graffiti

nl-noun

graffiti m (plural graffiti or graffiti's)

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito. The pronunciation with /ɛ/ is pseudo-English.


Zulu

(law enforcement, slang) police helicopter


farao

farao m (plural farao's, diminutive faraootje n)

farao's (plural)
faraootje (diminutive neuter)


genocide

genocide f (plural genocides, diminutive genocidetje n)

genocides (plural)
genocidetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: genosida

Borrowed from English genocide. Equivalent to geno- + -cide.


omerta

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


gevangenis

gevangenis f (plural gevangenissen, diminutive gevangenisje n)

gevangenissen (plural)
gevangenisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gevangenis

Negerhollands: gevangnis

→ West Frisian: gefangenis

/ɣəˈvɑ.ŋəˌnɪs/

From Middle Dutch gevancnesse. By surface analysis, gevangene + -nis. Cognate with German Gefängnis.

a jail, a prison; especially an institution where convicts are incarcerated, but sometimes used more generally


eenheid

eenheid f (plural eenheden, diminutive eenheidje n)

eenheden (plural)
eenheidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eenheid

From Middle Dutch eenheit, likely calque of Latin ūnitās. Some modern senses likely derive from German Einheit. Equivalent to een + -heid, analogous to English oneness.

De speciale eenheid van de politie werd ingezet om de gijzelnemer te overmeesteren.

The police's special unit was deployed to apprehend the hostage-taker.

(military, law enforcement) unit (squad or party; member of a military organisation or law enforcement organisation; division)


politie

Afrikaans: polisie

→ Lokono: bariri

→ Caribbean Hindustani: polisi

→ Caribbean Javanese: polisi

→ Indonesian: polisi

→ Papiamentu: polis

→ West Frisian: polysje, plysje

From Middle Dutch policie, from Middle French policie.


politiebureau

politiebureau n (plural politiebureaus, diminutive politiebureautje n)

politiebureaus (plural)
politiebureautje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of politie (“police”) + bureau (“office”).


moord

moord m (plural moorden, diminutive moordje n)

moorden (plural)
moordje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: moord

Negerhollands: moord, mord

→ Virgin Islands Creole: moro (dated)

From Middle Dutch mort, from Old Dutch morth, from Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).

murder, a type of killing legally in a more severe degree than homicide


bengel

bengel m (plural bengels, diminutive bengeltje n)

bengels (plural)
bengeltje (diminutive neuter)


onteren

onteren (infinitive)
onteren (gerund neuter)
onteer (first-person present singular)
onteerde (first-person past singular)
onteert (present second-person singular)
onteer (present second-person singular)
onteerde (past second-person singular)
onteert (formal present second-person singular)
onteerde (formal past second-person singular)
onteert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
onteert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
onteerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
onteerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
onteert (present singular third-person)
onteerde (past singular third-person)
onteren (plural present)
onteerden (past plural)
ontere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
onteerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
onteren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
onteerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
onteer (imperative present singular)
onteert (archaic imperative plural present)
onterend (participle present)
onteerd (participle past)

From eer (“honour”) + ont- -en (privative verb-forming circumfix).

af

Je kunt dat niet doen zonder zijn nagedachtenis te onteren.

You cannot do that without dishonoring his memory.

(transitive) to rape, to violate sexually


gevangene

Declined form of gevangen, the past participle of vangen. Compare German Gefangener and Gefangene.

De politie heeft de ontsnapte gevangene na een klopjacht gearresteerd.

The police arrested the escaped prisoner after a manhunt.


brandstichting

nl-noun

brandstichting f (plural brandstichtingen, diminutive brandstichtinkje n)

brandstichtingen (plural)
brandstichtinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brandstigting


meineed

From Old Dutch *meinēth, from Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz (“perjury”), from *mainą + *aiþaz.


politieagent

politieagent m (plural politieagenten, diminutive politieagentje n, feminine politieagente)

politieagenten (plural)
politieagentje (diminutive neuter)
politieagente (feminine)

Compound of politie (“police”) + agent (“agent”).


oorlogsmisdadiger

oorlogsmisdadiger m (plural oorlogsmisdadigers, diminutive oorlogsmisdadigertje n)

oorlogsmisdadigers (plural)
oorlogsmisdadigertje (diminutive neuter)


oorlogsmisdrijf

oorlogsmisdrijf n (plural oorlogsmisdrijven)


kraak

kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

kraken (plural)
kraakje (diminutive neuter)

From kraken (“to crack; to squat; to break and enter”). Cognate with English crack.

breaking and entering
breaking and entering


omkoping

omkoping f (plural omkopingen, diminutive omkopinkje n)

omkopingen (plural)
omkopinkje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: omkoping

bribery, corruptly paying off illegitimate favors


brandstichten

brandstichten (infinitive)
brandstichten (gerund neuter)
sticht brand (first-person main-clause present singular)
stichtte brand (first-person main-clause past singular)
brandsticht (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
brandstichtte (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
sticht brand (main-clause present second-person singular)
stichtte brand (main-clause past second-person singular)
brandsticht (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
brandstichtte (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
sticht brand (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
stichtte brand (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
brandsticht (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
brandstichtte (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
sticht brand (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
sticht brand (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
stichtte brand (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
stichtte brand (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
brandsticht (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
brandsticht (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
brandstichtte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
brandstichtte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
sticht brand (main-clause present singular third-person)
stichtte brand (main-clause past singular third-person)
brandsticht (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
brandstichtte (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
stichten brand (main-clause plural present)
stichtten brand (main-clause past plural)
brandstichten (plural present subordinate-clause)
brandstichtten (past plural subordinate-clause)
stichte brand (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
stichtte brand (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
brandstichte (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
brandstichtte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
stichten brand (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
stichtten brand (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
brandstichten (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
brandstichtten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
sticht brand (imperative main-clause present singular)
sticht brand (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
brandstichtend (main-clause participle present)
brandgesticht (main-clause participle past)

From brand (“fire”) + stichten (“to start, cause”).

compound

(intransitive) to start a fire, to set fire to something, to commit arson


vrijspraak

nl-noun

vrijspraak f or m (plural vrijspraken, diminutive vrijspraakje n)

vrijspraken (plural)
vrijspraakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vryspraak

→ Indonesian: vrijspraak

→ West Frisian: frijspraak

Compound of vrij + spraak. Compare German Freispruch.

(chiefly law) release (of a suspect), acquittal


diender

diender m (plural dienders, diminutive diendertje n)

dienders (plural)
diendertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: diender (dated)

From Middle Dutch diender, variant of dienre. By surface analysis, dienen + er. The -d- is an instance of epenthesis commonly encountered between liquid consonants and vowels; compare for example doender, daalder.

Synonym of politieagent (“police officer”)


vaandrig

vaandrig m (plural vaandrigs, diminutive vaandrigje n)

vaandrigs (plural)
vaandrigje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, military, law enforcement) the lowest rank in the Army, Air Force and Marechaussee


vrouwenhandel

vrouwenhandel m (uncountable, diminutive vrouwenhandeltje n)

From vrouw (“women”) + -en- + handel (“trade”).


winkeldiefstal

nl-noun

winkeldiefstal m (plural winkeldiefstallen, diminutive winkeldiefstalletje n)

winkeldiefstallen (plural)
winkeldiefstalletje (diminutive neuter)


ramkraak

ramkraak m (plural ramkraken, diminutive ramkraakje n)

ramkraken (plural)
ramkraakje (diminutive neuter)

From rammen (“to ram”) + kraak (“robbery, heist”).

compound

a ramraid (esp. at a bank): a robbery, a theft where the premises are rammed with a vehicle to gain access


krijgsgevangene

nl-noun

krijgsgevangene m or f (plural krijgsgevangenen)

From krijgsgevangen. Equivalent to krijg (“war”) + -s- + gevangene (“prisoner”).


oorlogsmisdaad

nl-noun

oorlogsmisdaad f (plural oorlogsmisdaden, diminutive oorlogsmisdaadje n)

oorlogsmisdaden (plural)
oorlogsmisdaadje (diminutive neuter)


smeris

smeris m (plural smerissen, diminutive smerisje n)

smerissen (plural)
smerisje (diminutive neuter)

Derived from a 19th century cant (Bargoens) word smeer, borrowed from Yiddish שמירה (shmire, “guard”), from Hebrew שמירה (šəmirā, “guard”).

(derogatory, Bargoens, Netherlands) Synonym of politieagent


politieman

politieman m (plural politiemannen, diminutive politiemannetje n, feminine politievrouw)

politiemannen (plural)
politiemannetje (diminutive neuter)
politievrouw (feminine)


zwendel

zwendel m (uncountable, diminutive zwendeltje n)


dood door schuld

involuntary manslaughter
involuntary manslaughter

involuntary manslaughter, culpable homicide


bankoverval

bankoverval m (plural bankovervallen, diminutive bankovervalletje n)

bankovervallen (plural)
bankovervalletje (diminutive neuter)

Er was een bankoverval in het centrum van de stad.

There was a bank robbery in the city center.

De politie onderzoekt de recente bankovervallen.

The police are investigating the recent bank robberies.

Het bankovervalletje bleek een valse melding te zijn.

The little bank robbery turned out to be a false report.


flessentrekker

flessentrekker m (plural flessentrekkers, diminutive flessentrekkertje n)

flessentrekkers (plural)
flessentrekkertje (diminutive neuter)


hosselen

hosselen (infinitive)
hosselen (gerund neuter)
hossel (first-person present singular)
hosselde (first-person past singular)
hosselt (present second-person singular)
hossel (present second-person singular)
hosselde (past second-person singular)
hosselt (formal present second-person singular)
hosselde (formal past second-person singular)
hosselt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
hosselt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
hosselde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
hosselde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
hosselt (present singular third-person)
hosselde (past singular third-person)
hosselen (plural present)
hosselden (past plural)
hossele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
hosselde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
hosselen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
hosselden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
hossel (imperative present singular)
hosselt (archaic imperative plural present)
hosselend (participle present)
gehosseld (participle past)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: hossel kare

From Surinamese Dutch slang, either from English hustle (which itself derives from Dutch) or directly from hutselen, frequentative of hutsen, from Middle Dutch.

(Suriname, Netherlands, slang) to obtain money illicitly, especially through drug dealing; to hustle


zedendelict

zedendelict n (plural zedendelicten, diminutive zedendelictje n)

zedendelicten (plural)
zedendelictje (diminutive neuter)


zeeschuimer

zeeschuimer m (plural zeeschuimers, diminutive zeeschuimertje n)

zeeschuimers (plural)
zeeschuimertje (diminutive neuter)

From zee (“sea”) + schuimen (“to plunder, to rob”) + -er.

affix

«(...) Ik ben hier noch MORGHAN, noch vrijbuiter, noch zeeschuimer, noch iets anders dat voor de galg geschikt is, maar wel de groote heer, dien men voor een onregtvaardig vermoeden en eene schandelijke vergissing vergoeding zal moeten geven...»

1840, Jules Lecomte, Morghn de zeeschuimer, J.C. van Kesteren, section 307:

"(...) I'm neither Morghan, freebooter, nor corsair, nor anything else fit for the gallows, but I am the noteworthy gentleman who must given a compensation for an unjust suspicion and a dishonorable mistake..."


seriemoordenaar

nl-noun

seriemoordenaar m (plural seriemoordenaars, diminutive seriemoordenaartje n)

seriemoordenaars (plural)
seriemoordenaartje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of serie (“series”) + moordenaar (“murderer”).

compound

De politie heeft na een lang onderzoek eindelijk de identiteit van de seriemoordenaar kunnen achterhalen.

After a long investigation, the police finally managed to identify the serial killer.


wedstrijdvervalsing

nl-noun

wedstrijdvervalsing f (plural wedstrijdvervalsingen)

Compound of wedstrijd (“match”) + vervalsing (“forgery, faking”).


eerwraak

Compound of eer (“honour”) + wraak (“vengeance, revenge”).

(chiefly in the singular, crime, society) honour-based violence, such as (attempted) honour killings (gendered retribution for presumed violations of family honour)


eerzaak

Compound of eer (“honour”) + zaak (“case, matter”).

(law enforcement, formal) case or instance of honour-based violence, like honour killings


plofkraak

nl-noun

plofkraak m (plural plofkraken, diminutive plofkraakje n)

plofkraken (plural)
plofkraakje (diminutive neuter)

a (bank or ATM) raid involving explosives


klissen

klissen (infinitive)
klissen (gerund neuter)
klis (first-person present singular)
kliste (first-person past singular)
klist (present second-person singular)
klis (present second-person singular)
kliste (past second-person singular)
klist (formal present second-person singular)
kliste (formal past second-person singular)
klist (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
klist (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kliste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kliste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
klist (present singular third-person)
kliste (past singular third-person)
klissen (plural present)
klisten (past plural)
klisse (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kliste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
klissen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
klisten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
klis (imperative present singular)
klist (archaic imperative plural present)
klissend (participle present)
geklist (participle past)

(Belgium, transitive, law enforcement) to arrest, to catch


vergismoord

vergismoord m or f (plural vergismoorden, diminutive vergismoordje n)

vergismoorden (plural)
vergismoordje (diminutive neuter)

From vergissen (“to make a mistake”) + moord (“murder”). First attested in 2014.

compound

Diverse slachtoffers kwamen om het leven bij een zogenoemde ‘vergismoord’.

2014, Gerlof Leistra, “Aantal moorden in 2014 spectaculair gedaald”, in Elsevier:

Several victims lost their lives in a so-called "mistaken murder"

De vergismoord op de Amsterdamse deejay Djordy Latumahina staat niet op zichzelf: de afgelopen jaren werden minstens vijf onschuldige mensen geliquideerd.

2017 March 29, Koen Voskuil, “Vergismoorden: eerst schieten, dan nadenken”, in Algemeen Dagblad:

The misdirected murder of the Amsterdam deejay Djordy Latumahina is not an incident: over the last few years at least five innocent people were assassinated.

the killing of somebody other than the intended victim (due to mistaken identity)


penoze

From Yiddish פּרנסה (parnose, “life, livelihood”), from Hebrew פַּרְנָסָה (parnasá).

bor

(Netherlands, Bargoens, informal) underworld


pakkans

nl-noun

pakkans f (plural pakkansen, diminutive pakkansje n)

pakkansen (plural)
pakkansje (diminutive neuter)

De pakkans is altijd kleiner dan één, want zelfs in een politiestaat worden niet alle boeven gevangen.

2010, Henriëtte Prast, Geld & gevoel. Over emoties, economie en ethiek, Atlas Contact:

The odds of apprehension are always smaller than one, because, even in a police state, not all crooks get captured.

(law, law enforcement) probability of apprehension; probability of arresting the criminal guilty of a crime


huiselijk geweld

/ˈɦœy̯.səˌlək ɣəˈʋɛlt/


bolletjesslikker

bolletjesslikker m (plural bolletjesslikkers, feminine bolletjesslikster)

bolletjesslikkers (plural)
bolletjesslikster (feminine)

Compound of bolletje (“ingestible container of drugs”) + -s- + slikken (“swallow”) + -er.

af

drug mule, someone who transports containers with recreational drugs in body cavities


brandschatten

brandschatten (infinitive)
brandschatten (gerund neuter)
brandschat (first-person present singular)
brandschatte (first-person past singular)
brandschat (present second-person singular)
brandschatte (past second-person singular)
brandschat (formal present second-person singular)
brandschatte (formal past second-person singular)
brandschat (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
brandschat (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
brandschatte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
brandschatte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
brandschat (present singular third-person)
brandschatte (past singular third-person)
brandschatten (plural present)
brandschatten (past plural)
brandschatte (archaic present singular subjunctive)
brandschatte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
brandschatten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
brandschatten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
brandschat (imperative present singular)
brandschat (archaic imperative plural present)
brandschattend (participle present)
gebrandschat (participle past)

Afrikaans: brandskat

→ West Frisian: brânskatte

From Middle Dutch brantschatten, perhaps from Middle Low German or Middle High German. Equivalent to brandschat + -en or brand + schatten. Compare German brandschatzen.

(transitive, intransitive) to extort in order to exact loot or tribute under threat of plunder, arson and razing


vuurwapengevaarlijk

nl-adj

vuurwapengevaarlijk (comparative vuurwapengevaarlijker, superlative vuurwapengevaarlijkst)

vuurwapengevaarlijker (comparative)
vuurwapengevaarlijkst (superlative)

From vuurwapen (“firearm”) + gevaarlijk (“dangerous”).

compound

(of criminals) likely to use a firearm, armed and dangerous, trigger-happy


arrestatiebevel

nl-noun

arrestatiebevel n (plural arrestatiebevelen, diminutive arrestatiebevelletje n)

arrestatiebevelen (plural)
arrestatiebevelletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: arèstasibefèl

From arrestatie (“arrest”) + bevel (“order, command”).


aanhoudingsbevel

nl-noun

aanhoudingsbevel n (plural aanhoudingsbevelen, diminutive aanhoudingsbevelletje n)

aanhoudingsbevelen (plural)
aanhoudingsbevelletje (diminutive neuter)

From aanhouding (“arrest”) + -s- + bevel (“order, command”).


liquidatie

Afrikaans: likwidasie

→ Indonesian: likuidasi

Borrowed from Middle French liquidation, from Italian liquidazione.

(crime, euphemistic) targeted assassination


politiekantoor

nl-noun

politiekantoor n (plural politiekantoren, diminutive politiekantoortje n)

politiekantoren (plural)
politiekantoortje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Indonesian: kantor polisi (“police station”) (calque)


vuurgevaarlijk

nl-adj

vuurgevaarlijk (comparative vuurgevaarlijker, superlative vuurgevaarlijkst)

vuurgevaarlijker (comparative)
vuurgevaarlijkst (superlative)

From vuren (“to fire, to shoot”) + gevaarlijk (“dangerous”).


partnergeweld

intimate partner violence
intimate partner violence

domestic violence between people who have or have had an intimate relationship, intimate partner violence


commissariaat

nl-noun

commissariaat n (plural commissariaten, diminutive commissariaatje n)

commissariaten (plural)
commissariaatje (diminutive neuter)

Commissariaat-Generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen (Belgium), Commissariaat voor de Media (Netherlands)


reddingsploeg

reddingsploeg m or f (plural reddingsploegen)


hulpploeg

From hulp (“help, assistance, rescue”) + ploeg.