limit n.
(US Und.) constr. with the, the maximum sentence; the death sentence.
![]() | Keys to Crookdom 410: Limit. Maximum sentence. | |
![]() | Me – Gangster 40: Coky had gone to the chair [...] a man that kills a cop is crazy and ought to get the limit. | |
![]() | in Our Town (2006) 109: Don’t make this mistake. I’ll give ’em the limit. |