne (elative plural)
murhaanne (illative singular)
murhiinne (illative plural)
murhallanne (adessive singular)
murhillanne (adessive plural)
murhaltanne (ablative singular)
murhiltanne (ablative plural)
murhallenne (allative singular)
murhillenne (allative plural)
murhananne (essive singular)
murhinanne (essive plural)
murhaksenne (singular translative)
murhiksenne (plural translative)
murhattanne (abessive singular)
murhittanne (abessive plural)
murhinenne (comitative plural)
murhansa (nominative singular)
murhansa (nominative plural)
murhansa (accusative nominative singular)
murhansa (accusative nominative plural)
murhansa (accusative genitive singular)
murhansa (accusative genitive plural)
murhansa (genitive singular)
murhiensa (genitive plural)
murhainsa (genitive plural rare)
murhaansa (partitive singular)
murhiaan (partitive plural)
murhiansa (partitive plural)
murhassaan (inessive singular)
murhassansa (inessive singular)
murhissaan (inessive plural)
murhissansa (inessive plural)
murhastaan (elative singular)
murhastansa (elative singular)
murhistaan (elative plural)
murhistansa (elative plural)
murhaansa (illative singular)
murhiinsa (illative plural)
murhallaan (adessive singular)
murhallansa (adessive singular)
murhillaan (adessive plural)
murhillansa (adessive plural)
murhaltaan (ablative singular)
murhaltansa (ablative singular)
murhiltaan (ablative plural)
murhiltansa (ablative plural)
murhalleen (allative singular)
murhallensa (allative singular)
murhilleen (allative plural)
murhillensa (allative plural)
murhanaan (essive singular)
murhanansa (essive singular)
murhinaan (essive plural)
murhinansa (essive plural)
murhakseen (singular translative)
murhaksensa (singular translative)
murhikseen (plural translative)
murhiksensa (plural translative)
murhattaan (abessive singular)
murhattansa (abessive singular)
murhittaan (abessive plural)
murhittansa (abessive plural)
murhineen (comitative plural)
murhinensa (comitative plural)

Probably borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*murþa-), from Proto-Germanic *murþą (for *þ > *h, compare huopa), SSA however instead opines that the word may be a back-derivation from murhe, with influence in meaning from the Germanic word. If a loan, doublet of marras.


suicide bomber

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-suicide bomber.wav

One who carries explosives on his or her body or in a vehicle and intends to detonate them (dying in the process) to kill people and inflict widespread damage, usually motivated by a political or religious cause.

камика́дзе m (kamikádze, literally “kamikaze”)


trooper

From troop + -er, from French troupe. The sense of “one who endures adversity” comes from trouper (“member of an acting troupe”) but through assimilation with the sense of “soldier” has come to be usually spelled “trooper”.

(US, law enforcement) Ellipsis of state trooper.

(Australia, law enforcement) A mounted policeman.


bloodthirsty

en-adj

bloodthirsty (comparative bloodthirstier or more bloodthirsty, superlative bloodthirstiest or most bloodthirsty)

bloodthirstier (comparative)
more bloodthirsty (comparative)
bloodthirstiest (superlative)
most bloodthirsty (superlative)

From blood + thirsty. Cognate with West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”).

cog

[I]t is, as I may ſo ſay, a ſavvcy Plot: and vve all knovv, moſt Reverend Fathers, that vvhat is ſavvce for a Gooſe is ſavvce for a Gander: Therefore, I ſay, as thoſe bloud-thirſty Ganders of the conſpiracy vvould have deſtroyed us Geeſe of the Senate, let us make haſte to deſtroy them, ſo I humbly move for hanging— […]

1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], →OCLC, Act V, scene [ii], page 61:

[…] Diodorus also relates of Caligula, predecessor to Nero, that his nurse used to moisten the nipples of her breast frequently with blood to make Caligula take the better hold of them; which, says Diodorus, was the cause that made him so blood-thirsty and cruel all his life-time after, that he not only committed frequent murder by his own hand, but likewise wished that all human kind wore but one neck that he might have the pleasure to cut it off.

1711 December 23 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, December 12, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 246; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 229:

The Lord Mayor, in the stronghold of the mighty Mansion House, gave orders to his fifty cooks and butlers to keep Christmas as a Lord Mayor's household should; and even the little tailor, whom he had fined five shillings on the previous Monday for being drunk and blood-thirsty in the streets, stirred up to-morrow's pudding in his garret, while his lean wife and the baby sallied out to buy the beef.

1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 16:

The genuine "bloodhound" is not, naturally, the cruel, bloodthirsty animal he is generally supposed to be; nor is he the only dog that will hunt men. Like all pure hounds, he is mild, loving, and kind, and will hunt any game for which he is trained; […]

1870 March 12, “Bloodhounds”, in Oliver Optic [pseudonym; William Taylor Adams], editor, Our Boys and Girls: Oliver Optic’s Magazine, volume VII, number 167, Boston, Mass.: Lee and Shepard, publishers; […], →OCLC, page 169, column 2:

The slasher narrative is as simple as a knife in the head: Some tragic event creates a killer who then seeks bloodthirsty revenge for that primal trauma, and audiences hoot and cringe in equal measure as characters lose their lives one by one, often in unexpected or inventive ways, until a resourceful “Final Girl” manages to defeat the monster.

2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2018-03-05:

Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.


fladern

de-verb

fladern (weak, third-person singular present fladert, past tense fladerte, past participle gefladert, auxiliary haben)

fladert (present singular third-person)
fladerte (past)
gefladert (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
fladern (infinitive)
fladernd (participle present)
gefladert (participle past)
fladre (first-person indicative present singular)
fladere (first-person indicative present singular)
flader (first-person indicative present singular)
fladern (first-person indicative plural present)
fladere (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
fladre (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
fladern (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
fladerst (indicative present second-person singular)
fladert (indicative plural present second-person)
fladerest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
fladrest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
fladeret (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
fladret (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
fladert (indicative present singular third-person)
fladern (indicative plural present third-person)
fladere (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
fladre (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
fladern (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
fladerte (first-person indicative preterite singular)
fladerten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fladerte (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
fladerten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
fladertest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fladertet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
fladertest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
fladertet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
fladerte (indicative preterite singular third-person)
fladerten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
fladerte (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
fladerten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
fladre (imperative second-person singular)
flader (imperative second-person singular)
fladere (imperative second-person singular)
fladert (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe gefladert (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben gefladert (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe gefladert (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben gefladert (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast gefladert (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt gefladert (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest gefladert (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet gefladert (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat gefladert (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben gefladert (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe gefladert (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben gefladert (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte gefladert (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten gefladert (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte gefladert (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten gefladert (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest gefladert (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet gefladert (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest gefladert (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet gefladert (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte gefladert (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten gefladert (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte gefladert (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten gefladert (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fladern werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde fladern (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden fladern (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest fladern (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet fladern (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde fladern (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden fladern (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde fladern (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden fladern (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde fladern (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden fladern (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst fladern (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet fladern (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest fladern (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet fladern (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird fladern (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden fladern (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde fladern (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden fladern (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
gefladert haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde gefladert haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden gefladert haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest gefladert haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet gefladert haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde gefladert haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden gefladert haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde gefladert haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden gefladert haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde gefladert haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden gefladert haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst gefladert haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet gefladert haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest gefladert haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet gefladert haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird gefladert haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden gefladert haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde gefladert haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden gefladert haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)


mitgehen lassen

mitgehen lassen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present lässt mitgehen, past tense ließ mitgehen, past participle mitgehen lassen, auxiliary haben)

lässt mitgehen (present singular third-person)
ließ mitgehen (past)
mitgehen lassen (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
mitgehen lassen (infinitive)
mitgehen lassend (participle present)
mitgehen lassen (participle past)
mitgehen zu lassen (infinitive infinitive-zu)
lasse mitgehen (first-person indicative present singular)
lassen mitgehen (first-person indicative plural present)
lasse mitgehen (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
lassen mitgehen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
lässt mitgehen (indicative present second-person singular)
lasst mitgehen (indicative plural present second-person)
lassest mitgehen (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
lasset mitgehen (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
lässt mitgehen (indicative present singular third-person)
lassen mitgehen (indicative plural present third-person)
lasse mitgehen (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
lassen mitgehen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
ließ mitgehen (first-person indicative preterite singular)
ließen mitgehen (first-person indicative plural preterite)
ließe mitgehen (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
ließen mitgehen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
ließest mitgehen (indicative preterite second-person singular)
ließt mitgehen (indicative preterite second-person singular)
ließt mitgehen (indicative plural preterite second-person)
ließest mitgehen (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
ließt mitgehen (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
ließet mitgehen (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
ließt mitgehen (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
ließ mitgehen (indicative preterite singular third-person)
ließen mitgehen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
ließe mitgehen (singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
ließen mitgehen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
lass mitgehen (imperative second-person singular)
lasse mitgehen (imperative second-person singular)
lasst mitgehen (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
mitgehen lasse (first-person indicative present singular subordinate-clause)
mitgehen lassen (first-person indicative plural present subordinate-clause)
mitgehen lasse (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
mitgehen lassen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
mitgehen lässt (indicative present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
mitgehen lasst (indicative plural present second-person subordinate-clause)
mitgehen lassest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
mitgehen lasset (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
mitgehen lässt (indicative present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
mitgehen lassen (indicative plural present subordinate-clause third-person)
mitgehen lasse (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause third-person)
mitgehen lassen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause third-person)
mitgehen ließ (first-person indicative preterite singular subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließen (first-person indicative plural preterite subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließe (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließest (indicative preterite second-person singular subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließt (indicative preterite second-person singular subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließt (indicative plural preterite second-person subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließt (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließt (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
mitgehen ließ (indicative preterite singular subordinate-clause third-person)
mitgehen ließen (indicative plural preterite subordinate-clause third-person)
mitgehen ließe (singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause third-person)
mitgehen ließen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause third-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe mitgehen lassen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben mitgehen lassen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe mitgehen lassen (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben mitgehen lassen (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast mitgehen lassen (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt mitgehen lassen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest mitgehen lassen (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet mitgehen lassen (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat mitgehen lassen (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben mitgehen lassen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe mitgehen lassen (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben mitgehen lassen (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte mitgehen lassen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten mitgehen lassen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte mitgehen lassen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten mitgehen lassen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest mitgehen lassen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet mitgehen lassen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest mitgehen lassen (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet mitgehen lassen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte mitgehen lassen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten mitgehen lassen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte mitgehen lassen (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten mitgehen lassen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
mitgehen lassen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde mitgehen lassen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden mitgehen lassen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest mitgehen lassen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet mitgehen lassen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde mitgehen lassen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden mitgehen lassen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde mitgehen lassen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden mitgehen lassen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde mitgehen lassen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden mitgehen lassen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst mitgehen lassen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet mitgehen lassen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest mitgehen lassen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet mitgehen lassen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird mitgehen lassen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden mitgehen lassen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde mitgehen lassen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden mitgehen lassen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
mitgehen lassen haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde mitgehen lassen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden mitgehen lassen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde mitgehen lassen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden mitgehen lassen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde mitgehen lassen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden mitgehen lassen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden mitgehen lassen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

Letztens hab ich im Laden zwei CDs mitgehen lassen.

I recently pilfered two CD's in the store.

(idiomatic) to steal, to pilfer (especially while being some place for some other purpose)


floater

From float + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

paikanvaihtaja

person without a fixed or lasting affiliation, position, or role

kelluva esine

thing which physically floats in a gas or liquid

leijuri

thing which moves from place to place, as if floating

A dock worker saw him floating against a dock pier and called the police. Condition of the body they thought a floater that had been hit by a boat and cut by the prop.

2017 September 18, E. J. Stauffer, chapter 3, in The Drowning, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN:

A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid.

(law enforcement, slang) A corpse floating in a body of water.


B&E

breaking and entering
breaking and entering#English

Initialism of breaking and entering; burglary in general.


Named after section 187 of the California Penal Code, which defines the offense of murder.

A code one-eight-seven on Jefferson one-four-eight-nine. Corner store—7-Eleven." A 187 was a homicide, Jefferson, the other side of town. ...

1992, Ian Slater, WW III: Warshot, page 148:

[…] and Snoop Dogg blatantly rapped about doing "187 on an undercover cop" on [….]

2003, Mark Anthony Neal, Songs in the Key of Black Life: A Rhythm and Blues Nation, page 164:

Paco came across a wall that, in the large block letters of local Hispanic gang graffiti, spelled out “187 Domingo.” This was the ultimate threat for Paco [….]

2004, Malcolm W. Klein, Gang Cop: The Words and Ways of Officer Paco Domingo, page 131:

Perp at this address is a possible One-eight-seven P. Request a unit respond Code Three." The RTO came back immediately and put out the call division-wide.

2004, Stephen J. Cannell, Vertical Coffin, page 256:

Respond to a one-eight-seven at nine-eight-six Cove Road North," the dispatcher continued in her heavy southern drawl. "10-4... En route.[….]

2004, Cash Pawley, Pray for Death, page 21:

(US) Police code for murder, in the State of California.


vig

en-noun

vig (countable and uncountable, plural vigs)

Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish וויגריש (vigrish), from Russian вы́игрыш (výigryš, “winnings”).

1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, page 118,
“You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish, meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).

The guy was probably professional muscle, a leg breaker who collects vig for a loan shark. (Vig is a mob term for interest on loans to a loan shark.)

2005, F. P. Lione, The Crossroads (Midtown Blue Book; 2), page 100:

"Look, I know I owe you and I know I'm late but I'm good for it. I am. In fact I'll pay you triple what I owe. Triple! Plus the missing vigs, but I need some help first."

2009, Davinia Bostick, The Match, →ISBN, page 91:

(US slang, crime) Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”)


IAD

(law enforcement) internal affairs department


panopticon

panopticon (plural panopticons or panoptica)

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”). Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1787.


bing

en-noun

bing (countable and uncountable, plural bings)

From Middle English bing, binge, benge (also as Middle English byngger, bengere (“grain bin, hopper”)), from Old Norse bingr (“heap of corn; bed; bolster”), cognate with Scots bing, Swedish binge (“heap”), Danish bing (“bin; box; compartment”).
Compare also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap.

der

Solitary confinement
solitary confinement

(prison slang, with "the") Solitary confinement


detain

en-verb

detain (third-person singular simple present detains, present participle detaining, simple past and past participle detained)

detains (present singular third-person)
detaining (participle present)
detained (participle past)
detained (past)

From Old French detenir. Cognate with Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, Romanian deține, and Spanish detener.

In April of 2009, however, the disease was found to suddenly no longer be appearing in newly-hatched chickens, and, upon review, it was discovered that Dr. Wildcat had modified 6002 without authorization, removing the disease from the genome. She's detained and questioned by Muller, and, even though she tries to lie that she didn't do anything, they have footage of her ascending the tree on her own.

2021 August 16, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6002 - All Creatures Great and Small” (19:06 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 2023-01-10:

(transitive, law enforcement) To put under custody.


малина

ru-noun+

мали́на • (malína) f inan (genitive мали́ны, nominative plural мали́ны, genitive plural мали́н)

мали́на (canonical)
malína (romanization)
мали́ны (genitive)
мали́ны (nominative plural)
мали́н (genitive plural)
мали́на (nominative singular)
мали́ны (nominative plural)
мали́ны (genitive singular)
мали́н (genitive plural)
мали́не (dative singular)
мали́нам (dative plural)
мали́ну (accusative singular)
мали́ны (accusative plural)
мали́ной (instrumental singular)
мали́ною (instrumental singular)
мали́нами (instrumental plural)
мали́не (prepositional singular)
мали́нах (plural prepositional)

Adapted from Yiddish [Term?], from Hebrew מָלוֹן (malón, “hotel, inn”).

Немалыми усилиями, но своего мы тогда добились: большинство опасных жуликов переловили, выявили и позакрывали все малины, пересажали особо злостных, не желающих завязывать с прибыльным ремеслом, барыг-перекупщиков.

1975, Аркадий Александрович Вайнер, Георгий Александрович Вайнер, Эра милосердия:

It took a major effort, but back then we succeeded: we caught most of the dangerous gangsters, identified and closed down all thieves' hideouts, jailed the worst of the fences and resellers who didn't wish to give up that profitable line of business.

Nemalymi usilijami, no svojevo my togda dobilisʹ: bolʹšinstvo opasnyx žulikov perelovili, vyjavili i pozakryvali vse maliny, peresažali osobo zlostnyx, ne želajuščix zavjazyvatʹ s pribylʹnym remeslom, baryg-perekupščikov.

На Сонькиной малине они остановились,
они остановились отдохнуть.

(Can we date this quote?), “Murka”, performed by A.Severny:

Na Sonʹkinoj maline oni ostanovilisʹ,
oni ostanovilisʹ otdoxnutʹ.


black and white

en-noun

black and white (plural black and whites)

The police car sense reflects a traditional livery scheme for such cars.

[T]he news bunny ran up to him, saying, "Officer, did you have trouble catching up with Batman? Was it an exciting chase?" The surfer cop struck a semi-heroic pose for the camera and said, "Weak sauce." Then he quickly walked Batman to the black-and-white, where he was put into the backseat.

2006, Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Station […], New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 237:

(US, slang, law enforcement) A police patrol car.


entführen

de-verb

entführen (weak, third-person singular present entführt, past tense entführte, past participle entführt, auxiliary haben)

entführt (present singular third-person)
entführte (past)
entführt (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
entführen (infinitive)
entführend (participle present)
entführt (participle past)
entführe (first-person indicative present singular)
entführen (first-person indicative plural present)
entführe (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
entführen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
entführst (indicative present second-person singular)
entführt (indicative plural present second-person)
entführest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
entführet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
entführt (indicative present singular third-person)
entführen (indicative plural present third-person)
entführe (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
entführen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
entführte (first-person indicative preterite singular)
entführten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
entführte (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
entführten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
entführtest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
entführtet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
entführtest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
entführtet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
entführte (indicative preterite singular third-person)
entführten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
entführte (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
entführten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
entführ (imperative second-person singular)
entführe (imperative second-person singular)
entführt (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe entführt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben entführt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe entführt (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben entführt (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast entführt (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt entführt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest entführt (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet entführt (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat entführt (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben entführt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe entführt (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben entführt (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte entführt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten entführt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte entführt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten entführt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest entführt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet entführt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest entführt (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet entführt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte entführt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten entführt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte entführt (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten entführt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entführen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde entführen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden entführen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest entführen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet entführen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde entführen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden entführen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde entführen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden entführen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde entführen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden entführen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst entführen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet entführen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest entführen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet entführen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird entführen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden entführen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde entführen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden entführen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
entführt haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde entführt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden entführt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest entführt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet entführt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde entführt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden entführt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde entführt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden entführt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde entführt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden entführt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst entführt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet entführt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest entführt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet entführt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird entführt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden entführt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde entführt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden entführt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)


stalker

pl-noun

stalker m pers (female equivalent stalkerka)

stalkerka (feminine)
stalker (nominative singular)
stalkerzy (nominative plural)
stalkery (derogatory nominative plural)
stalkera (genitive singular)
stalkerów (genitive plural)
stalkerowi (dative singular)
stalkerom (dative plural)
stalkera (accusative singular)
stalkerów (accusative plural)
stalkerem (instrumental singular)
stalkerami (instrumental plural)
stalkerze (locative singular)
stalkerach (locative plural)
stalkerze (singular vocative)
stalkerzy (plural vocative)

Orthographic borrowing from English stalker.

obor

(crime) stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions)


Strafrechtler

de-noun

Strafrechtler m (strong, genitive Strafrechtlers, plural Strafrechtler, feminine Strafrechtlerin)

Strafrechtlers (genitive)
Strafrechtler (plural)
Strafrechtlerin (feminine)
Strafrechtler (nominative singular)
Strafrechtler (definite nominative plural)
Strafrechtlers (genitive singular)
Strafrechtler (definite genitive plural)
Strafrechtler (dative singular)
Strafrechtlern (dative definite plural)
Strafrechtler (accusative singular)
Strafrechtler (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʃtʁaːfˌʁɛçtlɐ]


Strafrechtlerin

Strafrechtlerin f (genitive Strafrechtlerin, plural Strafrechtlerinnen)

Strafrechtlerin (genitive)
Strafrechtlerinnen (plural)
Strafrechtlerin (nominative singular)
Strafrechtlerinnen (definite nominative plural)
Strafrechtlerin (genitive singular)
Strafrechtlerinnen (definite genitive plural)
Strafrechtlerin (dative singular)
Strafrechtlerinnen (dative definite plural)
Strafrechtlerin (accusative singular)
Strafrechtlerinnen (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʃtʁaːfˌʁɛçtləʁɪn]


Raub

Raub m (strong, genitive Raubes or Raubs, plural Raube)

Raubes (genitive)
Raubs (genitive)
Raube (plural)
Raub (nominative singular)
Raube (definite nominative plural)
Raubes (genitive singular)
Raubs (genitive singular)
Raube (definite genitive plural)
Raub (dative singular)
Raube (dative singular)
Rauben (dative definite plural)
Raub (accusative singular)
Raube (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German roup, from Old High German roub, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.


jaywalk

en-verb

jaywalk (third-person singular simple present jaywalks, present participle jaywalking, simple past and past participle jaywalked)

jaywalks (present singular third-person)
jaywalking (participle present)
jaywalked (participle past)
jaywalked (past)

Back-formation from jaywalker. Analyzable as jay (“a stupid person”) + walk.

(chiefly US, law, automotive, transitive, intransitive) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.

eine Straße an verbotener Stelle überqueren

atravessar no meio da rua

literally: to cross in the middle of the street

переходи́ть доро́гу в неполо́женном ме́сте

but see oförsiktig fotgängare and vårdslös fotgängare.


voler

voler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
volant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
volé (participle past)
vole (first-person indicative present singular)
voles (indicative present second-person singular)
vole (indicative present singular third-person)
volons (first-person indicative plural present)
volez (indicative plural present second-person)
volent (indicative plural present third-person)
volais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
volais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
volait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
volions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
voliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
volaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
volai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
volas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
vola (historic indicative past singular third-person)
volâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
volâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
volèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
volerai (first-person future indicative singular)
voleras (future indicative second-person singular)
volera (future indicative singular third-person)
volerons (first-person future indicative plural)
volerez (future indicative plural second-person)
voleront (future indicative plural third-person)
volerais (conditional first-person singular)
volerais (conditional second-person singular)
volerait (conditional singular third-person)
volerions (conditional first-person plural)
voleriez (conditional plural second-person)
voleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
vole (first-person present singular subjunctive)
voles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
vole (present singular subjunctive third-person)
volions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
voliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
volent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
volasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
volasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
volât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
volassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
volassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
volassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
vole (imperative second-person singular)
volons (first-person imperative plural)
volez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French voler, from Latin volāre. Displaced Old French rober (Modern French rober has changed in meaning to "to wrap a cigar in a sheet of tobacco").

donner c’est donner, reprendre c’est voler

Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?


plutocracy

en-noun

plutocracy (countable and uncountable, plural plutocracies)

From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía, “rule of the wealthy”), from πλουτοκρατέω (ploutokratéō, “I rule through wealth”), from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + κρατέω (kratéō, “I rule”) (from κράτος (krátos, “power”, “might”)).

der

πλουτοκρατία

Plutocracy, which is virtually supreme to-day, is to be no less condemned ; for it is not only not just, bit is nearly as detrimental to the race at large as absolute socialism would be, if adopted […]

1897, anonymous author, The Revolutionary Tendencies of the Age: Their Cause and Their Ultimate Aim, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →OCLC, page 119:

Modernity is not democracy; machinery is not democracy; the surrender of everything to trade and commerce is not democracy. Capitalism is not democracy; and is admittedly, by trend and savour, rather against democracy. Plutocracy by definition is not democracy. But all these modern things forced themselves into the world at about the time, or shortly after the time, when great idealists like Rousseau and Jefferson happened to have been thinking about the democratic ideal of democracy.

1933, G. K. Chesterton, “On Industrialism”, in All I Survey:

“There are three big classes in society. First comes the Plutocracy, which is composed of wealthy bankers, railway magnates, corporation directors, and trust magnates. Second, is the middle class, your class, gentlemen, which is composed of farmers, merchants, small manufacturers, and professional men. And third and last comes my class, the proletariat, which is composed of the wage-workers.

1908 February 19, Jack London, chapter 9, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:

There, indeed, he must consent to be the puppet and plaything of plutocracy enthroned on machinery, to have his ears assaulted by every variety of beastly sound that the ingenuity of modern civilization can devise, and his peace of mind shattered by the continual necessity under which he finds himself of performing bodily convolutions that would do credit to a professional gymnast.

1926, C. E. M. Joad, The Babbitt Warren, London: Trubner & Co, page 17:

The sea, most inhuman of elements, met in perfect friendship here with the soft and pleasure-loving side of man; and the mixed architecture of a bygone plutocracy reconciled me to the experiments of today.

1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic:

Her piece painted him as an enigmatic Jay Gatsby type, a boy from a middle-class family in Brooklyn who had scaled the rungs of the plutocracy, though no one could quite figure out how he made his money.

2019 July 8, Michelle Goldberg, “Jeffrey Epstein Is the Ultimate Symbol of Plutocratic Rot”, in New York Times: