Green’s Dictionary of Slang

one-eight-nine n.

[the code applied to the crime in the current N.Z. Crimes Act.]]

(N.Z. prison) a major violent crime.

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[NZ]D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 130/2: one-eight-nine also 189) n. a serious violent offence .