"police one's brass" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: polices one's brass [present, singular, third-person], policing one's brass [participle, present], policed one's brass [participle, past], policed one's brass [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} police one's brass (third-person singular simple present polices one's brass, present participle policing one's brass, simple past and past participle policed one's brass)
  1. (slang) To clean up spent shell casings left behind after firing a gun, usually so the casings cannot be used to identify the gun. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-police_one's_brass-en-verb-3I1-b4TH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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