hunting n.
(UK Und.) searching for a victim whether for a theft, a confidence trick etc.
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Hunting c. decoying or drawing others into Play. | ||
New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | |
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
New Dict. Cant (1795). | ||
‘Modern Dict.’ in Sporting Mag. May XVIII . | ||
Dict. Sl. and Cant. | ||
Lex. Balatronicum. | ||
Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
Modern Flash Dict. | ||
Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open. |
SE in slang uses
In compounds
(US prison) a commitment to kill an inmate, often ordered by a gang leader.
Jargon 41: Don’t mess with the Sanitation Commissioner – he has a hunting license. | ||
Prison Sl. 94: Occasionally certain gang members are assigned to kill someone. This mission is known as a hunting license. |